Quote Originally Posted by CrappiePro View Post
Matt how did the alligator grass get its start in Lake Conway. I can tell you I first noticed it shortly after the 1998 drawdown when the lake was lowered to lower the dam making the lake shallower. Did this have anything to do with the start of the alligator grass? I ust to hate that stuff but have learned the crappie really like it so I started to like it. LOL I know it can spread quickly and take over a lake. I was just wondering about your thoughts on the alligator grass of Conway. Thanks.
We suspect that the alligator weed got transferred into the lake by hitch hiking on an anglers boat (unintentional spreading). This is how non-native aquatic vegetation is spread most of the time. According to the old District Biologist Carl Perrin, we first noticed it around 2000. So it very well could have been in 1998.