Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1901 — Fish Choke Pawpaw River. [ARTICLE]

Fish Choke Pawpaw River.

A report received in St. Joseph, Mien., from WaterVliet, Mich., says that thousands of perch have been driven up the Pawpaw River, which empties from Pawpaw i«ike, by the recent storms, until the millrace at Watervliet, half a mile up the stream, is a mass of dead fish. The fish were so closely packed together on the surface of the water that it was impossible for a rowboat to pass. Men are dipping up the fish in buckets and using them for fertilizer. It is estimated that over 300,000 perch collected in the channel were unable to get out.