Folks around the Humeston Reservoir have noticed the death -- and smell along with it -- of thousands of fish this week. What caused it? Should we be worried?
The ponds, lakes, rivers, and trout streams are almost fully liquid again! The water's still a bit cold yet though. It hasn't been a rough or long winter, but when you're jonesing to get out on the water and start catching fish, it feels like years!
Konakowitz has been fishing consistently for over two and a half decades, including through the gargantuan layers of ice that his home state offers -- he had never seen this species of fish before.