Fish Kill in Patterson Lakes
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HAHAHA its the best time for to go there and take pics of the dead fish with a lure in its mouth and put up a report saying i caught so many bream :rofl:
on a serious note.
i think the closing of the floodgates is probably what killed them, as theres not much waterflow when the gates are closed.
on a serious note.
i think the closing of the floodgates is probably what killed them, as theres not much waterflow when the gates are closed.
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Hi Mate,purple5ive wrote:HAHAHA its the best time for to go there and take pics of the dead fish with a lure in its mouth and put up a report saying i caught so many bream :rofl:
on a serious note.
i think the closing of the floodgates is probably what killed them, as theres not much waterflow when the gates are closed.
I think it was more the Weed/Algae choking the place and sucking all the oxygen out of the water.
Most of the fish dying has happened where the Weed/Algae was really thick.
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loads of weed everywhere, even where i fish near the westgate is bad for it when i last fished before the rain, even seen the creek dropped to almost nothing when i was there last. tossing up if i fish where my friend mentioned phil mcadams poons jews
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IFISHALOT wrote: Hi Mate,
I think it was more the weed choking the place and sucking all the oxygen out of the water.
Most of the fish dying has happened where the weed was really thick.
Seaweed produces oxygen.
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frozenpod wrote:IFISHALOT wrote: Hi Mate,
I think it was more the weed choking the place and sucking all the oxygen out of the water.
Most of the fish dying has happened where the weed was really thick.
Seaweed produces oxygen.
It wasn't seaweed that has been choking the system in the ends of each of the canals it was an Algae Bloom that has been getting worse over the past few months.
In the land locked lagooons of Patterson Lakes it has caused serious trouble killing birds etc and the land owners have been trying to get sorted out with Melbourne Water for sometime now.
Link below to a recent article
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/news ... 16ce0f71c1
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You can see the Algae in this image along with a few dead Bream :down:
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There's been sporadic fish kills in the seaford swamplands (Patto lakes/river and eel race/kananook creek). Neither system is adequately designed as far as environmental water flows around the systems to manage algae blooms or dead spots, especially during hot dry spells or high rainfalls that force the closure of the gates and Water authorities are next to useless. There was a major major kill in kananook only 7 or so years ago after the pump from the lakes into eel race effectively **** itself causing already prevalent algae to bloom. That was as usual downplayed by authorities (Melbourne water), but was very noticeable when even Eels were turning up dead as far downstream as mile bridge.
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Yes, it can only photosynthesise in moonlightsmile0784 wrote:doesnt sun light kill algae?
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purple5ive wrote:HAHAHA its the best time for to go there and take pics of the dead fish with a lure in its mouth and put up a report saying i caught so many bream :rofl:
on a serious note.
i think the closing of the floodgates is probably what killed them, as theres not much waterflow when the gates are closed.
Only you would think of that mate. Lol
Trying to Create more braging rights eh.
Trying to up your tally on our imaginary tally board lol.
Mybe we should pay more attention to your pics from now on to make sure fish are alive lol