Hundreds of dead fish wash up on Bloomington's Lower Penn Lake

The DNR says 15 other lakes throughout the metro area have reported similar winterkills after ice-out

Apr 27, 20220

Jake Distel, City of Bloomington count

Hundreds of dead fish shown on Lower Penn Lake in Bloomington in late March. It was one of more than a dozen winterkills reported to the DNR so far this spring.

On a recent visit to Lower Penn Lake with his kids, Bloomington resident Mark Gabe Jensen noticed some dead fish near the boat landing. At first he thought there were just a few.

"Dad, there's like 50 of them," his 10-year-old daughter said to him.

Turns out it was more like several hundred dead fish, mostly invasive carp, according to a report this spring from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The reason for the die-off, according to the report: anoxia, or lack of oxygen, likely due to winter ice.

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