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 Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 02:49 AM
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Lots of dead channel cats and drum floating all over the place. I started to see them within the last 4 days. everyday is a fresh batch of fish floating and only cats and drum all the same size.....
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 Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 03:10 AM
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DJTripleR
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Lots of dead channel cats and drum floating all over the place. I started to see them within the last 4 days. everyday is a fresh batch of fish floating and only cats and drum all the same size..... Seriously? It is that way every year!! Some years it is worse than others. A couple years ago was really bad!! The warmer the temperature the water gets, the less oxygen the water holds, said Melissa Dudley, a pollution biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Waco.
The number of fish deaths depends on how long the extreme depression of oxygen lasts higher temperatures over a longer period of time mean more dead fish.
The drought conditions also have led to lower lake levels, which means theres less overall oxygen to go around to all the fish, bringing survival of the fittest into play.
The bigger fish are more vulnerable right now. Bigger fish need more oxygen just because of their size, Dudley said.
Last edited by DJTripleR; 07/30/11 03:16 AM. Reason: added quote from online source
Good Fishing To Ya, Ruben 
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 03:11 AM
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Yaffe (Jeff)
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Saw some floaters on Tawakoni this evening as well
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 03:34 AM
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We saw one ENORMOUS white bass on LL this afternoon
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 03:44 AM
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I'm with ya Ruben,, they do that every year!!!!!!!!
Now about 2 years ago there were 20 lb. Buffalo all over the lake DEAD!!!
Pretty much happens every year....,,
  10 lb. hybrid, 54 lb. cat on 3/4 ounce slab-- Hubbard
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 03:47 AM
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Thermocline has set in strong.. happens every year on Hubbard end July - first of August.. Cats and Drum usually the first to go... you would think they would swim to "good" water 
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 03:53 AM
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Doug Gibbins
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I've been wondering about that, too. Saw 'em all over the lake yesterday.
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
[Re: Ray Hubbard Guide- J.V.]
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07/30/11 03:53 AM
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No doubt JV...when it gets stuffy in the garage I go to the living room. I guess it's natural selection at it's finest
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 03:55 AM
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What they said, But I dont know about catfish being the first to go because they can live out of the water for a long time.
plus you have guys baitting with fresh milo. You have to soak the milo first because it exspands when it gets wet. So if the cats or drum eat it it exspands in the gut and kills them.
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 04:08 AM
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Ray Hubbard Guide- J.V.
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What they said, But I dont know about catfish being the first to go because they can live out of the water for a long time.
plus you have guys baitting with fresh milo. You have to soak the milo first because it exspands when it gets wet. So if the cats or drum eat it it exspands in the gut and kills them.
Mike.. I see your point.. but man... somebody has to be dumping TONS of it in the water.. I named a new point today.. DEAD FISH POINT
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 12:28 PM
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SeaPro-Todd
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Yep, see them every year about this time of the year and they accumulated more at wind blown banks. They all seem to be the same size 12 incher kitties too.
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 02:42 PM
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Bluwave Mike
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What they said, But I dont know about catfish being the first to go because they can live out of the water for a long time.
plus you have guys baitting with fresh milo. You have to soak the milo first because it exspands when it gets wet. So if the cats or drum eat it it exspands in the gut and kills them.
Mike.. I see your point.. but man... somebody has to be dumping TONS of it in the water.. I named a new point today.. DEAD FISH POINT I with ya  Need to cut one open and see. On the island at Tawakoni I have seen 100's dead and there little bellies full of milo. They dump 50 lb sacks out
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 02:44 PM
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Bluwave Mike
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Dont forget the carp and buff are usely dead all over the water. Some of that could be because of all the boats on the water too.
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Re: Whats going on with the floaters on Hubbard?
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07/30/11 02:46 PM
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Also, there has been no rain to help stir up/put oxygen in the water.
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