What is that malodor?

Grant · 06-05-2007, 08:36 AM

Turnover makes sense.

Luca Brasi. Good one.

I remember once, years ago, we had an incredible fish stench around our dock...couldn't pinpoint the source. Then, one day while bringing the canoe back in, I saw a huge dead sucker rotting away on a rock in the crib beneath the dock.

Other times, the contents of the bait trap have gotten a little out of control and required dumping. Nothing like a nice bass head and entrails stewing in 3-4 feet of sun-drenched water in August. Crawfish love it, though!

Mee-n-Mac · 06-05-2007, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Grant

I remember once, years ago, we had an incredible fish stench around our dock...couldn't pinpoint the source. Then, one day while bringing the canoe back in, I saw a huge dead sucker rotting away on a rock in the crib beneath the dock.

A few years ago a mink or fisher had taken up dining priviledges under our dock and on top of the rocks. The fish entrails made an unholy stench on hot days. For a while I thought it was the holding tank on the boat. Never did see him/her come home for dinner but it was only for the one year. FWIW I didn't notice any smell this year but I did see the pollen floating on and in the water. Worse last week than this but icky, icky, icky.

gtxrider · 06-05-2007, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac

A few years ago a mink or fisher had taken up dining priviledges under our dock and on top of the rocks. The fish entrails made an unholy stench on hot days. For a while I thought it was the holding tank on the boat. Never did see him/her come home for dinner but it was only for the one year. FWIW I didn't notice any smell this year but I did see the pollen floating on and in the water. Worse last week than this but icky, icky, icky.

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Onshore · 06-05-2007, 12:43 PM

So you are saying that the smell is from all the herring that people have been using to cut down trees???

Mee-n-Mac · 06-05-2007, 06:54 PM

I think he meant they no longer want a shubbery ... which is a good thing given the new shoreline protection act !

CarybchLvr · 06-12-2007, 07:05 PM

and think maybe this smell is too much "sex on the beach?"

Seriously, it makes perfect sense that the warmer water rises to the top and has the same effect as when it rains on hot pavement.......may have some similarites as ozone? You know how you smell the rain? Sometimes even before it comes?

It's part of the smell of spring, from what I can remember.

06-05-2007, 08:36 AM	#1
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,505 Thanks: 385 Thanked 232 Times in 126 Posts	Turnover makes sense. Luca Brasi. Good one. I remember once, years ago, we had an incredible fish stench around our dock...couldn't pinpoint the source. Then, one day while bringing the canoe back in, I saw a huge dead sucker rotting away on a rock in the crib beneath the dock. Other times, the contents of the bait trap have gotten a little out of control and required dumping. Nothing like a nice bass head and entrails stewing in 3-4 feet of sun-drenched water in August. Crawfish love it, though! __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

06-05-2007, 06:54 PM	#5
Mee-n-Mac Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,943 Thanks: 23 Thanked 111 Times in 51 Posts	A red herring ? I think he meant they no longer want a shubbery ... which is a good thing given the new shoreline protection act ! __________________ Mee'n'Mac "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH

06-12-2007, 07:05 PM	#6
CarybchLvr Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	been to the Naswa a few times and think maybe this smell is too much "sex on the beach?" Seriously, it makes perfect sense that the warmer water rises to the top and has the same effect as when it rains on hot pavement.......may have some similarites as ozone? You know how you smell the rain? Sometimes even before it comes? It's part of the smell of spring, from what I can remember.

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06-05-2007, 12:43 PM	#4
Onshore Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 505 Thanks: 12 Thanked 428 Times in 147 Posts	So you are saying that the smell is from all the herring that people have been using to cut down trees???