craigdritchie Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 According to a story in today's Hamilton Spectator, health officials are advising people to stay out of the water and not eat fish from Hamilton Harbour due to a bloom of potentially toxic blue-green-algae. Here's a link to the story online: Spec Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dks Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Thanks for posting the link. I always wonder when public officials say it won't affect the drinking water....... Has anyone noticed this in the Misssissauga waterfront area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Don't Eat Hamilton Fish.....this is NEWS?!?!?!? :lol: Just kidding...sounded kinda funny at first, is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I thought this was common knowledge.... I still don't understand how people eat fish out of Lake O. It's nothing but a dumping ground for every other Great Lake.... *barf* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twocoda Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 i was going over the skyway last week and thought the algae kinda gives the water a tropical look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dara Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Since when does the algae affect eating the fish? We have lakes here with it and still eat the walleyes. We only stop fishing when the smell on the lake gets too bad to tolerate while fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I fished pier 4 a couple weeks ago. I did see quite a bit of scum literally glowing underwater. At the fish-in that weekend, I vividly remember someone telling me that the blue-green algae is Earth's home grown version of kryptonite. Swimming in it will give you super human strength Or diarrhea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Don't Eat Hamilton Fish.....this is NEWS?!?!?!? :lol: Just kidding...sounded kinda funny at first, is all was thinking the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLofchik Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 A couple of years ago during another big bloom I let my dog go swimming in the Bay. Took two weeks & bottle of antibacterial shampoo for the rash to go away. Fun stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigdritchie Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Don't Eat Hamilton Fish.....this is NEWS?!?!?!?: Hamilton is well known around the world for its delicious fishes. Nothing like a heap of Stelco Sheephead, or maybe a big plate of Dofasco Dogfish ...... mmmmmm. Tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twocoda Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I fished pier 4 a couple weeks ago. I did see quite a bit of scum literally glowing underwater. At the fish-in that weekend, I vividly remember someone telling me that the blue-green algae is Earth's home grown version of kryptonite. Swimming in it will give you super human strength Or diarrhea Now thats a bonified knee slapper After putting a minute of thought to this ...if we could convince a pharmaceutical company to make a vaccine out of the algae i bet it would prevent diarrhea and clean up the water to the point they could shut down the water treatment plants... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burtess Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 (edited) Since when does the algae affect eating the fish? We have lakes here with it and still eat the walleyes. We only stop fishing when the smell on the lake gets too bad to tolerate while fishing If it is just algae then normally it is not a problem. Cyanobacteria is not algae, it is a bacteria. It has a blue/green colour because it respires via photosynthesis. The byproducts produced include toxic substances. Have battled it in the fish tanks before.... Burt Edited September 25, 2009 by Burtess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Farmer Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 As we read this, some sit drinking a timmys (water from Hamilton) and smokin. Hmmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziki Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 As we read this, some sit drinking a timmys (water from Hamilton) and smokin. Hmmmmmmm ...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadadude Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 I thought this was common knowledge.... I still don't understand how people eat fish out of Lake O. It's nothing but a dumping ground for every other Great Lake.... *barf* No that would be the Atlantic Ocean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinguypat Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 i'm still eatin fish out of oakville though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikehunter Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 There is an algae bloom like this every year, this year it seems to be later in the season. Doesn't Lake O experience a similar bloom each summer? I can remember from past years reading about it and the drinking/tap water would have a distinct odour and an off taste too. Funny thing would be that the "experts" always said the water was fine for drinking, no problems, the water treatment plants just haven't had a chance to top up the chlorine content! LOL Probably still does happens in the summer but they have learned to increase the chlorine before it gets noticed, don't know if it was blue green algae or a different type though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Hamilton is well known around the world for its delicious fishes. Nothing like a heap of Stelco Sheephead, or maybe a big plate of Dofasco Dogfish ...... mmmmmm. Tasty. That's US Steel sheephead and Arcelor Mittal dogfish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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