Fish are ALL Dying - San Diego Local Pond

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

A local theorizes that the pond was poisoned intentionally to keep the "smell down". While others say that; due to low water, high temperatures, and or algae blooms leads to oxygen depletion. What you do you guys think?

[@eriklocs1231]

Just put your hook inside their mouth an dpretend to catch then and take them all home and make a fry fish feast for your family. Just don't tell them how you really caught them.

[@seansd6195]

I just did a Google search to see if there was any info on this and there was an article from 2016 on the same subject. Someone's up to no good around there based off of what I read from that Union Tribune article.

[@jimmygore8214]

They only made the smell worse

[@seansd6195]

@@jimmygore8214 true. People can be pretty stupid though.

[@alex111683]

Don't tell Mike Long about the big ones in there might come along and try to get one and keep it in his garage for the next tournament

[@curtishuffstutler2934]

Need to call the news KUSI that ain't right

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

So I was digging around and found this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpmqpX2AnLFjg8U

[@bo0tybandit]

It's not an algae bloom or poison, there is a lot of dead plant matter that is choking off the oxygen in that pond, a few years back the City of Escondido removed a lot of trees around the pond in Kit Carson Park for that same reason.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

That makes a lot of sense too.

[@Nicoandy01]

I’ve seen lots of die offs but I can assure there are still fish in there and the pond will recover.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Tony Glaser yeah I think so , bass are resilient

[@10downTrent]

Sucks they permanently closed it

[@eldermaxson2959]

Hay can you tell me where this is i have been trying to find a small pond for a long time but haven't had any luck

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Elder Maxson* this is close to Scripps library . Adjunct to Miramar lake

[@eldermaxson2959]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel okay thank you so much

[@natethegreat6509]

Litterally right next to the miramar library parking lot. Like attatched at the hip.

[@blopez468th]

Hey Rodney, I filed a Mortality Report with Fish and Game last Thursday 7/22/19. I had gone that morning to fish and it was alarming. Fished the day before that and it was fine. It was depressing. Apparently something like this happened here in 2016 also. I posted a video the morning of on KZbin 'something is affecting the fish at evans pond'

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Thank you for filing the report ! Let me know the update please . Yeah I was also seeing that this pond had gone through this fish kill before . Seems so fishy

[@blopez468th]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel More bad news Rodney. Same thing happened to Hendrix Pond in Scripps last week. Little heat wave and receeding water maybe caused a bacteria bloom takiing all the 02? Air bubblers were working there as well. Big cats and bass all washed up, pretty sad. No word back from the state or county from Evans report i filed. Keep up the great videos.

[@FOE_RUNNER]

That's terrible. That's close to home for me... didn't know there were that much fish in there.... well... not any more... Hopefully it gets fixed.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Primo Paderanga I’m hopeful it recovers . There’s other ponds too , but this one really hit me

[@DogDudeDrone]

I want to say watch for this to happen again soon because its been hot, but what if someone poisoned it? Have there been tests done? Looks super oily.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Dog Dude Drone does look oily !

[@divineavengers]

I know the feeling Mission Viejo lake died to Golden algae around 4 years ago ☹️ the same year I finished building my bass boat and the lake cannot recover

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

goldiegoo dang ! I heard about that lake . Good (was) a Great Lake

[@nathanielkam8019]

just went today to look around, water looks pretty funky still, literally a million mosquito fish in there. Didn’t see any cats or bass action at sunset today. Anyone had any luck here recently?

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

good question, and thanks for the report, I have not fished or visited that place since this video. I am hoping it has made a recovery

[@nathanielkam8019]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel looks like its making its way there but not there yet. Hopefully in a year or so we'll start seeing some fish higher up the food chain.

[@nathanielkam8019]

Went back today to actually throw a few casts in, no bites on dough. On the sd forum people are saying there are some bleugill and tilapia in there but I couldn't find or spot any. Some big waterfowl though like Heron and Egrets so unless they are living off frogs that's probably a good sign.

[@ReCastFishinginSoCal]

Dang that sucks bro. Hopes the pond comes back stronger. Keep us updated

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Will do , It will most likely take at least a year to see some growth back. all depending on the outside influences such as , if the oxygen levels come back, weather, etc.

[@rawdeezy7586]

Any idea if H pond is the same?

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Rodelle Sacman not sure , but I hope not !

[@clubbarto]

Eutriphication killing them off or is just drying up?

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Maison up to speculation . I really don’t know . The pumps were working , didn’t see much algal in the bigger part of the pond

[@tomflores479]

I was by there this morning. It's looking way better. A few guys fishing for tilapia. They were catching fish

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Thanks for the report man , I need to get back over there

[@VETSwFLIESOutdoors]

Looks like the low water level got these ones. Whenever the water level dips down too low and you mix that with the heat factor all the oxygen is stripped away.

[@armed1011]

Is pond connected at all to the Miramar Water Treatment Plant ? Sad to see

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

not really sure, but its really close to it

[@aqualung1466]

Been a few months - How's it look now?

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

I went 2 days ago nov 3rd. Didnt look too good. however I did see some small bait fish swimming around

[@aqualung1466]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel I also stopped by about 2 weeks ago. Saw a lot of small bait fish as you did but nothing else struck my eye. Hopefully it will come back. Hard to believe with all the aerators that there was such a crazy die off!

[@HKSmr2rbo]

That sucks man. I live nearby and was planning on fishing here soon. Guess I'll have to find another small pond or creek in the area

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

HKSmr2rbo yea sorry to bring bad news , this pond will take sometime to recover

[@HKSmr2rbo]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel when's the next tournament you're hosting?

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

@@HKSmr2rbo Sept 22nd

[@diabetichoneybee8796]

Can’t tell if there’s an algal bloom from your video footage and overcast sky, but that stagnant water doesn’t look good. Probably low dissolved oxygen levels this time of the year. Maybe you could contact fish and game or some local agency/news station to get the word out or find out what’s going on. Also, if they were putting chemicals in the water for odor abatement or reducing the algal blooms then they should’ve posted signs along the shore. A tragedy, really.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

hard to tell, I did not see any algal bloom. but that doesnt mean it wasnt there. that back end of the pond, smelled so bad.

[@luckycraftdave1065]

This is really messed up. Time to start writing the local legislators

[@chrisottaviano9538]

How big do the bass you usually catch in the bay have to be to keep

[@SuperBaconFishing]

14"

[@WARBAITS]

Water poisoned?

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

WARBAITS FISHING it’s up to speculation , but it looks fishy that it was poison . But I don’t know . One of the locals say it was . Audio was in the video

[@WARBAITS]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel I heard him say that. It's a strange deal and a bummer. That's my local little pond. Wonder if run off got into the water. The back area you looked at was nasty.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

WARBAITS FISHING oh man , that back area was so stanky . Hard to talk and breathe

[@johnnyrabbitslaughing5761]

I have no clue what happened but the look on your face at the end of that video is exactly how I felt.

[@iamandycheng]

Dude! Super sad but what a good way to bring to attention what people do in San Diego. With a huge die off like that the only answer could be poison. There was one point where you could see a film on top of the water. Sad times man.

[@celtic4033]

That is so very sad 😥 Why are they killing those fish?

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Pat Mancha nooo idea , not certain if they poison the pond or if oxygen was depleted . But from what I saw the pumps are working ..

[@diegogarcia5687]

So what happened?

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

no idea

[@mcerlean]

Do you need a license to fish this spot?

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

goof question, yes you do

[@dylanp153]

there was a die off there before years ago but now this is the second one.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Dylan P dang I guess this pond is susceptible to it

[@danlearned6199]

Sorry to see this Rodney. I can visibly see how upset you are. Understandable why. With my fairly recent return to fishing, I was looking forward to treks up around Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead back country to try my luck at fly fishing again. That's where I learned it, Deep Creek, Bear Creek, Siberia Creek. Asked a Utube poster about places he'd posted videos, tells me that the multi year droughts have killed off most of, in some areas all of those lovely lil' trout that were so much fun to catch...and eat!! Curious to learn why and who intentionally killed off all those fish. Looks to be more to this than over population??? Be interesting to have a water sample tested.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Dan Learned ah thanks for the post. Sad to hear about places up in big bear . Hopeful that the rains will come back strong at the end of this year

[@anthonyyang7286]

Damn sucks to see my childhood pond with no life that sucks alot

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Anthony Yang this the pond that I went to as a child too . Hopefully this pond will recover

[@DonGrigorianFishing]

Sorry to see that happen to your pond man that sucks!! 😢

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Dons Adventures thanks ... hope to come back here again

[@Static_MK3Focus]

That is very disappointing. I’m sad to see that. But I went out to redondo and I caught some monster sand bass and rockfish on the hobie!!!!!

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

brandon park nice one man . I need to get out there myself

[@dallasbob2101]

I know it’s off subject but I just moved here bruh. Please tell me the hookup spots instead of all these lake lakes

[@dallasbob2101]

I bank fish and I’m not buying a boat dude

[@day1fishing603]

That's so sad man...I remember my childhood lake basically disappeared due to the droughts in past years...time to buy some land and make our own ponds

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

DAY1fishing ! Yeah with the droughts , ponds like this are so prone to die offs

[@spottyatbest2148]

Looks like a green algae bloom

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Alex Norton does looks like that too

[@spottyatbest2148]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel opps I meant blue green algae bloom.

[@anthonyla3104]

Wouldnt it smell worse if they did, Not sayin they didnt but 🤔

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

AnthonyLA 310 right !? I don’t know

[@jstn2890]

Whats your set up?

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Shimano curado DC with a shimano teramar

[@zredfearn3016]

great video rod!!! this is so sad! i would call the warden!

[@73FORGE]

That’s a bummer, I’ve taken the kids fishing there for many years, sucks bro.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

right?! ive taken my daughter her handful of times already

[@Fisherman-n5o]

That’s crazy I was just fishing at that pond like 2 weeks ago now I can’t :(

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Clapz YT yea same here , catching some nice ones too on mini jigs

[@pj7791941]

Can you make a crab fishing video

[@alexanderle835]

I fish at that pond too it suck that the fish died I saw it about a week before this video I caught a 7 liber my pb here

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

so glad the pond is recovering. I havent been back since. Ill have to check it out and catch one :)

[@alexanderle835]

Rodney Marquez what did you use in that pond I just used worms. Rodney I really like your channel and you are an amazing angler sometime I want to fish with you. If you want to see some fish I catch my Instagram is @alexander.outdoors.

[@OutdoorsmanPack]

I think they poisoned the pond

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Matthew C I think so too , hard to check unless you have a kit to specifically test for certain poisons. The guy that I ran into , was saying something about poisoning the pond ...

[@CruzesLouisianaOutdoors]

we see this frequently in ponds / lakes down south due to lack of O2....dang

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Cruze's Louisiana Outdoors really !? Dang that sucks so bad . All the times we practice catch and release ...

[@EverydayLocal]

Hey Rodney. This little pond has gone through this a couple of times in the past few years. It’s terrible. Lake Miramar is just across the street. Hopefully that doesn’t get affected. 👎🏼

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Russell Tolentino me too , lake Miramar is highly regulated , as it brings some money to the city . However ponds like these ones don’t get the same love

[@EverydayLocal]

Rodney's Fishing Adventure ya that sucks! Hey Rod btw I’m fishing the LaJolla kelp beds this Saturday on my buddy’s boat. You are more than welcome to come if you have the time. Let me know brotha?

[@A3hree227]

I was there two days ago they told me climate took air out of water

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Yea its hard to say. Who told you this by the way?

[@A3hree227]

Some guy with a camera guy im guessing news but i was sad because i always fish here

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

@@A3hree227 ahh thanks for the reply. Yeah , sad. been going there when i was little

[@MiliMike24]

With the weather we’re having, I would believe the temp and algae blooms depleting the oxygen in the water. Poisoning sometimes results in other animals being affected, and they usually have to put up some kind of barrier to keep people out. Fish kills like this are common in places with crazy humidity and high temps

[@SuperBaconFishing]

:( seen it in Irvine too ...

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

yeah it sucks to see. hope your pond recovers

[@mfcjabz]

Aw man that sucks bro 😥

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Antonio Benitez I know ... it will take some time the pond to recover

[@mfcjabz]

Rodney's Fishing Adventure damn that’s sad man.

[@freshfission5886]

I saw a dead 6 lb bass at Jennings...that was pretty foul

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Fresh Fission yeah I seen some big bass die there too , however it’s because of them choking on some big trout haha

[@freshfission5886]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel no shit....dam that's crazy...bit off more than they could chew

[@CuRsEPrism]

Same thing happened at that pond maybe 4-5 years ago.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

ChanVlogs dang this pond is prone to them then

[@Korean_Jesus]

I live in mm and I was there just a week ago. It was fine, never seen that there my life life I've been going there

[@thenadonation2664]

We call that free food where i am from

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

niceeeee

[@rgcfishing]

Damn that sucks!!

[@frederickvanhelsun9315]

That piss me off watching your video I grew up at that pond I was always at the ranch catching frogs crayfish bluegills no one was allowed there in the 80s except for me and Scripps family

[@Fishguys88]

Wow! That’s terrible and very disappointing if somebody actually Did Poison the 🐠fish🙁.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Terry Riley, D.C. I hope not , i hope the pond will recover . Seems likely and I’m optimistic

[@JohnnyBlaze6954]

You should report this to our local SD news so they can do an investigation to see what’s going on

[@uglycatchfishingcrew6110]

Dude that sucks.

[@stephenhousley9024]

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. Hos 4:3

[@diegochavez4257]

this is so sad man.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

it was hard to see

[@curtishuffstutler2934]

Damn that is so sad to see 😢😭 WTF...

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

curtis huffstutler I know ... been coming here since I was little . Learned how to catch my first sunfish here

[@curtishuffstutler2934]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel well something ain't right here Rodney I could just feel it.

[@Hook2Cook]

Would’ve been legendary if you still caught one! Haha jk. Probably a terrible idea to even make a cast and get that water on your gear

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Hook2Cook I was tempted , but the smell was really bad and I did not want any chemicals on the rod if it was present

[@Hook2Cook]

Rodney's Fishing Adventure yea that 7#er was heartbreaking... probably the queen of the pond in the Tullies

[@doncarriere294]

Sad, bro... just sad.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Don Carriere 😕

[@giosadventure141]

That gets me mad with world

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Gio's Adventure all those times we practice catch and release too ..

[@BearPapa49]

That’s bad someone probably did poison the water . Someone doesn’t Want people to come Around and fish it

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Roy's Place maybe , hard to tell . All I know is , try and avoid that place it smells of death :/

[@gp977]

I agree

[@BassRaider]

Man that sucks

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

agreed , hope it recovers. im optimistic

[@tainguyen6764]

It was all bad... I go there all the timr

[@Stickyfingers420]

G L O B A L W A R M I N G 🤭

[@strawhat1291]

Sucks to see a healthy population of fish go to waste keep us updated.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Straw Hat same here. Will do !

[@juzzonmorris]

😪 Very Sad...

[@Chapinangler]

Its sad Bro 😢😢😢

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

yeah man, all the times when we practice catch and release

[@ksoloyang]

Looks like oil n gas.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Khoua Yang does look oily 😩

[@MikesFishingAdventures]

Omg thats so sad bro 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Mike's Fishing Adventures right !? I hope the pond will recover . Seemed like this pond has gone through some similar instances before

[@MikesFishingAdventures]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel some angler was telling me a couple weeks ago. DFG hired some random pond caretaker and ended up killing most of the fish because their putting way too much additives to kill the snod grass. I might think thats what happen there too.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Mike's Fishing Adventures I heard that’s why lake San Marcos has a huge fish die off too couple years ago

[@seansd6195]

Damn!

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

seansd 619 🥺

[@seansd6195]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel if you're up for it, call them and help them with this one. Your video should be seen by everyone even outside the fishing community. Whoever is having this pond and the life it has I'm and around it needs to be held accountable.

[@axelram5510]

Sad

[@muze-tessa6938]

Could've saved them who cares if its illegal so is pot dude.

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Shatter tessa true , but if the bass carries any contaminations . It may do more harm then good

[@muze-tessa6938]

@@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel yeah it a good idea to just stay home with family

[@investigate311comittee]

Where the hell did you get the information that pot is illegal?? What a ridiculous thing to say

[@kidpowpow9584]

Thats sad

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

it will take some time for this pond to recover.

[@Grandapolis]

Wow no bueno

[@zenoc3345]

WTF.............

[@user-dj1ql3nt1n]

Sorry Rodney I had to give a thumbs down only because of the death of all the fish and no one cares enough to fix the problem like fellow anglers. That's a total bummer

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

Sportfishing with The Tinboat crew no worries , i posted the video , so people are aware of it . Tight lines my friend

[@investigate311comittee]

That's a pretty dumb reason t give it a thumbs down... you obviously watched the video, and got information out of it, it's not the uploaders fault the fish are dead

[@user-dj1ql3nt1n]

@@investigate311comittee never said it was. I know Rodney personally my reason for the thumbs down is because of the negligence the county is having with our waterways. So definitely not a dumb reason

[@Johnnatheman]

Sad