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Originally posted by Cecil Baird1:
I have literature...that says, "Yellow perch are more tolerant to low dissolved oxygen than sunfish. Reports have indicated dissolved oxygen levels as low as 3.5 mg/l (ppm) for 67 days will not be detrimental to perch growth."
Then it would follow that the perch fled the 2 ppm DO levels up to the surface. It makes me wonder if I really have any yellow perch at all. I should have had at least 180 before the "event", but maybe I still have a lot of dead fish that I didn't see. Maybe they sank to the bottom. Maybe they're still dying. And maybe Meadowlark sent some Texas-size raccoons to collect the carcasses. ;\) I wish there was a good way to find out, but the underwater camera isn't going to be very effective for some time.

Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.