More Big O in the news

[Rick H]

https://www.southcentralfloridalife...._id=6ffcd74111

[RangerJim]

Interesting read, thanks!

[Gamblerman65]

Well let’s see. No SAV due to high water. How many spray boats were on the lake today?

[merc106]

Sick of the lies! I don't think we will ever get the lake back!

[perfect-storm]

Did they "OVERLOOK" the article written about a year ago which discussed the arrangement with the sugar industry to keep the lake 2' higher than previous management plans once the levee repair project was complete. They write as if that information wasn't already put out. This lake level is very intentional and contractually obligated. They are just backpedaling because it's causing more harm even though they were told the new lake level management would cause this. On top of that, there are spray boats on that lake EVERY SINGLE WEEK DAY of EVERY WEEK. There are absolutely NEVER any weekdays, unless it's a holiday, that spray boats are not on multiple areas of that lake.

Even at the proposed 15.5' level, that lake can not grow SAV. The lake should NEVER exceed 14' and should usually be under 12' for proper SAV growth. They could easily drop it abruptly to 8-10' and hold it there for a few months to a year and the lake would quickly fix itself but you know that will never happen without an extreme drought.

[merc106]

The only reason we have places to fish now are because we have a higher water level. Drop it and still nothing will grow because of the spraying and muck bottom we now have. They will never quit spraying. To much money and pockets getting lined. People keep talking about the higher water being the problem but seem to forget that in the 80s and 90s we had the same thing. Never had a problem back then.

[wrat]

I remember 16-17 ft lake levels in '90,s and baybottom, winnies cove etc had plenty of vegatation, spraying was infrequent and targeted water Hyacinth

[Fishshooter]

See my post #37 in Big O Problems thread for what I saw last week.