Vernon Marsh

I have not fished there in 50 years, that's my report. Used to be some nice perch in there. Last time I was there it was last time I fished there. We put in a canoe and started to go down that channel. I was standing in the front and throwing and casting ahead. The guy behind me paddling, says. I want you know that if it was any else but you standing. I would be shting green dimes over purple nickles. But you never stop amazing me. The same thing the WOP said yesterday as I taught him a new way to catch crappies. If you go from the I bridge towards Waukesha. I would not be surprised if you would see a soda can nailed to a tree here and there. It means there are fish near bye. As soon as the sun goes down. Gravel in the middle river gives up some nice channel cats. The muck next to shore, all the bullheads. 

Catman - That's one of my "non-fishing" memories there.  sort of.

Back when I was, young dumb and full of it, i brought my side GF there to cast a line and play on a blanket in the grass...as the sun was setting. I got mosquito bites in places I'd never had mosquito bites before. Lots of them. So did she.

 I don't think we lasted much longer after that.

Aw, shucks.  I didn't mean to rain on anybody's parade  . I just tuned in cuz some of my kin live around there and I like to keep tabs on places I might take a cast someday. Carry on, and next time, I'll try to control myself!   

I wasn't going to post anything on this but I'm a little bored on lazy Saturday morning so what the heck.
My first thought was the same as Carpio, I just wondered why you didn't take a picture of the dead fish, honesty wasn't really part of my thought process. Then I went on Goggle maps and looked at this place and wondered why there is a thread and 197 posts on a swamp/marsh that doesn't look to have any open water. This place looks like a great spot to catch west Nile virus and that's about it.

Drewster - why didn't you say so earlier? Hahaha! You know you're spoiling all of the fun...

Let me grab my bag of popcorn 🍿 👀👀.... 

1) Attempting a fish kill immediately following a massive flood would be EXTREMELY unusual, as trained biologists know that dilution of the chemicals and escape by the fish are very likely.

2) Summer flood waters are almost always very low in oxygen due to high biological oxygen demand from decomposition of organic material swept into the water and high turbidity that impairs photosynthesis.

I'd bet one of my Zebco33 combo's those fish died from oxygen deprivation after the flood.  Just an observation from the other side of the state.

BB.  I’m interested in all aspects of fish and fishing,good or bad and thought that maybe you could show us something interesting.     Nothing more.   Please end this discussion.

I take the time to go to a dead message board to revive an even deader thread to let others know that a spot may be a waste of time to fish for a while and for what?

To be called a liar? No good deed goes unpunished I guess...

What motivation would I have to lie? To protect the spot? Obviously not...I just let the cat out of the bag...twice...

To slander the DNR? Well I suppose a person might do that but not this guy.

Anyways, I emailed wildlife management. I'll let you folks know what the response is if I get one. Don't worry, I was very kind in my correspondence. Hahaha...

B said..."Carpio asking for pictures is like saying, "prove it or you're lying". That's what set me off. Why else would he ask?"

Maybe just straight up curiosity? After all, Tichigan experienced a recent fish kill to, albeit a minor one.

 Or maybe he DID doubt you. So? Is that so bad? I'm sure your self-confidence is strong enough that it doesn't really bother you to have folks disagree with you. But......You also got "set off' the last time the topic came up. Nobody asked for pics and everyone else was civil. However, your version of what *must have* happened was questioned...And there was no mention of signage then at all.

I'm not a huge fan of the WDNR either. However, I know they take the WDATCP regs regarding pesticide use signage very seriously. It ain't  ":the DNR" that gets in trouble if the law is not adhered to, it's the individual employee. For the most part, those people like their jobs.

Maybe - just maybe - the WDNR poisoned the water, left the appropriate signage (at intervals all along the area treated) and someone came along and removed it...whether out of vindictiveness, or DNR employees themselves did it after a certain period of time and the rotonone has degraded to a safe level.

You COULD be right.

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