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[Mogrits <mogrits AT gmail.com>]

I've mentioned before we live on a three acre pond. Today I see
approximately a hundred dead bluegills, mostly around three inches and
smaller floating around the edges of the pond. They don't appear
malnourished though they probably bloated somewhat to cause them to
float.

We've been in an extended drought which caused the shallow banks to
recede maybe 10 ft in places, and good stands of grasses and weeds
sprouted on that exposed ground. Now that we've had a lot of rain the
pond has been full for about a month and that grass is decomposing. I
suspect this decomposition has depleted the oxygen supply in the water
rapidly and that's causing the fish kill.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Warren