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=EF=BB=BF An interesting question Dave.
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If you compare Kings County to PEI which has  much the same dr=
awbacks that you mention,
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4 differences are immediately noticeable.
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1 - no bass in PEI
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2 - no large dams in PEI, a few low height affairs but not like Kings Co=
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3 - Fish Kills in PEI are prominent in the media. Not a news item in NS.
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4 - The daily bag limit for trout in PEI is 16, in NS its 5. The trout&#=
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with very little stocking.
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I think # 2 is very suspect as the prime reason for the demise of trout =
in Kings County.
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Enjoy the spring
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Paul
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On May 7, 2015 at 11:39 AM David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glin=
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Hi Darrell & All,          =
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    Over the last 65 years just about all of the formerl=
y highly productive Trout streams in Kings County have become dead water.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    In all questions it is far better to iterate to =
;the truth than to identify a possibly innocent culprit.
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    Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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<strong>Sent:</strong> Tuesday, May 05, 2015 6:12 PM
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<strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [NatureNS] goldfish question
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<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 =
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<p>The only trout now are on our eastern shore watersheds and they are =
in danger I hear from smallmouth, sad indeed.</p>=20
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<p>All the best,</p>=20
<p>Darrell</p>=20
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