Country Joe McDonald, the iconic lead singer of Country Joe and the Fish and a defining voice of 1960s counterculture, died on March 7, 2026, at age 84 in Berkeley, California. Joe was a Navy veteran who remained a vocal and adamant anti war activist and advocate for veterans.

Inspired by Woody Guthrie and the folk and protest music of the era, McDonald formed Country Joe and the Fish alongside Barry "The Fish" Melton. Known for his anti-Vietnam War anthem "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" at Woodstock, he passed away from complications of Parkinson's disease.

He was a good man, he did good things, he will be missed on this plane, and welcomed back into the energy in the next one. So long Joe, and thanks for all the Fish.

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#CountryJoe #Fish #folkMusic

Edit: Grammar, typo, tmi. :)

Last month Greenpeace stuck a dead eye on Rakaia's big fish and the locals cried "vandalism!"

Well, Rakaia held it's famous fishing competition over the weekend. Four hundred people entered, and not a single fish was caught. It's the first time that's happened in the 40 years that the competition's been running.

The problem is mainly dairy, of course. Oversized water take permits reduce water flow, which increases water temperature, which kills fish. Gotta feed those pivot irrigators. Cram the fields with cows and the resulting nitrate pollution leaching into most of our waterways does the rest.

They. Didn't. Catch. One. Fish!

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#Greenpeace #Nitrate #Rakaia #Dairy #Fish

Canterbury fishing comp gives out $60K in prizes despite no fish caught

For the first time in 40 years, no fish were weighed in at the Rakaia Fishing Competition due to woefully low numbers of salmon in the river. But ...

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