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June 10, 2022
Fishing for a cause
By Jessica Nohealapa’ahi
The Bandera Prophet
While extreme heat and drought continue to smother the state, three Lakehills men went to work to help those suffocating in silence. Armed with a net and an ice cooler, they relocated more than 1,000 fish trapped in tiny pockets to deeper waters.
Vinny Mifsud, Austin Pantuso and Joel Thomas were walking the dry bed of Medina Lake, when they noticed schools and schools of fish trying to survive in inches of water. Dropping all obligations for the day, the men retrieved their fishing nets and Yeti ice chests, and began catching and transporting.
Mifsud, owner of Strive 24 Fitness in Lakehills, said the ground was covered with dead fish that simply ran out of water and suffocated. Amidst the apocalyptic scene, though, were hundreds of catfish, bass, garr and other species, cornered, and waiting.
“We caught so many fish,” Mifsud said. “It was amazing.”
Record hot days continue to reach triple digits months ahead of the norm and no rain is forecast. As of today, the Medina Lake water level is at 1,003.51 feet, or 15.5 percent capacity.
Vinny Mifsud, Austin Pantuso and Joel Thomas were walking the dry bed of Medina Lake, when they noticed schools and schools of fish trying to survive in inches of water. Dropping all obligations for the day, the men retrieved their fishing nets and Yeti ice chests, and began catching and transporting.
Mifsud, owner of Strive 24 Fitness in Lakehills, said the ground was covered with dead fish that simply ran out of water and suffocated. Amidst the apocalyptic scene, though, were hundreds of catfish, bass, garr and other species, cornered, and waiting.
“We caught so many fish,” Mifsud said. “It was amazing.”
Record hot days continue to reach triple digits months ahead of the norm and no rain is forecast. As of today, the Medina Lake water level is at 1,003.51 feet, or 15.5 percent capacity.