Fish Kill Event - Upper and Lower Pine Lakes

Eldora

Event ID: 799
Date of Kill: 4/27/2009
Waterbody Type: Lake
Cause Origin: Unknown
Cause: Unknown (Natural Suspected)
Mode: N/A
Magnitude: 3 (1001 - 5000 fish killed)
County: Hardin
ESD Field Office: FO 2
Fisheries Office: Clear Lake Station
LongDD: -93.07815
LatDD: 42.36659
Created Date: 8/27/2009 12:28:00 PM
Last Update: 7/2/2024 9:43:41 AM

For more information about this fish kill event, contact the Field Office or Fisheries Office listed above.

Impacted Assessment Segments

Lat/Long uses WGS84 datum

Onsite Comments

Thousands of dead fish were reported at Pine Lakes was reported to the DNR. Most of the fish killed were bluegill and crappie, but biologists also found a few dead largemouth bass, catfish, bullheads and gizzard shad. Environmental sampling was done on Pine Lakes, but no contamination was detected. Oxygen levels in the water were also at normal levels. The fish appear to have died before the heavy weekend rains, most likely cause rapid rising/falling temperatures stressing fish.