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?
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