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Anti Depressants In Fish Brains Found
Blog by: Lloyd Tackitt , TX 9/3/2017 (Return to blogs)
This study suggests that anti depressants are entering water ways via sewage treatment plants. It is hard to find any waterways that do not have treated sewage released into them upstream at some point. So while this is specific to where the study was conducted it is just as likely to be where you fish as well.
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Comments
Dave Mauldin
09.03.17 4:16 PM
Good to know, I was beginning to think my fish were getting depressed, since they have not bit good for me lately.
(Sorry, couldn't resist)
Hawaiian Punch
09.03.17 6:21 PM
When I was a kid,we played in the water,drank the water and never had a problem,same goes for the dirt . . .never got sick .Any more,its illegal,immoral,fatting or causes cancer.
I'll take my chances.
skiman
09.05.17 9:18 PM
Lloyd,
I imagine antidepressants aren't the only things found in our waters! My guess is there are more contaminants like heavy metals, industrial waste and more pharmaceuticals then you can shake a stick at. Sometimes it's better if you don't know what's in the water you fish. At least with antidepressants, the fish are happy! 😝
Pathway
09.06.17 10:20 AM
A larger problem my be birth control substances. It seems to make fish hermaphrodites.
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I live on the edge of the Brazos River. I walk out my front door and into the river and - boom - I am fishing just like that. For me the river is fascinating. The mile long stretch I fish is a microcosm of the river, I have it all in that one mile. Trying to figure out where the fish are, what they are doing, why they are doing it, what they are biting, if they are biting - this is what keeps me in the river casting flys. I fly fish almost exclusively. It isn’t that I am a fly fishing snob, it’s that fly fishing works – it’s effective - and it has added benefits. I carry all my tackle in a vest, no tackle box needs to be dragged along. The casting itself is fun, even when I don’t catch fish I’ve enjoyed the experience of casting. Fly rods enhance the experience of bringing fish in. I like the hands on the line feel instead of the feel of line spooling up on a reel and muted down through a gear and crank system. Fish fight better and feel better on a fly rod. Fly fishing just feels better to me than other methods.