August fish identifier

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Lightning strikes!

We found a few large fish on Meynell Lake dead the other day. The Enviroment agency declared that there was no pollution so we were at a loss to explain them, especially as they seem to be all large fish! and of course there had been a lot of rain. We thought it might be run off from farmers fields! However on making a few enquiries I found an old timer who remembers the result of a lightning strike on a lake. Result....large fish dead. I found this on the Internet explaining it:
"A very unique type of fish kill is caused by a lightning strike on water. Death occurs immediately. Large fish, which draw more electricity than small fish, may be killed selectively."

So it seems that we've been the victim of a rare occurance, the fish get killed by the shockwave if they're in the immediate vicinity.

Take care in lightning storms, don't you be the next one we find in the lake!

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