Just had a report that there was a big fish kill on this lake over the winter - our club is supposed to fish there in late April - wondering if anybody up that way has heard anything?

Shad,

I am in Sioux City and have not heard anything about it.  There was a swap meet in town this weekend and I did not hear any mention of it there either.  I'll see what I can find out this week.  I wish I would have seen your post earlier..I would have had an answer for ya.

Shad,  

I ended up talking with a DNR official, who said that he basically had not heard anything official yet but, they expect a lot of winter kill on smalller shallower lakes this year due to the ice and and snowfall amounts.  Apparently ice fisherman with cameras have been reporting a lot of dead fish laying on the bottom.  They will know more after ice out.

One of the guys in our club reported talking to DNR and part of the concern was that the oxygen level in the lake is particularly low - the expectation is that the fish kill will be huge from this.  They will not have an official announcement until some time in April and our tourney is set for 4/26 so not much time for us to adapt if we need to.  There is some discussion about moving to Snyder Bend - I've never been there - any thoughts?