Fish Kill at Econfina

[rammerjammer]

Has any one gotten any more information? Has the water clarity improved any? Just curious

[Sea Dawg]

No the water is still the same black tannic water and its raining every day some..the fish are still floating up but pass yates creek the kill is not around

[carolinaskiff238dlv]

I was actually fishing at Ecofina on sunday & there were thousands of Blofish floating everywhere from Ecofina River to Rock Island. I'd never seen anything like it before. Has anyone else seen it before?

[Sea Dawg]

I have but its sure bad this time

[carolinaskiff238dlv]

Why would it only be Blofish?

[Sea Dawg]

its not Its flounder, puffer fish grunts most of all the bottom fish

[Harmsway]

its not Its flounder, puffer fish grunts most of all the bottom fish

It makes sense that oxygen depletion is more prevelent near the bottom where the oxygen-sucking bacteria live.

[rammerjammer]

Any body been? Are things getting ant better? Want
To plan a trip but not if things haven't improved!

[rammerjammer]

Any better, didn't say I could spell.

[Seachaser]

No. It will most likely be another month or two. Even the Wakulla is like dark tea. Was at the landing Thursday and one boat was out. It was the FWC.

[Sea Dawg]

some people went out today to 30 ft or 25 miles and loaded up on seabass and ruby liped grunts

[Rhettley]

Was there ever any official word or guess on what caused the fish kill?

[big bend gyrene]

Rhettley, guess our area is just too rural for officials to feel an explanation needs to be provided... a SINGLE dead shark was found in the streets of Miami in 2009 and it got WORLD WIDE press attention, as well as a massive police and wildlife investigation. THOUSANDS of fish die here, and... ***crickets chirping***... heck, human remains found here and what information are the police quickly sharing... ***crickets still chirping***.

[icwhite]

Thinking of going out to Econfina this Sunday, weather permitting, and curious whether the water conditions have improved or should I look at launching somewhere else.

[Steve Stinson]

Call JR's store at the Aucilla River / US-98. He will give you an up to date report and let you know if anybody is catching anything yet. (850) 584-4595


There was an announcement at last week's NFGFC meeting that the FWC had checked into this fish kill and found it to definitely be an oxygen deprivation problem. (Thanks to Bob for updating us on this).

Steve Stinson
Pres.
Meridian Surveying and Mapping, Inc.