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Delta fish rescuers issue plea for amphibious vehicles
By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg - cpeytondahlberg@sacbee.com
Last Updated 3:36 pm PST Saturday, December 1, 2007
The ad hoc group trying to rescue fish stranded on a Delta island put out a plea Saturday for help from anyone who can bring an amphibious, all-terrain vehicle to the work site on Prospect Island.
The group is using one caterpillar-tread vehicle now to trundle improvised tanks full of rescued striped bass from an inland pond to a nearby slough.
The volunteers could move more fish faster if they had a couple more amphibious vehicles either later today or first thing Sunday, said Bob McDaris, one of the organizers.
The need for more people is less pressing than the need for six- or eight-wheel-drive vehicles called Argos, McDaris said, because word has already gone out among fishing groups and Web sites.
Anyone who wants to join the rescue effort should be physically fit, able to wade through knee-high muddy water, and come prepared with chest waders and a bass net, he said.
By this afternoon, the group had already freed more than 500 striped bass left behind when the island was drained after levee repairs.
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