Syracuse.com - Reports of a 'fish kill' on Duck Lake in Cayuga County

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"I saw it yesterday and today. I, and other people I've talked to have seen crappies, white perch and bluegills and bass," he said. "I don't how long this has been going on."

Don Gates, of Volney, who has a camping trailer on Duck Lake in Cayuga County told me this afternoon of a "fish kill" on the tiny lake.

"I saw it yesterday and today. I, and other people I've talked to have seen crappies, white perch and bluegills and bass," he said. "I don't how long this has been going on."

Duck Lake is located in the town of Conquest. It's a small (213 acres, 1.2 miles long) mall shallow lake located in the town of Conquest. The current New York State record black crappie, 3 lb. 12 oz, was caught from Duck Lake in 1998 by Kenneth Kierst.

Gates said he saw nearly a dozen dead fish near his dock today. He didn't know if anyone had called the state Department of Environmental Conservation yet.

I put in calls to the DEC's Region 7 office late this afternoon at 4:30 p.m., but no one was available to comment. I'll give an update on the situation tomorrow morning.

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