Game and Fish and DNR are checking into the fish fill on the Red River. No wonder the bite has been slow. Check it out in the article below:
http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=49983§ion=homepage
It seems that river has had pleanty of die offs. There was one before O6…maybe 04?? Don’t recall what that one was caused by.
None the less…that sucks. 
That sure doesn’t sound good. Please keep us updated if you hear more. Thanks.
Thanks, Bill
The Red At Grand Forks has experienced a fish kill. It was caused by naturally occurring bacteria called columnaris and another called aeromonis. To make these bacteria actually kill catfish there must be another stressing factor such as low oxygen. The big question now is what were the factors bringing it all together to cause a fish kill of this magnitude.
I’ll keep you posted on what we find. The DNR wants us to catch a few big fish since they are starting to show the same sores and the smaller fish.
At this point there are still healthy fish to be caught, and as far as we know it is only affecting a localized area of the Red.
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