Got to wondering about the lake algea mentioned about Okechobee.
Would a lot of fresh rain water and high winds/waves/oxygen help fight the algea?
Or could it damage a lake further by tearing out grass/weeds/lily pads and make it worse?
Just wondering about lakes I have yet to fish but hope to someday.
Unfortunately over the past 5 years with all the constant spraying hurricanes provide the final nail in the coffin.
Take Lake George for example and the surrounding areas of the St.Johns River. The geniuses in charge of the spraying campaign put a severe hurting on Lake George with their over spraying of ALL things green. The left over eel grass beds were weak and on life support, then along came Hurricane Irma, the high winds and high water provided a death blow and completely wiped out the remaining grass beds.
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Brad Krone
Sorry to hear that it is a negative. Nature will take care of itself if humans will let it.
Maybe the storm will damage the weed spraying facility!
That would certainly be a good outcome!Originally Posted by Bearetta
Sorry to hear that it is a negative. Nature will take care of itself if humans will let it.
Maybe the storm will damage the weed spraying facility!
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Sad to say it but when hurricanes come thru our area the fishing usually get bad, One thing is the dead weeds killed form the spraying along the bank start floating down the river and its like they sprayed all over again. You would think it would be the opposite, clean water good fishing, not here, a lot of runoff and the dead stuff floating down. Good news is we needed the rain.
The heavy rains from hurricanes flush a lot of detritus (decaying vegetation, leaves, wood, other organic matter) into the lakes/river.Got to wondering about the lake algea mentioned about Okechobee.
Would a lot of fresh rain water and high winds/waves/oxygen help fight the algea?
Or could it damage a lake further by tearing out grass/weeds/lily pads and make it worse?
Just wondering about lakes I have yet to fish but hope to someday.
This stuff smells rotten and places a big BOD (biological oxygen demand) on the water body, causing dissolved oxygen levels to drop and cause fish kills.
Rodman was particularly affected like this after the last round(s) of storm(s).
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