Whoever Did This NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED!!! (50 Mile Fish Kill)

[@chancegriffenoutdoors]

I also made a video on my channel. I grew up fishing this river and have made most of my content on the Nish. Glad to see you spreading awareness on this topic. Keep up the good work man and good luck this year!

[@PigPatrolTV]

I added your video to the description. Sorry about your river, hopefully it gets good again sooner than later.

[@chancegriffenoutdoors]

@@PigPatrolTV I appreciate it buddy. I’m sure Mother Nature will figure something out. I plan on traveling this year anyway so not a total loss.

[@ericarneil9598]

Watching Trapprer J, he's 46 miles south of the spill and all the fish are dead as well. He also pointed out the red tint and it was not there before the incident. Great video..

[@minnesotatomcat]

If the EPA and DNR do their jobs correctly there should be huge fines to pay and they should also be charged with the costs of doing a survey on what fish and how many were killed and then charged to have the river restocked.

[@walkerwyse1047]

If our government in general did their jobs and followed laws it would help out everyone else

[@jayleeper1512]

The EPA was totally gutted during the Trump administration and basically is there now to defend corporate polluters. Don’t expect the government to do anything.

[@Billyhill469]

Absofuckinlutely!!!! I agree 💯 with you on that cause let something like that happen to the average Joe stache like us and they would bury us under the damn jail and make our families pay for years after!! Sorry I somehow missed this video that's why I'm just now commenting!! Have a great day keep them lines wet and tight!!

[@BackroadsAngling]

I grew up about 10 miles downstream in Essex. I learned to fish in this river. When the water is higher you would love it. Big flatheads, tons of channels, goldeyes and big carp. Hopefully the next time we get high water the river will get restocked by the Missouri river. Never caught a mirror though.

[@Bleda412]

Fancy seeing you here. I just watched Kai's goldeye short and was recommended this video. Sorry to hear this is your childhood fishing spot.

[@PigPatrolTV]

Dang it, another comment I want to pin. When as meet up I'll get to pin a comment. Hopefully the river works out the kinks!

[@davidjames2513]

I would like to see a video in a month or so to see what's in that river now what made it back and what didn't that would be great thanks buddy good video.

[@tylerrobideau2380]

So I live in a small town in northern New York and we had a train derailment dumping 100k pounds of plastic pellets and 150k pounds of grape seed oil. It hasn't had the same effect but there is a high volume of bald eagles in the area. It's crazy to me how little that was done about it and what will happen to the fish as it's made it's way to multiple waterways

[@stevewashere4122]

years ago we had a retired Chrome plating shop owner dispose of a drum of waste from his old shop. Right into the creek in his back yard which ran into Lake Erie ( not real close ) Killed a bunch of rough fish,shiners,chubs,suckers & carp. Most washed away before the DNR could get there. He got a fine , mostly from dumping not the fish kill.

[@weedhopper]

Weather it was intentional or accidental it was careless and needs to be addressed.fines are usually what happens but the environmental impacts are worse then any fine.thanks for sharing this 👍

[@kevinkelly5430]

I actually live in Red Oak and just heard about this today. With the water levels being low it was already tuff fishing but this is awful! The bridge just around the bend to north every now and then holds some fish. There is actually some pretty good fishing around the area.

[@BigHonkinGoose]

I've just been going to Viking Lake lately. Didn't even think about fishing the river until it was too late...

[@kevinkelly5430]

@@BigHonkinGoose Viking has good fishing it just gets a lot of pressure for it’s size.

[@melissakhalar1842]

We had a train derail just outside our little city and a train car fully loaded with benzene spilled into a river that is a tributary of Lake Superior. That accident killed a ton of fish and even months later when I went fishing in the bay just across from where the river empties into the bay I could still smell the benzene. All I caught was a couple of bullheads, not one game fish. I've caught, walleye, northern pike, Muskellunge, crappie, perch there. The fisheries have recovered but it took a few years.

[@lucasjohnson5419]

Some fertilizer is highly corrosive to metals, like iron, so if there is iron in the water you could possibly have it pool or fall out in slack water or puddles leaving the red color.

[@michaelhosterman2635]

Surprised the EPA { Environmental Protection Agency } didn't get involved.

[@PigPatrolTV]

They might have?

[@jasonwitt1216]

Iowa and the EPA? Good one.

[@printz-of-peepz]

They probably did...by accepting a big bribe from whoever dumped this to stay uninvolved. That's how our government operates.

[@coursing_thru_life]

I really enjoyed this type of video! I like in Indiana so we have a lot of fertilizer run off into the creeks that we fish so I have dealt with this firsthand. Thank you for taking the time to check up on the situation yourself!

[@insaniittyy]

I live near the Cuyahoga River up here in Ohio and its so damn polluted you can't catch shit there, and since I'm visually impaired if I wanna fish I gotta have someone drive me. A shame I can't just fish the river I can walk to. Although on a more positive note my dad takes me fishin all the time. Last summer we went up to Sandusky Bay and I caught a 22lbs channel cat was a fun catch. Hopin to get on some flatheads this year since I've never caught one.

[@JimBowSlice]

There should be some steelhead in there some where and some small mouth.

[@TheJaymon1962]

That's actually a photogenic carp. Thanks for making this spill more known. I'd not heard about this BS.

[@erickjensen9145]

The new camera is much better, Josh! Very clear high resolution. Glad you accidentally trashed your old one 😊

[@christopherdavenport4509]

You should do a tackle video explaining your favorite lures and colors

[@ChronicSensei]

Damn that's just tragic. I Wonder how long its going to be affected?

[@flyfishiowa]

Thanks for spreading the word about this spill. Bad deal, and all too common in Iowa (47 documented fish kills in IA between 2020-2022).

[@shanereichler7343]

Great info video! This stache stalker would love a “ try for pb carp challenge “. In ct people come from Europe just to fish for them. The are so super hard to catch though. They seem to bite anything where you are. Makes no sense here!

[@974x4Taco]

I live on the Kalamazoo in Michigan just down stream of the massive Enbridge crude oil spill that happened 10 or so years ago......sucks when something like this happens

[@ericallison4494]

Wow.. The company should have to do a complete cleanup. 2 damn days? How do you not notice for 2 days? There will be heavy restitution, but usually in these cases nobody goes to jail. Ultimately, its the upper management's responsibility, but they probably weren't the one that turned the valve. Theres conflict there as to who deserves jail time.

[@johnblossom8447]

I just went to a local lake that was closed for part of last summer due to a fire. It has definitely rebounded. I caught a nice, 23 inch Rainbow Trout. My son and I caught a total of 10 fish. Nice to see an area that as problems is back.

[@serenitystuller995]

Okay people are gonna be getting fired, and the company is definitely gonna be getting sued. So much loss to life. Absolutely awful. Uncalled for.

[@want2boutdoors274]

How sad. I remember reading about this, and the bad truth is, they won't get any kind of punishment that will lead them to think of not "accidentally" dumping into the river. Many companies do this and not even the DNRS OR Game and Fish commisions can do much about it. I mean that could, but itll lead to them doing other than theor actual job. Great video nonetheless frozen stache bud. I love fishing the smaller rivers for sure. When do you think you guys will come back downward to Arkansas? I live in North Central Arkansas, near Hardy Arkansas. I'd love to get you on some huge smallmouth and some stuff. Some great fishing on the river around here.

[@lorenzotuttle7446]

Please continue to document these crimes and violations of waterways across the country!

[@pigsandapples]

Great catch that mirror! Not sure why you sound surprised when you hook carp on swimbaits. We target them and catch them in large numbers on soft plastics and even small hard-bodies. Flies are even better. Common carp eat most things but time of year/food is a good point.

[@michaelmccormick1016]

What happens if you bury a fatally fertilized fish in your garden with your tomato plants? They should have to pay to stock more fish.

[@jasonparker3226]

Man I hate when things liked this happen, that could be a lot of dead fish. It seems to be a pretty large volume "accident". Hope the fishery can recover.

[@RiverCertified]

I think the term you were looking for at the end of the video was "Normalized Invasives". I'm here to help ya little buddy.

[@johnnorftil8215]

Yo, that's screwed up about this fertilizer spill but more important. I hope the baby is okay. Please keep us all posted. God bless you and the family brother

[@PigPatrolTV]

She's doing great! This time is was a one day thing. Last time she had it, it was a week ordeal!

[@rtlc27]

I think the way something like this should work is a proper investigation! If a person was not considered the culprit then the company should be held responsible. Once that is figured out then DNR should be able to estimate total damages and whatever that amounts to should be what the person or Company should have to pay to DNR to replenish and fix that area!! If it cannot be paid in one lump sum within 90 days then at that point Jail Time and Fines will kick in!!!

[@rhacker3058]

Hey Brother, The State Can Fine The "BE-JESUS" Out Of The Company, They Pay The Fine, And Continue As They Are Now!! The Fines That They Pay Will Never Make It's To Fixing The Problem At Hand And In The Future!!! Amen!! Thanks For The Great Video's

[@hunteranglin3750]

I definitely would like to see you try and fish down by the Missouri River and see if there is fish down there and if the fertilizer got diluted by the time it got down that far

[@Rein54]

Wow this spill is way bigger than i had originally heard. When i first heard about it it was supposedly only 100k gallons. This is a massive fish kill. Hopefully the carp spring back quick. Not sure there was any poisonous chemicals spilled. Lots of nitrogen tho so there was basically no oxygen left in the water.

[@timmontano8792]

What kind of fertilizer was it? I ask because with the release of that much into the river, you'd think that come springtime the plant life along the sixty-miles worth of shoreline would be turning green as hell, which in turn might actually help the aquatic life in the long run.

[@roughridaz_g.039]

I caught a carp the same way with a blue gill swim bait i always wondered how and why but idk still dont know lol. Luv ur videos 🙏🏽🔥

[@johnmillis5159]

Nothing but a small fine to the company but if we did that we’d be in jail for 20 years even if it was an accident

[@PigPatrolTV]

Maybe longer.

[@zacharygreen9282]

Exactly coast guard just dumped 500 gallons of diesel into the ocean here and its ok "they didn't mean too" mendocino county ca

[@bigshow5173]

Exactly cheaper to pay a fine than it is to properly dispose of.

[@MeNameJaef]

I used to fish a popular dam “adjacent” to a golf course all the time, best fishing of my life. One day a couple years ago, I went down there specifically to pick up trash because it was getting pretty bad, and I was sick of all the beer bottles and moldy crawler containers. I shit you not, I was trespassed. Its about the money, not keeping our freshwater healthy.

[@Justin_Mooney11]

It’s all coordinated …. the DNR is 💯 aware of all this before these ( accidents ) are scheduled to Happen

[@backwatermn2758]

My guess is that the red stuff is algae growth from the fertilizer. Usually the water is stained red in high iron areas like a lot of the lakes in northern MN. But I suppose it is a river. Who knows.

[@GoldenGill_Adventures]

Whether they get jail or not they should never be legally allowed to control that amount of fertilizer again. Clearly they’re unfit.

[@MultiMuskyman]

I read online that the fertilizer sucks the oxygen out of the water killing the fish. I would think once it makes its way down river and disperses more, the damage will will stop , hopefully that’s true ?.??

[@yougonnaeatthat9889]

There's another guy who has been following this that traps that river in both states. Apparently it's killed everything but gar and Asian carp. He looked several miles of river didn't find either one dead but thousands of other fish from minnows to 15 lb catfish.

[@gordon985]

Dilution is the solution!

[@gordon985]

Spencer river certified

[@christopherpcreation]

This is happening in all bodies of water purposely in every state regularly

[@robertflint4115]

Unless someone makes noise, the company will just let this quietly go away. Why would a plant that deals with chemicals be next to the river anyway? Because it’s cheaper to let all that waste get washed down river than it is to pay someone to take it away. Yes Josh, please do a follow up. Rock on stasch master 🤘😎

[@joelm6650]

The true Damage will actually be not known for quite some time depending on Moisture this next year. Fines should be given for SURE

[@edwardvanvalkenburg3254]

Howdy Josh, thank you for the video no doubt!! Be safe when your walking around out there! Don't trust what there telling you. The evidence is obvious. That job will be a robots job from now on!

[@jeffboswell68]

What kind of spinning reels do you use? The drag sounds really smooth.

[@renneroutdoorsunedited4458]

Bonkers. Sherwin Williams dumped diesel in the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland recently, I believe a couple under gallons and once again I believe they paid a hefty fine.

[@russellstewart5414]

But this time it didn’t catch on fire 🔥. Spills or all sorts happen all over the country. Some do very little damage or effect certain species of fish and other times it really does get everything that swims or drinks. I remember a spill here on the Ohio river or a Zinc plating company that had a corroded valve leaking a solution containing cyanide and that was in the summer. It recovered quickly but it’s a lot bigger than the little river in Iowa

[@TurkeyN3ckkk]

Crazy we already started getting some 85 degree days in south east Texas before this “cold front” came through

[@ericdowd336]

It's hard to say on a good punishment but there should absolutely be something

[@OutdoorWickedAdventures]

Down at Watson is where we launch a lot to fish the river. Sad deal. Good to see you catching though!

[@mikedidyouseethat2340]

That really sucks. I really question how you accidentally dump that much by accident!! It sounds more like an on purpose.

[@PigPatrolTV]

Supposedly the valve was left open for an entire weekend.

[@mikedidyouseethat2340]

@@PigPatrolTV Wow 🫤🫤🫤. On the upside maybe it only got rid of invasive species 🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻

[@Kelly-ju1kw]

People are dumb....unfortunately. you would think there would be failsafes installed. Like was there no alarm Or anything?

[@jimwaldron4231]

No amount of fine will replace what has been lost. The damage is done it will take many many years for that section of river to recover

[@cowboylytle]

Glad to see I’m not the only one who doesn’t believe it was accidental, seems fishy to me

[@FishHuntFamily123]

You know you've been talking about mirrored carp since I started watching you 5 years ago. Here in Wisconsin there's one species of carp and that's a dead carp. I had no idea what a mirrored carp was until I finally saw it in this video. I have left many mirrored carp for the eagles.

[@michaelklatt8575]

A rail tanker holds about 35,000 gallons. This is a 7 rail car spill.

[@Justin_Mooney11]

Hoooooly

[@J_D_B4379]

The punishment needs to include community service equal to the time it will take to restore the affected areas

[@placidpaddler]

Taco Tuesday always means Liquid Fertilizer Wednesday. Without fail.

[@Iwilliams444]

This caught my eye, unfortunate that it happened

[@PigPatrolTV]

Very unfortunate.

[@TD-ce5ru]

Chemical tanks are required to have holding berms or tank farm just for that. Clearly they must not have been in compliance. On a happier note, you got me wanting to get an Iowa fishing license.

[@jasonsorge9929]

Wow what a bummerr. That company just fucked that whole river up, and there's going to be secondary kills from any animal thats eats those dead fish.

[@LRO1986]

I’ve been fishing the papio since 1999. You wouldn’t believe the amliunt of walleye and sauger are in there.

[@Dirtydom]

Damn that’s horrible! So would this make the sought after fish no longer edible? and if and when would they be safe to consume ?

[@ronaldweider9288]

Should be charger per fish by market weight.

[@j.j.clingman4083]

Well if you think about it the company should have a serious of protection to make sure that all valves all closed at every time they are opened for sure!!! This would definitely help with this from even happening and yes I definitely think that the company should be fined for the cause and maybe that will help them to learn to take extra precautions to make sure that something like this wouldn’t happen again!!! Really how many fish did it kill in total??? Well over 20,000 to 50,000 fish was killed if you think of all the minnows also!!!

[@651Outdoors]

Sounds like they'll be paying a huge fine and catching a lot of heat from a lot of people.

[@PigPatrolTV]

At the very least

[@baileyneumann7986]

They lost over $750,000 in Uan 32% and hopefully they get heavy fines and have to keep paying to continue to fix the river I wouldn't doubt if they end up bankrupt

[@tomchalupsky5199]

Good day, but boy you were itching to break out the corn.

[@88Mfarmer]

We start our catfishing season with our first trip on the Nish. Sucks to see that happen. Caught my first blue cat on that river.

[@chadheydt8221]

This is so sad thank you for sharing and thank you for being such a conservationist as you fish I feel like the fine should be as much as it cost in the fertilizer so 400 or 800,000 or whatever❤

[@faithfamilyfirearms]

Due to the type of fertilizer, the time of year, and the fish it has effected IE "non-game species" aside from the channel cats and few sauger my bet is on this being intentional to kill off invasive carp. Which it has failed to do other than the grassers. It'd be nice if it would have wrecked the big head and silvers but it seems like it had zero effect on them.

[@rbartig]

How does one "accidentally" dump 265,000 gallons of liquid fertilizer into a river?

[@PigPatrolTV]

Good question. Another good question is why would they dump hundreds of thousands of dollars on purpose?

[@yougonnaeatthat9889]

The DNR release said it had been leaking for some time when workers discovered the spill. They didn't give a exact time period but 265,000 gal should have been noticed. Recently a judge reduced fines for a similar spill in Iowa so the business didn't go bankrupt, I'm sure the same will happen here since it's a co-op. This is third world BS IMHO and shouldn't be happening in the US.

[@yougonnaeatthat9889]

​@@PigPatrolTVprobably closer to $1.25 million retail, maybe more, that's at $50 a gal which is about the average going price I've been seeing.

[@ashtianresburg5349]

The same way they accidentally checked to see if they could afford the ticket before they did it. 😅

[@jpeach3648]

Instead of righty tighty they accidentally went lefty loosey.

[@DangleDaddy816]

I’m curious What type of braid do you like to use on your spinning reels?? Seems like you have used to same kind for some time now

[@DallasLopez1]

I've been pleasantly surprised by the sauger and walleye that I catch on the river and it's tailwaters, just south of you... I ran the nodaway in the jet just the other day and caught sauger.

[@faithfamilyfirearms]

Take a gander at Trapper J's video about the fish kill. Nearly all grass carp its kinda wild how many their were.

[@faithfamilyfirearms]

Did realize you had linked his video when I wrote this. 👌🏻

[@TheClayCoKid]

Your mirror carp was very pretty. Bella was even more so!❤

[@PigPatrolTV]

Neither are as pretty as boo, but yea 😂

[@graydoncarruth5044]

@@PigPatrolTVgood answer!!!!😂👍

[@PigPatrolTV]

@@graydoncarruth5044 Always play it safe 😂

[@MILLSOUTDOORS]

Trapper J has a lot of crazy footage This is the saddest spill I have ever seen.

[@klinatoc]

The redness could be algae bloom from the fertilizer

[@Travis_Rivers]

You travel to Vermont someday I'll take you out on the otter creek where there is every species you can think of and 30+ lb drum buds and common carp

[@baggers-]

The water companies here in the UK do it plenty of times dumping sewage over spill they do get fined but no where near enough ruining our rivers and seas

[@wadingforwalleye]

Thank you for reporting on this 🙏

[@johnbakken1853]

The fine could be the company restocking the River and a like on your video.

[@what1864]

i see that red in stagnant water here in missouri a lot , doesn't mean it isn't from fertilizer runoff though , maybe some kind of algae bloom fed by fertilizer perhaps ....

[@PizzaCologne3]

that fertizlation is going to breed some mutation river monster.

[@MyronTheHen]

My uncle, who has a doctorate in freshwater biology, said, “Fertilizer bad. Guy knows his fish.” These are major kudos if you’re not aware.

[@randylippert6416]

Prayers for the little one 🙏

[@rickyt310]

Some carp have crazy colors . 😢 I've never caught one. Or a kitty.

[@mookie84]

I've caught a carp on a underswimmy boy in January. It may be a lack of bugs thing.

[@DWSOutdoors]

This is happening too often recently 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@imabeliever244]

I wonder if the red stuff is red algae? I know that's a thing in salt water but not sure if it can survive in fresh water...but a bunch of nitrogen would definitely feed an algae explosion.

[@charlieparker5977]

"We have investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong."

[@PigPatrolTV]

Is that a real quote 😂

[@dshesser]

@@PigPatrolTVsomeone probably somewhere

[@PigPatrolTV]

@@dshesser or everyone everywhere 😂

[@dshesser]

@@PigPatrolTV allegedly

[@michaelj4208]

they left a valve open from Saturday until Monday....

[@dillongroeneweg4627]

The red could be iron if you look at the rainy river way up north of Minnesota and what not that has a very very red tint

[@craigrowe5494]

Just an update on the Nish there was a gas tanker had a spill in a creek near Atlantic that dumps in to it

[@gwynwoolfolk3445]

some pretty good carp in there..thats a shame to have a fish kill like that

[@michaelj4208]

that's my river!

[@MILLSOUTDOORS]

The red is a quick algae Bloom that popped up with the warmer temps

[@sobifishing]

Hope the lil baby gets better soon! Love u Pig Man!

[@pjoshboyd]

For sure a fine of some sort, but only if the $ goes for river restoration, fish stocking, etc.

[@CarolinaAnglingCo]

I'd love to say there will be a full EPA investigation and clean up. But with the way our government has been running lately, who knows. 😢

[@sniper66668ify]

Check out trapper J man. He's got couple of videos. Lots of dead fish. From small to big. That spill did some damage

[@PigPatrolTV]

His first video is the first one I linked!

[@shephusted2714]

good clean water awareness message here and stuff

[@massivemancomputers]

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