You can always take the samples of the water yourself and take it to someone. There are private entities that support environmental efforts that can look into it and they have a LOT more pull with the bureaucrats than a single person does. If you do take samples, make sure you document it all, time, date and place.
Private entities aren't the only ones who can test. The local watershed/public water authority should be just as concerned as he is at the amount of dead fish and lack of life in the creek.
It blows my mind that you talked to the EPA about a possible hazardous contaminate in a public waterway and they told you to make an email complaint. How about, get off your ass and go investigate it? alright im done running my mouth, Awesome video bud, looking forward to the next one!
The only thing I can see an email helping with is like a paper trail. On this date, someone noticed a suspicious lack of living things in a creek and made calls due to concerns they had.
It's sad it takes so many steps for the EPA to look at something. Yet they can just roll up to your property and fine you $20,000 a day for something you didn't know was wrong.
In typical government fashion they pass the problem on to someone else to avoid the paperwork. I hope someone actually comes out and investigates. Keep us posted. And thanks for another rad video!!
I don't live in your area but water quality all over our country is in danger. I truly hope there is an investigation please keep us informed and thank you! You truly care and it shows! I look forward every week for your latest show ❤
Wow unbelievable you have to make a formal email complaint. So much for the protection of wildlife and the environment. In the uk 🇬🇧 if you ring NR to report an issue they are sending someone out as fast as they can. No email or form filling xxx FairPlay nick ty for looking out for our planet xxx
Hopefully there is a future update on that creek. Maybe you need to start a podcast series on this mystery chemical in the creek. : ) you have everyone hanging on the edge of our seats.
You did the right thing. I would have done the same. One tip: you can pick up municipal water testing sample tubes even though they are meant for home water supply or well water. If you sent a sample from the creek they’d detect what may have been dumped there.
I love to see how hard our tax dollars work for us and our environment. Just bewildering how much they scream protect the environment when there is money to be gained but crickets when the taxpayer has a legitimate concern.
Someone else on the various comment threads said it was possible to collect your own sample and send it to someone, but maybe you and some of your people can call in the problem as well. Higher up people hate being hassled for the same thing, so maybe they would do something just to shut everyone up.
Please do keep your viewers posted on the follow up about the possible contaminated lake water/spillway. Thank you for being environmentally conscious.
Good grief. You try to do the right thing and get drowned in bureaucracy and people who can't be bothered to do their jobs. "Oh...did you try the EPA?" EPA -> "Oh, did you use the complaint line?" Complaint line -> "Oh, you need to send in an official inquiry email form." We need to shut down all the alphabet agencies and start over at this point. None of them work to serve the people in any capacity.
You could probably use your social media presence, video evidence and a privately tested water sample to get some movement on this pretty quickly. Get a sample at the source and further down the creek where it sits stagnant and send it to lab.
Dude. I can’t even imagine the amount of time and effort that goes into drone shots, slow mo, walking away from the camera and having to go back for it, syncing audios and more. Truly the best doing it
Definitely need to send as many pictures as possible of the issue with your email complaint. Sad to see them pass it down some bureaucratic line like it did not matter to them.
I've ran into similar issues with questionable water quality when I go on similar fishing excursions in Mn & Wi. The Minnesota river in particular is bad and there are a lot of old businesses/plants that dump dirty water into the river and in one stretch not far from Minneapolis you can drive through it in a boat and the prop churns up a lot of foam that smells just like laundry detergent and the smell gets so bad that it's hard to stay and fish the area. When contacting the EPA and similar state agency I find that these old businesses were grandfathered-in at some point and can keep doing it until they shut down or do enough building or remodeling that it is considered a new business and new permits have to be issued. The place I mentioned, I first noticed about 20 years ago and it is still the same disgusting soapy water. But despite the pollution, that stretch somehow produces trophy walleyes, smallmouth, and catfish on a regular basis. Also you can search through the EPA's and your states environmental agency websites to find databases with this info, usually also with precise coordinates of the pipes dumping in. He might be able to do the same for this stream to find out what and why.
I’m worried that first spot is suffering from a combination of: 1) ignorant anglers, 2) low water levels, and 3) the mysterious pollution. Looking towards that update. Fish on bud!
Unfortunately that water way will probably just get ignored no matter how many "Formal Complaints" you leave or everyone leaves together unless there is a well off person or big enough company being affected by the die off and or negative effects of what's going on....
Looks like all you caught at that first place was red tape. Kudos for calling it in. Most folks wouldn’t. At the 2nd spot you got bullhead, bowfin, and all you needed was a buffalo! Great video, Nick!
Some days you just feel like going back to bed and starting over but on this journey you kept a good attitude and won. Keep us updated on the first location and what is killed all the life in it.
That looks a lot like the situation at my local creek from a few years ago. It turned out that a local farmer upstream dumped a large quantity of unused pesticide. It gave the water a white hue and killed everything for the season. The fish came back the next season to some extent but it took 3-4 years to fully recover.
Great video Nick, definitely keep us posted on the EPA and that creek. Maybe get a water sample yourself right from the waterfall and get it tested. Then a video fowarded to the news.
Years ago there was a guy they called "the Fox". He poured concrete in drains and stopped up pipes with logs and other things.The Fox was anonymous for many years, even as he wrote letters to the politicians of the area, newspapers and CEO's of the company's that were polluting. He was a hero that was responsible for spearheading the clean up of the Fox river in northern IL. My fathers friend Foxy has been gone for many years, but I always remember him when I see this kind of thing. When We The People take action, things will change...
5:33 Nick you can go back and collect some water samples and send it to a laboratory which is specialized for water conditions. From some ankle of view the water looked unnaturally murky.
Heroes for assuming based on literally nothing that this was not a normal thing caused by the spillway being so dry? No water coming over dam = no water for fish.... That tiny creek isn't enough to sustain fish population the size of what he found dead.
Last summer we had a sewage spill into our SD River which flows into an estuary before reaching a popular beach. I called it in and the person transferred me and the following respondent wanted to transfer me as well. I carefully explained that this is why the general public is distrustful and frustrated with our government. She eventually took down all the information to forward to the proper department. She actually wanted me to go track down WHERE the sewage leak was coming from. I contacted the local volunteers group (SDRP) that had a cleanup planned the next day, a Saturday, and they called the right people AND even gave a follow up phone call and email. The sewage spill was 2 miles away up on the hill overlooking the river. The spill killed all the fish in about 1.5m. The following week it rained and carried the contaminated water further down stream and killed off the remaining freashwater fish. It has been almost a yr now and the freshwater species have yet to return; it is just hundreds of turtles and crayfish.
The way those people on the phone just shuffled you around and palmed you off to the next person. Doesnt exactly fill me with any sort of confidence that the issue will ever get looked into or taken care of.
Literally every government agency ever. The only way to get anything done is to get your congressman involved. Just had to call a state senator last week to get a court order enforced. This used to be such a great country...
618 fishing with the water being that low it probably hasn't rained a lot in quite a while that's probably why the water looks so stagnant and no water is flowing over the spillway so it's probably been dry for quite a while
The government couldn’t care less about the environment. Just ask the people of East Palestine Ohio. Absolutely nothing has been cleaned up since the derailment.
Yup I was going to say that they poisoned the water. They probably do it all the time but its different when there is more water flowing from the spillway. If this is the case then it shows how what they put back into the water is not safe.
I agree 100% that water is always being dumped into this creek, but there is generally enough natural rain water to dilute it.. not this year apparently
That was an excellent storyline. Outstanding B-roll angles and clarity. Very well done, especially taking the important step for making the outdoors a cleaner place for everyone. Can’t wait to watch and enjoy more.
Damn, that first creek is one of my worst nightmares. I love to just go walking and watch the little fish you routinely call bait. Them being all gone while such nice big fish are just lying on the bank really blows.
Great catches of fish and that 2nd spillway that you're fishing at I will definitely have to check that out and go fishing at it sometime in the future and I probably may use a bobber and fish the bottom as well
And this other creek that you're fishing at I will definitely have to go fishing here and see if I can catch my PB fish and catch my first big decent-sized fish in 2 years
That guy from the EPA seriously said go online and and make fill out a complaint and it will aend it to me when he was already talking to him. Government at its finest
Went through something similar as a kid. We were wading a mile or two up and down a local creek and we all recieved chemical burns in a 2 to 3 inch band around our legs. It was reported and the probable source was found but during the night after we reported it there was a large storm that flushed out the creek and the storm water where it was believed the contamination came from. By the time they took samples they found nothing. We all had definite chemical burns which took a few weeks to totally disappear.
Wow that is really concerning. I luckily havnt noticed anything like that from this trip out there, but that’s unfortunate that they never found the cause at your spot
My neighbor has a pond deep in the Ozarks that my brother and I have fished for a few years now. This year though it seams all the big bass we use to catch has disappeared. There's minnows everywhere, frogs, snakes, turtles, everything you would see in a pond but the big fish are gone. Even the bluegill and sunfish are gone, strangest thing I've ever seen.
When I was a boy, the same thing happened to our local creek. I called the fish commission (not knowing anyone else at the time) and they came out. The day before we could smell a petroleum odor and an orange slick on top of the water. We wouldn't touch it because we didn't know what it was. It happened again about ten years later
Nice one , I love how much you care for the welfare of the fish and the environment in which they live, these episodes remind me of when I was a kid fishing with my dad, some of life’s greatest lessons are learned along a riverbank, the first and greatest being patience
A while back a few lake that feed some creeks were so low, due to little or no rain for a long while, they stopped flowing over the dams . And it caused an algae to grow and killed tons of fish. Once the rains came back it washed most of the algae out but the damage is done.
great work bud, do love the irony that right at the time (3:49) you say your going to call someone as you havent seen anything alive... you can see a fish flash (i think) in the water
The water treatment plant near my childhood house regularly dumps into the creek and you can see fish just floating down it dead. Sometimes the water is white (instead of dark brown) and they post signs saying biohazard.
The spillway at 6:01 scares the hell out of me. Notice the concrete in on the mid-left hand side is bowed up and continuously leaking. Indicates water undermining the dam. Looks like a dangerous failing dam.
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@4:43 Formal complaint line. We'll send somebody out. You know, there used to be SO many lobbyist in D.C. trying to grease palms, that Senators and Congress members had troubles moving about. Thus the FDA was formed. A lube station everyone knew to go to and get their stuff approved. The last bit of drinking water in any state would be sold to a cola company if they forked over the money. I say this knowing it's been done in other countries already. I'm from Tucson. Moved there in 76' when 12. I watched all the wells in the Flowing Wells district, the San Pedro and the Santa Cruz run dry. The Rio Grande is a trickling stream. A river named by Conquistadors that had seen some rivers in their travels named it that! But it's just a part of the planet's life cycles, it will come around again soon. Right?
Government agencies for you. Gov: "There's a formal complaint line that will come directly to us. I'll give it to you..." Citizen: "But I'm talking to you right now..."
We are having a water quality issue here where I live. There's a meat packing company that wants to dump 350,000 gallons of production waste water daily into the creeks and river that feed the lake I live on. I know what kind of bureaucracy you are dealing with dealing with this issue.
Me, being a wood aholic and tree aholic, noticed a sycamore leaf in the water as you let that last bowfin go.... I hope to hear what was wrong with that one creek/waterway.
So sad to see that first creek likely polluted. Side question: what waders do you use? I have a pair but they get dangerously hot. I almost gave myself a heat stroke last time i used them and it wasn't even hot yet!
@@618Fishing oh ok thank you! I have done something similar in rivers but I get weird about creeks (oddly enough triggers a big phobia for me 😂). Love the videos man! Keep it up and God bless!
You can also notify wildlife and fisheries. Tell them there are a lot of dead fish all over the banks and youve noticed theres no fish in the creek and it wasnt that way last time you fished there. They will go investigate. Ive done that here in my state.
Please let us know an update on this situation!! I can definitely see that the water has a weird coloration to it and it definitely didn't look good. 😥😰
If you wouldn't mind Nick....could you keep us updated on the water quality? ,,,if you hear anything back. I know I'm probably not the only one who's just as concerned as you are about what's going on in that creek. Thanks....
I live in Minnesota and one of the main lakes i go to got completely killed off by a clean up of toxic Chemicals in the dirt near the lake it got in the water
Idk where you’re located at but the train crash that leaked a massive amount of chemicals into local water sources in Ohio flows into several major water sources and could be the cause here, and it’s not the only incident like that.
Please keep us posted on the status of your phone call. I hope they investigate
For real something definitely seemed not right
Seems like there's no urgency from the folks you called. Send an email? Really?
Yea there not going to do anything
Folks now want smaller and less Gov, well that’s the consequence.
@@buixrulebet they have the answers but are keeping quiet.
You can always take the samples of the water yourself and take it to someone. There are private entities that support environmental efforts that can look into it and they have a LOT more pull with the bureaucrats than a single person does. If you do take samples, make sure you document it all, time, date and place.
Yes you are so right! Thank You for stating that.👍
Private entities aren't the only ones who can test. The local watershed/public water authority should be just as concerned as he is at the amount of dead fish and lack of life in the creek.
Great idea!
Most public tap water is intentionally poisoned. Why would they care about a creek?
In most cases like this the oxygen level was either to high or too low.
Welcome to the bureaucracy. Sigh. 😠
It blows my mind that you talked to the EPA about a possible hazardous contaminate in a public waterway and they told you to make an email complaint. How about, get off your ass and go investigate it? alright im done running my mouth, Awesome video bud, looking forward to the next one!
Exactly
well said
We shell out plenty in taxes! Go do your job?
EPA and DNR are usually seperate things, but a call to the EPA would probably get someone out there faster, they love giving out fines for violations
The only thing I can see an email helping with is like a paper trail. On this date, someone noticed a suspicious lack of living things in a creek and made calls due to concerns they had.
If Gar, Bowfin, and Mosquitofish can't live in it, it HAS to be polluted or poison! 😮
And they live through a ton of poison and toxins regularly
#facts
Came here to say this.
It's sad it takes so many steps for the EPA to look at something. Yet they can just roll up to your property and fine you $20,000 a day for something you didn't know was wrong.
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the epa is just another cog in the 3 letter agency mafia
In typical government fashion they pass the problem on to someone else to avoid the paperwork. I hope someone actually comes out and investigates. Keep us posted. And thanks for another rad video!!
I don't live in your area but water quality all over our country is in danger. I truly hope there is an investigation please keep us informed and thank you! You truly care and it shows! I look forward every week for your latest show ❤
They are ruining the water on purpose. They will investigate themselves and find nothing.
Make that world :/ it’s so sad
It’s the govt, they’re messing with the water quality to keep us sick and in need of health care
@@AndreiTheVampire True That!
@CarlKeeling15 I know I just don't want to give up hope
The EPA when you call: "Email us later, buddy"
serious gubment beaurocricy..... EPA, the not my job crowd
Wow unbelievable you have to make a formal email complaint. So much for the protection of wildlife and the environment. In the uk 🇬🇧 if you ring NR to report an issue they are sending someone out as fast as they can. No email or form filling xxx FairPlay nick ty for looking out for our planet xxx
Even here I'm genuinely confused as to their reaction. Dnr or state wildlife services are all the most active law enforcement we have.
My expectations, a hazmat team showing up in 30 minutes. Our government is a disappointment.
Hopefully there is a future update on that creek. Maybe you need to start a podcast series on this mystery chemical in the creek. : ) you have everyone hanging on the edge of our seats.
agreed
Sadly that’s how a lot of river systems are getting. I have pfa warnings on every river/body of water I try to fish locally
The “see ya later buddy” truly never gets old ❤
Truth! 😊
Exactly my favorite part!
You did the right thing. I would have done the same. One tip: you can pick up municipal water testing sample tubes even though they are meant for home water supply or well water. If you sent a sample from the creek they’d detect what may have been dumped there.
I seen those in Home Depot
I love to see how hard our tax dollars work for us and our environment. Just bewildering how much they scream protect the environment when there is money to be gained but crickets when the taxpayer has a legitimate concern.
Nick, I live down the road from this spillway. Please keep us updated as to what they find. I'm as shocked by this as you are. Definitely abnormal.
Someone else on the various comment threads said it was possible to collect your own sample and send it to someone, but maybe you and some of your people can call in the problem as well. Higher up people hate being hassled for the same thing, so maybe they would do something just to shut everyone up.
Easy to collect a sample and
Do a fast PH test, PPM, EC, and many other water tests by yourself cheaply. You can also collect and send Off to a lab.
Where is this at ? What lake? I have licenses in Texas through the Tex enviro quality commis and maybe able to check out.
Please do keep your viewers posted on the follow up about the possible contaminated lake water/spillway. Thank you for being environmentally conscious.
Good grief. You try to do the right thing and get drowned in bureaucracy and people who can't be bothered to do their jobs. "Oh...did you try the EPA?" EPA -> "Oh, did you use the complaint line?" Complaint line -> "Oh, you need to send in an official inquiry email form." We need to shut down all the alphabet agencies and start over at this point. None of them work to serve the people in any capacity.
100%
100%
this guy gets it...
Only serving themselves!
And that’s what desantis intends. 👍🏽
You could probably use your social media presence, video evidence and a privately tested water sample to get some movement on this pretty quickly. Get a sample at the source and further down the creek where it sits stagnant and send it to lab.
Dude. I can’t even imagine the amount of time and effort that goes into drone shots, slow mo, walking away from the camera and having to go back for it, syncing audios and more. Truly the best doing it
Definitely need to send as many pictures as possible of the issue with your email complaint. Sad to see them pass it down some bureaucratic line like it did not matter to them.
These slobs must sit in their office all day, doing literally nothing of value.
I've ran into similar issues with questionable water quality when I go on similar fishing excursions in Mn & Wi. The Minnesota river in particular is bad and there are a lot of old businesses/plants that dump dirty water into the river and in one stretch not far from Minneapolis you can drive through it in a boat and the prop churns up a lot of foam that smells just like laundry detergent and the smell gets so bad that it's hard to stay and fish the area. When contacting the EPA and similar state agency I find that these old businesses were grandfathered-in at some point and can keep doing it until they shut down or do enough building or remodeling that it is considered a new business and new permits have to be issued. The place I mentioned, I first noticed about 20 years ago and it is still the same disgusting soapy water. But despite the pollution, that stretch somehow produces trophy walleyes, smallmouth, and catfish on a regular basis. Also you can search through the EPA's and your states environmental agency websites to find databases with this info, usually also with precise coordinates of the pipes dumping in. He might be able to do the same for this stream to find out what and why.
Good for you for calling. Please keep us posted.
I’m worried that first spot is suffering from a combination of: 1) ignorant anglers, 2) low water levels, and 3) the mysterious pollution. Looking towards that update. Fish on bud!
Even if you don't catch a whole lot. The beauty of the outdoor environment is so relaxing and peaceful ✌️
That's true the filming is awesome but you need to catch more fish and longer videos. Thanks
Unfortunately that water way will probably just get ignored no matter how many "Formal Complaints" you leave or everyone leaves together unless there is a well off person or big enough company being affected by the die off and or negative effects of what's going on....
You’ll have to give us an update after you call in your complaint. Love in the videos buddy keep on grinding👊
You’re a good man, Nick. Keep it up!
Looks like all you caught at that first place was red tape. Kudos for calling it in. Most folks wouldn’t. At the 2nd spot you got bullhead, bowfin, and all you needed was a buffalo! Great video, Nick!
respect to him for wanting to preserve the wildlife and doing his best to fix it
Some days you just feel like going back to bed and starting over but on this journey you kept a good attitude and won. Keep us updated on the first location and what is killed all the life in it.
Good for you brother, as fishermen we have to be conservationists first. It's all we can do man.
Always a disappointment to see nature be truly neglected. None the less, you got some fish still, keep at it brother!
That looks a lot like the situation at my local creek from a few years ago. It turned out that a local farmer upstream dumped a large quantity of unused pesticide. It gave the water a white hue and killed everything for the season. The fish came back the next season to some extent but it took 3-4 years to fully recover.
Good for you Nick you are a good man for taking care of our nature. 💪🏽
At least there's a waterfall nearby keeping the water flowing in that Creek that's a plus
Great video Nick, definitely keep us posted on the EPA and that creek. Maybe get a water sample yourself right from the waterfall and get it tested. Then a video fowarded to the news.
Years ago there was a guy they called "the Fox". He poured concrete in drains and stopped up pipes with logs and other things.The Fox was anonymous for many years, even as he wrote letters to the politicians of the area, newspapers and CEO's of the company's that were polluting. He was a hero that was responsible for spearheading the clean up of the Fox river in northern IL. My fathers friend Foxy has been gone for many years, but I always remember him when I see this kind of thing. When We The People take action, things will change...
They always make you do a complaint and they pass it onto someone else.
5:33 Nick you can go back and collect some water samples and send
it to a laboratory which is specialized for water conditions.
From some ankle of view the water looked unnaturally murky.
Would love to see Nick do this and post the results on here for all to see.
People like you are the hero's for us all. I hope they investigate and can correct the issue for the absence of fish. Thank you again
Heroes for assuming based on literally nothing that this was not a normal thing caused by the spillway being so dry? No water coming over dam = no water for fish.... That tiny creek isn't enough to sustain fish population the size of what he found dead.
Last summer we had a sewage spill into our SD River which flows into an estuary before reaching a popular beach. I called it in and the person transferred me and the following respondent wanted to transfer me as well. I carefully explained that this is why the general public is distrustful and frustrated with our government. She eventually took down all the information to forward to the proper department. She actually wanted me to go track down WHERE the sewage leak was coming from. I contacted the local volunteers group (SDRP) that had a cleanup planned the next day, a Saturday, and they called the right people AND even gave a follow up phone call and email. The sewage spill was 2 miles away up on the hill overlooking the river. The spill killed all the fish in about 1.5m. The following week it rained and carried the contaminated water further down stream and killed off the remaining freashwater fish. It has been almost a yr now and the freshwater species have yet to return; it is just hundreds of turtles and crayfish.
The way those people on the phone just shuffled you around and palmed you off to the next person. Doesnt exactly fill me with any sort of confidence that the issue will ever get looked into or taken care of.
Literally every government agency ever. The only way to get anything done is to get your congressman involved. Just had to call a state senator last week to get a court order enforced. This used to be such a great country...
@@hon.mr.ronburgundyiiiesq.2096 oh my god, Ron fuckin Burgundy. Its an honour sir!
618 fishing with the water being that low it probably hasn't rained a lot in quite a while that's probably why the water looks so stagnant and no water is flowing over the spillway so it's probably been dry for quite a while
I'll have to come down here to this clear Creek and go fishing at it sometime in the future
The government couldn’t care less about the environment. Just ask the people of East Palestine Ohio. Absolutely nothing has been cleaned up since the derailment.
Yup I was going to say that they poisoned the water. They probably do it all the time but its different when there is more water flowing from the spillway. If this is the case then it shows how what they put back into the water is not safe.
I agree 100% that water is always being dumped into this creek, but there is generally enough natural rain water to dilute it.. not this year apparently
@@618Fishing Yup, exactly!
Please keep us updated on the complaint that’s hard to see all those dead fish thanks for another adventure
Some of the best editing and camera work I’ve ever seen 👍 Keep up the great work!
That was an excellent storyline. Outstanding B-roll angles and clarity. Very well done, especially taking the important step for making the outdoors a cleaner place for everyone. Can’t wait to watch and enjoy more.
Damn, that first creek is one of my worst nightmares. I love to just go walking and watch the little fish you routinely call bait. Them being all gone while such nice big fish are just lying on the bank really blows.
After seeing all the dead fish in there I'm wondering maybe if someone dumped fertilizer & chemicals and it spilled in there
Great catches of fish and that 2nd spillway that you're fishing at I will definitely have to check that out and go fishing at it sometime in the future and I probably may use a bobber and fish the bottom as well
So many companies get busted for dumping chemicals in streams like that every year. Glad you called, wish there was a place to send a sample.
Thanks for caring and thanks for sharing. I hope you find out whats going on. Keep us updated.
Calling the gov in a nutshell "call someone else till you get sent to the complaint box."
Didn't sound like the alphabet agencies were to concerned with it, and if the DNR was doing their job they would have already known about it.
And this other creek that you're fishing at I will definitely have to go fishing here and see if I can catch my PB fish and catch my first big decent-sized fish in 2 years
I agree with you Nick, very unsettling seeing dead fish everywhere. Please include updates in the next video. Stay hooked. 💪🏻
That guy from the EPA seriously said go online and and make fill out a complaint and it will aend it to me when he was already talking to him. Government at its finest
Went through something similar as a kid. We were wading a mile or two up and down a local creek and we all recieved chemical burns in a 2 to 3 inch band around our legs. It was reported and the probable source was found but during the night after we reported it there was a large storm that flushed out the creek and the storm water where it was believed the contamination came from. By the time they took samples they found nothing. We all had definite chemical burns which took a few weeks to totally disappear.
Wow that is really concerning. I luckily havnt noticed anything like that from this trip out there, but that’s unfortunate that they never found the cause at your spot
My neighbor has a pond deep in the Ozarks that my brother and I have fished for a few years now. This year though it seams all the big bass we use to catch has disappeared. There's minnows everywhere, frogs, snakes, turtles, everything you would see in a pond but the big fish are gone. Even the bluegill and sunfish are gone, strangest thing I've ever seen.
When I was a boy, the same thing happened to our local creek. I called the fish commission (not knowing anyone else at the time) and they came out. The day before we could smell a petroleum odor and an orange slick on top of the water. We wouldn't touch it because we didn't know what it was.
It happened again about ten years later
Nice one , I love how much you care for the welfare of the fish and the environment in which they live, these episodes remind me of when I was a kid fishing with my dad, some of life’s greatest lessons are learned along a riverbank, the first and greatest being patience
Does this lake have two dams and there's a spillway at the bottom part of the screen looks dry downstream
A while back a few lake that feed some creeks were so low, due to little or no rain for a long while, they stopped flowing over the dams . And it caused an algae to grow and killed tons of fish. Once the rains came back it washed most of the algae out but the damage is done.
great work bud, do love the irony that right at the time (3:49) you say your going to call someone as you havent seen anything alive... you can see a fish flash (i think) in the water
The absolute best Channel on TH-cam!! Thousands of us look forward to these videos every week. ❤
The water treatment plant near my childhood house regularly dumps into the creek and you can see fish just floating down it dead. Sometimes the water is white (instead of dark brown) and they post signs saying biohazard.
Government - “we love the environment rah rah save the trees”
Also government - “call someone else about the environmental concerns you have”
The spillway at 6:01 scares the hell out of me. Notice the concrete in on the mid-left hand side is bowed up and continuously leaking. Indicates water undermining the dam. Looks like a dangerous failing dam.
Yes Sir! I hope you do get answers as to what poison is killing the fish in your creek!!
Thanks for taking us with you!!
Did you happen to bring a water sample back with you and send it out to be tested?
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Jak jste poslouchali, co si říkáme při mrdání a po mrdání :D
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Contact your local news station. They usually will investigate this kind of stuff quickly and independently.
please keep us posted I live in the 618 and would like to know that something is done happy fishing!
@4:43 Formal complaint line. We'll send somebody out. You know, there used to be SO many lobbyist in D.C. trying to grease palms, that Senators and Congress members had troubles moving about. Thus the FDA was formed. A lube station everyone knew to go to and get their stuff approved. The last bit of drinking water in any state would be sold to a cola company if they forked over the money. I say this knowing it's been done in other countries already. I'm from Tucson. Moved there in 76' when 12. I watched all the wells in the Flowing Wells district, the San Pedro and the Santa Cruz run dry. The Rio Grande is a trickling stream. A river named by Conquistadors that had seen some rivers in their travels named it that! But it's just a part of the planet's life cycles, it will come around again soon. Right?
Usually when that many fish die, the oxygen level is either too high or too low. With the water level being low the latter is likely the culprit.
Always like your videos 👍🏻
I dry fly fish in Yorkshire England small rivers for brown trout.But enjoy your varied selection of species fishing you do.
Government agencies for you.
Gov: "There's a formal complaint line that will come directly to us. I'll give it to you..."
Citizen: "But I'm talking to you right now..."
I love how you set the hook and YOINK the fish out the water. 😂😂
We are having a water quality issue here where I live. There's a meat packing company that wants to dump 350,000 gallons of production waste water daily into the creeks and river that feed the lake I live on. I know what kind of bureaucracy you are dealing with dealing with this issue.
Me, being a wood aholic and tree aholic, noticed a sycamore leaf in the water as you let that last bowfin go.... I hope to hear what was wrong with that one creek/waterway.
Please let us know if & when you hear back from the EPA. Thanks for caring enough to report it! 😊
Great video!! My daughter is my fishing partner so we are headed to the big lake and spillway in the 618 area for her birthday. Tight lines!!
Typical government. you'll have to file a complaint, then it will come right back to here... But wait, I'm already talking to you
That's wild .....bet they won't do a thing about it either
So sad to see that first creek likely polluted.
Side question: what waders do you use? I have a pair but they get dangerously hot. I almost gave myself a heat stroke last time i used them and it wasn't even hot yet!
I actually just wear quick drying pants and tall muck boots in the summer!
@@618Fishing oh ok thank you! I have done something similar in rivers but I get weird about creeks (oddly enough triggers a big phobia for me 😂). Love the videos man! Keep it up and God bless!
It’s a shame you had to call every alphabet agency just for them to tell you that you need to make a formal complaint. What a way to spend our taxes.
Nice work, if you can get it.
You can also notify wildlife and fisheries. Tell them there are a lot of dead fish all over the banks and youve noticed theres no fish in the creek and it wasnt that way last time you fished there. They will go investigate. Ive done that here in my state.
You may also want to report that water coming out from under that slab at the dam. I don't think that's supposed to function like that.
Nick what do you wear when you’re fishing i just watched you walk through waist deep water in muck boots do you just let your boots fill up?
Please let us know an update on this situation!! I can definitely see that the water has a weird coloration to it and it definitely didn't look good. 😥😰
I'm proud of you, a long walk like that one and you didn't fall or even trip.
If you wouldn't mind Nick....could you keep us updated on the water quality? ,,,if you hear anything back. I know I'm probably not the only one who's just as concerned as you are about what's going on in that creek. Thanks....
I live in Minnesota and one of the main lakes i go to got completely killed off by a clean up of toxic Chemicals in the dirt near the lake it got in the water
Take water samples on your own to an independent lab for testing, show the lab where the samples came from as well
I'm glad you were still able to end it off with a nice spot. Awesome video
Great video it's a good thing you called them keep me updated if anything else happens
Idk where you’re located at but the train crash that leaked a massive amount of chemicals into local water sources in Ohio flows into several major water sources and could be the cause here, and it’s not the only incident like that.
Keep up the effort my man, similar things have happened to the creeks down here and now all of the gar have died out