Flash Flood Kills Fish on John Day River

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JOHN DAY, Ore. — According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a severe thunderstorm caused a flash flood in a tributary of the John Day River near Mitchell earlier this week, killing an estimated 4,000 smallmouth bass on a remote four-mile section of the river. Numerous other fish species including bass, suckers, pikeminnow and carp were also lost, but remarkably no dead channel catfish, steelhead or salmon were found.</p>

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