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PERSHING COUNTY, Nev. (KOLO) -- There's a glimmer of hope at Rye Patch Reservoir after an algae bloom killed thousands of fish last fall. The Nevada Department of Wildlife surveyed the lake on Thursday and found not everything in its waters had died.
The problem at rye patch was first noticed on the lake in early October. For a then unknown reason, fish were washing up dead. A lengthy investigation found the fish fell victim to golden algae which clings to a fish’s gills and suffocates it.
"Uncountable. By the thousands… At times there was not 15 inches between (dead) fish," said Jim Hawkins, Park Supervisor at Rye Patch Reservoir.
The sheer number of fish that died lead biologists to believe the fishery was a complete loss. Using a fish finder, biologists set out Thursday to try and see if they could find any sign of life, but cruising the lake for hours only revealed a few blips.
"Right now it is blank, we have not seen anything yet," said Brad Bauman, a fisheries biologist with NDOW.
The problem at rye patch was first noticed on the lake in early October. For a then unknown reason, fish were washing up dead. A lengthy investigation found the fish fell victim to golden algae which clings to a fish’s gills and suffocates it.
"Uncountable. By the thousands… At times there was not 15 inches between (dead) fish," said Jim Hawkins, Park Supervisor at Rye Patch Reservoir.
The sheer number of fish that died lead biologists to believe the fishery was a complete loss. Using a fish finder, biologists set out Thursday to try and see if they could find any sign of life, but cruising the lake for hours only revealed a few blips.
"Right now it is blank, we have not seen anything yet," said Brad Bauman, a fisheries biologist with NDOW.