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<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When we first had a cotta <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 <style type=3D"text/css">P { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-L= EFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;} </style> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> =EF=BB=BF An interesting question Dave. </div>=20 <div> If you compare Kings County to PEI which has  much the same dr= awbacks that you mention, </div>=20 <div> 4 differences are immediately noticeable. </div>=20 <div> 1 - no bass in PEI </div>=20 <div> 2 - no large dams in PEI, a few low height affairs but not like Kings Co= unty. </div>=20 <div> 3 - Fish Kills in PEI are prominent in the media. Not a news item in NS. </div>=20 <div> 4 - The daily bag limit for trout in PEI is 16, in NS its 5. The trout&#= 160;population in PEI seems healthy </div>=20 <div> with very little stocking. </div>=20 <div> I think # 2 is very suspect as the prime reason for the demise of trout = in Kings County. </div>=20 <div> Enjoy the spring </div>=20 <div> Paul </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div> On May 7, 2015 at 11:39 AM David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glin= x.com> wrote: <br/> <br/> </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-co= lor: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; position: rela= tive;" type=3D"cite">=20 <div> Hi Darrell & All,          =               May 7, 2015 </div>=20 <div>     Over the last 65 years just about all of the formerl= y highly productive Trout streams in Kings County have become dead water. </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div>     Streamflow instability, siltation from careless= highway widening, erosion from extensive clearcuts or cultivated land,= 0;abnormal nutrient influx and acid rain are probable contributing fac= tors, depending upon the settiing and there may be other unsuspected causes= but in the complete absence of Bass, now or previously, they are excluded. </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div>     If this kind of disaster can happen in the absence o= f Bass it could be rushing to judgment to blame Bass where they&#= 160;are present. They are tolerant of warm, sluggish water (low O2 I suspec= t) so would be expected to survive where Trout do not. </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div>     I don't know Lake Egmont but I notice there are = roads along three sides and one of these is just along the eastern side. Th= e topography suggests water fed in from swamp brooks as opposed to spring f= ed so I wonder how ir fares in dry periods. </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div>     When we first had a cottage at Sunken Lake in 1971 t= he walls and windows were shingled with swarms of insects when lights were = on at night and the shallows in season had mob of Penny Toads and schools o= f Minnows. By 1995 insects, Toads and Minnows were very sparse. </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div>     In all questions it is far better to iterate to = ;the truth than to identify a possibly innocent culprit. </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div>     Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-right= : 0px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: #000000; border-left-width: 2px= ; border-left-style: solid;">=20 <div style=3D"font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-str= etch: normal;"> ----- Original Message -----     </div>=20 <div style=3D"background: #e4e4e4; font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-a= djust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-color: black;"> <strong>From:</strong>=20 darrell@abolitphotos.ca </div>=20 <div style=3D"font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-str= etch: normal;"> <strong>To:</strong>=20 naturens@chebucto.ns.ca </div>=20 <div style=3D"font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-str= etch: normal;"> <strong>Sent:</strong> Tuesday, May 05, 2015 6:12 PM </div>=20 <div style=3D"font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-str= etch: normal;"> <strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [NatureNS] goldfish question </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <p>Smallmouth basically wipe out trout, has happened in Lake Egmont and= other lakes coming off the Shubenacadie River. Lake Egmont used to be= flourshing in trout, not since tha bass entered. The the Pickerel entered = about 4 years later than the smallmouthand that is all she wrote.</p>=20 <p> </p>=20 <p>The only trout now are on our eastern shore watersheds and they are = in danger I hear from smallmouth, sad indeed.</p>=20 <p> </p>=20 <p>All the best,</p>=20 <p>Darrell</p>=20 <p> </p>=20 <p> </p>=20 <p>--------------------------------<br/>