Bizarre fish turn up dead at Lake Casa Blanca
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KGNS News
Story Created:
Jan 21, 2010
Story Updated:
Jan 21, 2010
Hundreds of fish are washing up on the shore of Lake Casa Blanca, leaving many people wondering what’s going on.
For others the question is: What kind of fish is that?
It turns out the interesting looking fish isn't that uncommon after all, but it should be uncommon to see it at Lake Casa Blanca.
Game wardens say it’s the result of the recent cold snap.
“The cold weather dropped the temperature just enough that these fish which are actually tropical fish they cant sustain life.”
Gaulden says besides the armored catfish, game wardens are also finding tilapia dying from the cold.
Dumping the unwanted "invasive species" into the lake is actually in violation of a state law but it happens all the time.
Thursday morning’s clean up resulted in buckets full of dead fish and only hours later more have appeared.
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Joe Gonzalez said on Wednesday, Jan 27 at 12:27 AM
We fisherman catch them and leave them out of water because we are told that they eat game fish eggs.They have over populated the casa blanca area and we are just trying to take care of our lake for our children to fish in tommorrow. I am a catch and release fisherman from casa blanca to the rio grand and I am interested in what our lake will produce in the future!!!!
36433907charlie the tuna said on Saturday, Jan 23 at 12:22 AM
Ahem .... cough cough ... yeah the cold weather .... cough ... cough
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