Warm summer days seems like the perfect time to fish but the hot
days are taking a toll on the fish population in local rivers
and creeks. A fish kill in Southeast Kansas is just one of seven
reported to the state in the last few days. Sherrie Hernandez
recently came upon more than 200 dead fish along a entire creek
on private property north of Frontenac, Kansas. According to the
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) fish
kills during summer months are not out of the ordinary, but that
doesn't mean it is any less shocking to discover. "This is my
favorite fishing spot and I was just here last weekend, and I
didn't hear anything like this but when I came all I saw is a
bunch of dead fish," says Hernandez. "There is bass. There is
catfish. It's all fish - not just - there's crappie in here,
there's not just small fish, there's a lot of big ones here, and
some fish I don't even know what they are." Hernandez has fished
the creek regularly over the past four years and says the water
levels are