MORGAN FORD, Va. -- Something in the Shenandoah River is turning the smallmouth bass thin and listless and causing sunfish to break out in blisters that look like cigarette burns. Something in the water is making both species weaken and die, leaving the river bottom flecked with white bellies. -
A Mystery of Fish Mortality
MORGAN FORD, Va. -- Something in the Shenandoah River is turning the smallmouth bass thin and listless and causing sunfish to break out in blisters that look like cigarette burns. Something in the water is making both species weaken and die, leaving the river bottom flecked with white bellies.-
By David A. Fahrenthold