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So if anyone has watched the news latley they may have seen the peice about a fire a few months ago in Appleton where an old factory "mysteriously" burned down. Well a local resident was out walking his dog a few days ago and noticed a pool of oil on the ice in Appleton. After further investigation they found two old oil tanks had ruptured from the fire and oil has spilled out into the Miss river in Appleton... They say it is close to a few hundred gallons are in the soil and river system..well there goes a good fishing location ruined due to careless disposal of oil tanks. This is why you need to replace your tanks every 15 years so this will not happen. What do you think this will do to the fish and wildlife there. How long do you think it will take to remove and bring back to original quality??? Years I would say and this will travel all the way down stream to Almonte and further.

Nature has a pretty good record of repairing itself. I'm no expert and I really don't know what I'm talking about but maybe a river will clean itself better than if it where a lake. either way it's not a good thing

AF, is this spill above or below the power lines? The only derelic/burned out spot I know of is at the old mill right at the headwater to that section. It's not there is it?!!!??
DWF

Right by the hydro dam there is a decrepid building by the water..right up on top of the hill there is where the oil is coming from.

That affects/ruins everything down river all the way to the town. By the way I mostly agree with bear, way too many rocks.
DWF

I fish the mississippi often. This is horrible. Who's Bear?

Rider wrote:Nature has a pretty good record of repairing itself. I'm no expert and I really don't know what I'm talking about but maybe a river will clean itself better than if it where a lake. either way it's not a good thing

I'm not an expert either, but I don't think nature deals with oil very well regardless of whether it's a river or lake.

If we were talking about biological waste (like sewage), rivers generally clean themselves up better. They have higher oxygen content (esp. below rapids) which helps bacteria to eat the bio waste.

Sorry for off topic.

by law, when that place shut down, it should have had to remove the tanks and the oil

Really disappointing to hear!! So are you talking about where the boat launch is at Appleton?

That shack is still there Don...lookin pretty bad though.

Man, this is not good news at all

BTW, scott_from_the_shoreline

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Bear

It's bad enough that a lot of smallies at Appleton already have a lump sticking out just down from their gill.

Three eyes will be the next feature.

This royally sucks...that is one of my favourite spots.

BA