Providence River
 

So I have a part time Gig as a line handler in providence River for tankers offloading on both sides of the river .

And to my surprise over the past 2 weeks there has been dead peanut Bunker all over the place and I saw 1 full size bunker swimming erratically in circles .. this morning the same dead peanut bunker

Not sure if it has anything to do with the Tugs creating turbulence and drowning them That seems to be the only thing that happens At every dock . Could be pollution? But it’s not hundreds of fish just a few dozen . Any thoughts?

I Dun No :huh:
The tug sounds about right… pollution would be larger numbers maybe…. We’re gonna need them next month. ;-)

I did see some pretty big schools of peanut bunker most in the 4 -5 inch range big enough for a few osprey to pick them off . And must be a thousand gulls working . I don’t see anything under the bait but it sure looked like something was going on
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Wayne there is a article on channel 12 news website explaining your observation.
DEM says low oxygen natural mortality thing
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same report as in the last 30 years :lurk:

Thanks

I had considered that , but didn’t think their were that many fish in the river
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There isn't. IT's BS:bs:

No way it's that crowded, could these have been trapped over the winter and just died of natural causes.

Does it really matter :buds:

There are many more alive ones that are 5 inches long . Than dead ones

Starvation maybe ?
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Just something to talk about
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Before it starts… ;-)
Got skunked on the flatties Saturday… :-(

Clammer is grumpy.

not really

Its just we here this every year // then the tv stations get involved

then they wake up Moses , & rip van winkle so now the DEM

has to respond & that,s always a f #^&#^&#^&#^&#^& tasks with them

they repond on all the social media sites , including fox & CNN

bottom line ......lets guess ... not enough [air] to breath

how many times is it just menhaden .. 99.9% :bgi:

Southern CC Bay towards Sandwich has had a loss of oxy for the past couple yrs,,,,, a little out from there, 65-70’ , the bugs came up with no zip to them,,, oxy starvation I assumed….
But they still ate good…. :-)

Was down on the river yesterday it was still loaded with peanut bunker and the cormorant we’re having a feeding frenzy the only thing missing were Bass
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