Holes In Michigan Roads So Deep Fish Spawn in Them: Watch

Roads in Michigan are in such rough shape that schools of fish are establishing residence in sinkholes.

That’s no fish story.

As Detroit Water and Sewer Department crews pumped water out of the crater on Hull Street Tuesday, several children began rescuing fish that had already begun to spawn, relocating them in an outdoor bathtub.

The cause of the hole in the Detroit east-side neighborhood is undetermined, but Isiah (Zeek) James, 60, said that when a leaky water main filled it, residents began about a month ago to stock it with fish, including bluegill, goldfish and carp.

“It was a pond straight made for fish,” James told the Detroit Free Press. “So I put ‘em in there, just so the kids could come by and see them.”

The fish had been swimming in the hole for about 30 days when the water department said they had to go so crews could repair the water main.

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Neighbors weren’t that upset.

“We like our fish,” Pete Bolden told WXYZ-TV, “but honestly, we’d like the road fixed.”

The sinkhole appeared several years ago, and crews expected to have it filled by the end of the day Tuesday.

The Detroit Water and Sewer Department says it’s not responsible for the gaping hole in the road and told the Free Press it didn’t learn of the sinkhole until Monday.

Water Department spokeswoman Curtrise Garner said the hole was caused by DTE Energy, an assertion the utility denies.