Fish kills?

[ram04]

I heard this was at Port A ferry, not from that area if that is incorrect but my area further up the coast may see the same kind of scene. Nature is fragile for sure.

[glen]

Gotta be fake. Nothing kills hardheads

[Speck]

That ferry churning up the water will.

[Quackerbox]

You've posted that graph twice now... first time "asking" about the fish kill... and not being a "smartarse"... now posting as if you know what you're talking about...

Not sure what your desired outcome is, but that graph is no predictor of bad things for the fish...



The '83 and '89 kills, the temperature dropped like that in 24-36 hours... as that graph shows, this was a prolonged event over a week... the fish very likely migrated to deeper water and that should help. Not saying all the fish will be OK, but it won't be like the earlier freezes... in the 80's freezes, many fish were trapped in holes that they ran to when the temps started dropping, but they weren't deep enough... With this prolonged but gradual drop, they likely were able to get to deeper water safely.


Leemo makes his living in our coastal waters.... I'm listening to him.


If I recall, the most devastating kills came on mullet and shad and that's likely what will start to show up first... Like Leemo posted the mangrove snapper and snook being tropical fish, could be wiped out here... dang shame too since both had made such a great comeback.


Freshwater lakes that have tialpia will see them hit bad too... They can't take anything below 50-55 degrees, shad too...

Exactly

This event is child's play compared to 83 and 89.

Yep. We rode the icw after the 89 freeze

Apples and Oranges considering the different ecosystems.

I’ll take my 25 fish limit home and keep catching until my arms wear out over catching 2-3 fish a day. Some days are better on the TX coast, but i absolutely suck in Matty even throwing live bait.

Back home in Terrebonne Parish, it’s a different story. And plastics only


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While I agree on the ecosystem, if you're coming to Texas and can't string 3 trout on meat in one day, you're doing it wrong.

Several of us here have wore ourselves smooth out on trout in the bay and the surf on plastics and not strung a single fish. If we see a big kill, I have no problem doing it again to help out. If I want fish, I'll go run some trot lines



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[marlinboy33]

I heard this was at Port A ferry, not from that area if that is incorrect but my area further up the coast may see the same kind of scene. Nature is fragile for sure.

Lots of dead hard heads here. A few stunned red and mangrove snapper. Saw a couple of dead trout and reds also

[GARY]

Skipjack and pin fish showing up dead in my brother in laws canal property on North Padre Island

[Rex]

Heard Arkansas Bay water temp was observed close to 34 degree today!!

LOL!! I meant Aransas Bay!!

[Leemo]

Temp is at 31.1
Dead trout in Harbor already...,.Tow traffic is moving
Headed to Caranchua to asses my BILs redfish farm, don’t look good for him, over 400,000 lbs he might loose

[Walker]

Just got a report of dead trout, reds, and drum all over 9 mile hole

[bloodtrailer28]

Crap not what I was wanting to read. Heard anything around the upper laguna?

[Speck]

Saw a airboat video of Pringle Lake. It didn’t look good but I would expect everything in Pringle to die with those temps.

[glen]

Anything in Pringle that didnt get in Army Hole isnt gonna do well. Espirito is shallow except for Army Hole and Shoalwater Pass

[Walker]

From reports I've been hearing the entire Texas coast took a big hit

[Walker]

This is supposedly rockport.

[Killer]

Looks like a major fish kill over a lot of the Texas coast. Hopefully it won’t take them long to come back. It just seems like such a waste!