Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District to delay design options to trap common carp in Sunset Bay. 7:00 am, May 7, 2021 ×
Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District Administrator Dan Livdahl uses an antenna and radio to track carp in Sunset Bay in this July 13, 2019 file photo. (Julie Buntjer / The Globe)
WORTHINGTON With water levels below normal on Lake Okabena and Sunset Bay, tracking efforts have revealed the radio-tagged carp aren’t congregating in the south end of Sunset Bay like they had during the past two spring seasons.
Carp spawning is usually under way at this time of year, Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District Administrator Dan Livdahl shared in his report to watershed managers during a Tuesday afternoon meeting.
Landowner to be compensated for dead fish that piled up on his Lake Ocheda shoreline
Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District votes to cost-share 75%, up to $500, to assist landowners with removal of dead, decaying fish. 6:30 am, Apr. 10, 2021 ×
Thousands of dead fish, primarily common carp and buffalo, as well as some walleye, crappies, bullheads and catfish, blew onto the Alan Langseth shoreline on the east basin of Lake Ocheda following a wintertime fish kill in the lake. This image was captured by Jamie Langseth on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (Special to the Globe)
WORTHINGTON When dead fish began to surface on Lake Ocheda’s three basins following ice-out this spring, gusty winds sent the dead and decaying bodies toward shoreline, with the eastern shore of the lake’s east basin property owned by Alan Langseth among the worst hit.