I went to Lake Granbury and there were several dead fish along the bank including crappie, drum, bluegill, and shad. There were also shad and drum swimming erratically along the shore. The water had a slight tea color and algae smell. Lake Granbury has been hit really hard by golden algae in the past, so hopefully this will be a mild and isolated bloom.

Won Angler's Choice with one fish about 15 years ago with the big one took place. Heavy rains and high water set it off.

Great, thats all we need in Whitney.

I hope it doesn’t make it to Whitney.

February report not out yet but did show some slight toxicity to fish in January



https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/water/environconcerns/hab/ga/status.phtml

The February report should have high levels near the 377 bridge. I fished near the 377 bridge today in a location that I usually do very well this time of year and didn’t get a nibble. I didn’t see a lot of new dead fish, but there were shad swimming in circles.

Unfortunately the golden algae kill at Lake Granbury is spreading across the lake. It appears to have hit the crappie, shad, and drum really hard. I have observed dead largemouth bass to 5 pounds and dead catfish estimated around 15 pounds. Sad.

Will the rain help?

Sad, rain helps dilute!

Any updates on this? I’m headed there next week for spring break with my family

Fished there today (3/9). Saw numerous 3 to 5lb bass dead bank out of and across from decordova. Also drum and shad. Sickening see these quality bass dead. Fishing was slow. Water temp dropped 5 degrees from monday

Lake Granbury may be turning the corner with the golden algae issue. Although there are still a lot of dead fish in the lake, all of them appeared to be several days old and I didn’t see any stressed fish today. The fish kill hit most of the species in the lake and killed some really big fish including catfish, largemouth bass, drum, crappie, striper, buffalo, gar, and carp. I was invited to fish with a friend, Chuck, on his boat slip. Chuck is an excellent angler and has not caught any fish in his slip for 3 weeks. However, today we caught several very healthy crappie, white bass, and drum. The water had a green color instead of the dark tea golden algae color of weeks past. Hopefully the worst is over.

hope for the best