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"Dead fish are appearing by the thousands in Horicon Marsh, Lake Sinissippi and Rock River.The smell is overwhelming and residents want to know why it\u2019s happening.Click here to watch report\"I don't let the kids even go in the water at this point until I hear back from the DNR (Department of Natural Resources),\u201D said Tammy Roholff, who lives near Horicon Marsh.Dead carp have been washing ashore for two weeks.Each carcass was covered in bugs and the scent is overpowering, according to WeatherWatch 12 meteorologist Chris Gioninger, who was at the marsh on Monday.\"It depends upon which way the wind is blowing. Sometimes it's not so bad, sometimes it's worse. On a warm day if the wind is blowing it's horrible,\" Roholff said.Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource biologist Laura Stremick Thompson said officials have found bacteria affecting carp in the water.Oddly, it\u2019s only affecting the carp -- a hearty fish that can usually fight off the bacteria.\"What this kind of tells us is there is something going on with the common carp that is suppressing their immune system and they are unable to fight off this bacteria,\" said Thompson.As for people?\"If you're in an area where dead fish have accumulated it might be best to stay out of the water,\" Thompson said.Roholff will be doing just that until the mystery is solved.DNR Lab workers in La Crosse are working to find the cause of the kill off. They told WISN 12 News it might be another week before they get to the bottom of the problem."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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