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The fishies are violent this time of the year 

A phrase used to warn those of the violent tendencies of fish
“I’m going to the river today”
“Be careful the fishies are violent this time of the year!”

drop the fishies 

Dropping the bass during a DJ set.
Haha last Saturday I got DJ Freddo to come on stage to help me drop the fishies. There were some great Tunas in that set.

save some for the fishes 

hey save some for the fishes already.

sleep with the fishes 

Killed and thrown in a river, ocean, water body.
"It's an old Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes." -Sal Tessio in The Godfather
sleep with the fishes by Resch17 September 4, 2005

Swimming with the fishes. 

If someone is swimming with the fishes, they are dead, especially if they have been murdered. 'Sleep with the fishes' is an alternative form.
Mike is swimming with the fishes.

Sleeping with the Fishes 

To Be Dead, to be found dead, to be killed, slayed, massacred, murdered brutally, or extermined, put to death by some force
The Godfather
The Gutted fish placed on Don Vito Corleone's lap, it, "He goes, what is this?" and his man replys, "It means Luca Debrazi is sleeping with the fishes."