Lake Iatokpoga

About time they started to work on this
lake

https://public.govdelivery.com/syste...fwc-banner.jpg (Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.) Feb. 8, 2016 Photos available on FWC’s Flickr site: Go to https://flic.kr/s/aHskatKhrU Suggested Tweet: Floating plant mats to be removed from Lake Istokpoga, Highlands County: FWC begins removing floating plants in Lake Istokpoga #Florida FWC begins removing floating plants in Lake Istokpoga The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on Tuesday, Feb. 9, will begin removing 27 acres of floating plant material in Lake Istokpoga’s Big Island Marsh in Highlands County. The project is scheduled to take about two months. Mechanical harvesters will be used to remove the heavy mats of floating plants, often called tussocks, in the marsh, which is critical habitat for many fish and wildlife species, including the Everglades snail kite. The FWC will remove plants that include cattail, primrose and burhead sedge to reduce the negative effects of decaying plant material on the marsh. The 27,692-acre Lake Istokpoga near Sebring is known for its black crappie and largemouth bass fishery. However, the lake has undergone changes in the past 30 years that have affected the quality of its fish and wildlife habitat. The FWC designed this project as part of ongoing enhancement of the marsh of the Big Island. This work is complementary to other aquatic plant management activities currently taking place around the lake. For questions, contact Carly Althoff, an FWC aquatic habitat project manager, at 863-697-6323. https://public.govdelivery.com/assets/share_this.gif

somebody should tell them they gonna ruin the lake for the fisherman in the fish camps. Crappie not full spawn ther yet .

they need to wait until season is over for God's sake

Least they aint spraying it!

as my sister says that is on Lake istapogo that will even ruin the great blue gill season everyone waits on.

CG1, at least they are trying something and not spraying and turning the lake into a cesspool. Your sister should be happy for that.

mike. have u ever seen a harvestor? like throwing the fish into a blender with blades.

Yes I have, still better than spraying and the after affects it causes. All that rotting vegetation is horrible. And I bet the fish loss is than than your thinking. They will likely run like the wind once that machine starts running. Not like the little ponds on the roadside where there is nowhere to run.

Can not comment on either direction - They have 2 of them on Tarpon

Have fished behind them on some occassions - caught fish going after marine
life machine cut into.
Don't like the chopped weeds & reeds it leaves behind ...............
Istokpoga is a mess - heavy hydrillia - all over - North end of lake is by far most
open water avail - however, wind can play havic up there.
Few times have fished it - was not impressed - unless i were a bass fisherman.

They just cleaned up some big areas at Lake Kissimmee out from Grape Hammock..looks good .Lilly pads were just talking over..helps navigation for sure.

That is some really good news to hear and possibly see when i am able to move
around again.

well I gotta step back a little. my sister found out that this is a small area in the scheme of things and blocking traffic and has become real mess in one part of the lake, so I shut my piehole. lol

No problem...............thank you for your thoughts