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[BoogieBoard]

If you have been in Lake Havasu in the last 3 weeks you would have noticed all the dead carp....how disgusting and smelly it is in the channel. We also went through a section going up north after Windsor just before you make the right turn to go into the mouth where there was about 50 fish just chillin on their side. You need to hold your nose because the smell is unbelievably strong. They said a Herpies virus came from Lake Mead and is only deadly for Carps. Supposedly the dead fish is getting less and less.

[riverpirate]

I heard about this... a few people were commenting on it this weekend.

[mxgurl452]

Yes its true. its pretty grose. we just got our boat serviced and took it out for a test run. and we went threw the channel and i could not belive how many dead fish were in there. but it was not stopping people from enjoying the channel and lake... but it is pretty nasty seeing dead fish every where!

[DJ SpunN]

yeah thats just not right!

[mxgurl452]

Damn ppl with herpies should stayed out of lake mead... They killed a lot of fishies hahahah!

[DJ SpunN]

Well drive down the channel on a busy weekend god knows what is in there!

[mxgurl452]

ewwwy i know. the other weekend. a flippin used condom floated right by pretty nasty!!!!!!!!

[DJ SpunN]

Yeah no but thanks for the visual!

[motoxmike89]

When we were out there a couple of weeks ago we kept seeing the dead fish, I counted about 5, pretty disgusting.

[fluentdesigns]

last weekend was pretty bad from what I heard. Lots of fish floating all over Hopefully it gets cleaned up pretty soon.

[DJ SpunN]

well grab a net and lets skim!

[marcijo]

You all are right.....pretty nasty and alot of them were even chopped open with guts coming out, probably boat propellers cutting them up. We saw a couple hundred from Thompson bay through the channel, (channel was the worst with the smell) past Windsor launch ramp and up to the opening of the river. No one like the city was even bothering to clean them up.

[Coto]

I was there is last weekend also and didn't even want to get into the water at the channel so we went up north to the sandbar and didn't see one fish float by all weekend. I was glad that we did because Riverforums was there and got a picture of us. Thanks Riverforums. I also found this article about the dead carp.

Arizona Game and Fish

Thousands of dead carp are washing up along the shores of Lake Mohave.
Lake Mohave


* Lake Mead National Recreation Area

There's something fishy at Lake Mohave.

Park Service officials are warning Memorial Day travelers that thousands of dead carp are washing up on the shores of the lake and a funky odor will be afoot along the beaches as the fish decompose.

Lake Mohave is part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The Colorado River runs through Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, which is south of the Hoover Dam.

The Park Service said no concentrations of the dead fish have appeared at Lake Mead.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area spokesman Andrew Munoz said the there aren't health concerns for humans from the dead fish. Specimens have been sent away for testing, but results won't be available until next week, he said.

Wildlife officials suspect a carp-specific virus or disease is to blame because no other species of dead fish have washed up on shore, he said.

He advised visitors avoid high concentrations of dead fish and not to handle the carcasses because rotting flesh could pose a health threat.

As for the smell, there's not much that can be done, he said.

"In areas of high concentration of the dead fish, there will be an ... unwelcoming smell," he said. "The smell is uncontrollable and it's not feasible for us to start removing fish from the beach."

The National Parks system's policy is to "keep wild things wild" and to allow the natural process to take effect, so no cleanup is planned unless the fish are found to present a danger, Munoz said.

Boaters and those participating in recreation away from the shoreline shouldn't be affected by the odorous carp, he said.

Last year, Lake Mead saw a carp die-off in the Overton Beach area likely because of low oxygen levels, he said.

The National Park Service says the die-off has had a minimal effect on marinas and tours, and that the water is safe for swimming.

By Friday, the odor was no longer detectable in some areas, the Park Service said.

[DJ SpunN]

thank you for that coto

[marcijo]

DJ SpunN said:

thank you for that coto

Well it looks like Coto is just a giver of information, right DJ? lol. We thank you for that fish info for sure. Now we need an article about how they cleaned it all up. No more fishies.....

[DJ SpunN]

I deff like how someone takes the time to research....I know I don't have that time!

[marcijo]

I hear you on that note, DJ I wish I had more spare time to do fun things to. Like having a cocktail, like boating, like having another cocktail, like going to the river, like having again another cocktail......you got the idea.

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Edited by marcijo, 22 June 2009 - 06:23 PM.

[DJ SpunN]

Cheers to you!

[wakemaker]

i was there saturday and at the mouth of the river from havasu there was an island of dead fish abuout 50 feet across. and it and the channel stunk real bad.
any one know if it will be better on the fourth?

[ltr450rider]

Maybe the Indians, I mean Native Americans, Did like they did back in the 90's when they dumped the sewage in the lake. Someone made t-shirts that said "4th of July 1994. One, Hot Shitty Weekend"

[DJ SpunN]

some one needs to to find a pic of that shirt

[RayyBabyy]

My cousin was up in laughlin this last weekend and I guess it hit really bad there. He said there was tons on th ebeach and in the water and that the smell was unbareable.

But really? Fish herpies?? Ha. I would advise EVERYONE who doesnt already have it to stay out of the water just in case. I know I am.

[Riverbound]

Dont people know you are supposed to wear a condom when fucking fish?

[RiverDad]

wakemaker said:

i was there saturday and at the mouth of the river from havasu there was an island of dead fish abuout 50 feet across. and it and the channel stunk real bad.
any one know if it will be better on the fourth?

I was just thinking the same thing. I know we are going anyway but I will call ahead to see what the scoop is.

[Nolsky]

The Lake is looking pretty good now, looks like they have it under control. Yay, poor fish

[Nolsky]

After this weekend it looked great, i seen a lot fish that didn't die at Lake Mojave. Alot