Muck Removal Projects Planned for Lake Okeechobee next year

[bassfish1]

https://www.thefishingwire.com/relea...e-635c0620708c

[esdbass]

About time the state and FWC does something to actually improve the water quality and plant life in the lake. By the way do you think that as soon as anything grows in these areas that the FWC will come back and spray the living crap out of it just like they are doing now on the lake yet there literally is nothing left to spray anymore

https://www.thefishingwire.com/relea...e-635c0620708c

[ScottOz]

About time the state and FWC does something to actually improve the water quality and plant life in the lake. By the way do you think that as soon as anything grows in these areas that the FWC will come back and spray the living crap out of it just like they are doing now on the lake yet there literally is nothing left to spray anymore

They have scraped it before. Just the BIG money wheel spinning. Nothing to do with the quality. Money, Money, Money.

[250bassFL]

About time the state and FWC does something to actually improve the water quality and plant life in the lake. By the way do you think that as soon as anything grows in these areas that the FWC will come back and spray the living crap out of it just like they are doing now on the lake yet there literally is nothing left to spray anymore

I don't know, but you mention spraying. When things like in this link, and other things happen, I always wonder if all that spraying plays a part.
https://amp-floridatoday-com.cdn.amp...F2070241001%2F

Then in south florida they have dogs, panthers, bobcats and animals hardly able to walk. It just gets me wondering if it has something to do with it. In a article, they talk about rat poison and such. But what about all the poisons in the water?
Just makes me think about it.

[NitroZ7]

Ok its Friday and I have had a couple of beers and I got the tinfoil hat nearby so here it goes. I have seen several groups and organizations on Facebook ripping into agriculture as the source of all the problems for the water quality. Are they spraying in Okeechobee to make the water discharges bad to pin the blame on agriculture so that developers can come in and develop areas north of the lake? I know this is crazy but America does have a history of land grabs and other more shady antics when it come to land development. I will re-read this tomorrow when I'm sober and will probably regret it.

[ScottOz]

Ok its Friday and I have had a couple of beers and I got the tinfoil hat nearby so here it goes. I have seen several groups and organizations on Facebook ripping into agriculture as the source of all the problems for the water quality. Are they spraying in Okeechobee to make the water discharges bad to pin the blame on agriculture so that developers can come in and develop areas north of the lake? I know this is crazy but America does have a history of land grabs and other more shady antics when it come to land development. I will re-read this tomorrow when I'm sober and will probably regret it.

They must want to grab all the land, Because they spray and kill the weeds in every body of water in the state. Not just Okeechobee

[NitroZ7]

If this hurricane hits then it is really going to be a mess at the Lake if it stirs up all that muck together with a lot of rain which may cause them to release more water.

[cwilt]

If this hurricane hits then it is really going to be a mess at the Lake if it stirs up all that muck together with a lot of rain which may cause them to release more water.

...which in turn floods our estuaries, causing more muck water out into the bays, promoting red tide and less revenue to our already battered tourist infrastructure due to dead fish floating on our shores.

Its only a matter of time!

[ScottOz]

If this hurricane hits then it is really going to be a mess at the Lake if it stirs up all that muck together with a lot of rain which may cause them to release more water.

It is at 13.52 as of today. I have seen it close to 18. That is almost 4 1/2 foot higher. They get all scared about the dike. They been working on that thing forever. You would think it could handle more then it used to. It would take quite of bit of rain to bring Okeechobee up another 54 inches. But they will get scared and dump it.

[Arethaz]

If this hurricane hits then it is really going to be a mess at the Lake if it stirs up all that muck together with a lot of rain which may cause them to release more water.

They haven't been releasing any water now since about late May and lake has risen about 2.5-3' in that span of time. It should have another 1-2' more after Monday.

[NitroZ7]

That storm is tracking right over the lake. I really hope it doesn’t damage the dikes or it could get real bad if there is a breach.

[ScottOz]

They haven't been releasing any water now since about late May and lake has risen about 2.5-3' in that span of time. It should have another 1-2' more after Monday.

15-16 FT is what it was as normal back 15+ years ago