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Took a walk to the edge of Little Lake Harris, and what do i see????
A LARGE MASS OF FLOATING GREEN MATTER.
This mass covers over one third of the surface. I can see where boats have crisscrossed thru the mass.
Don't know what BIG LAKE HARRIS looks like, not a mess that I want to launch the boat into.
No idea how long before the mass sinks.
Wow, wonder what the heck it is and what caused it!
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Algae bloom?
HYDRILLA THAT HAS BEEN THE SUBJECt OF FWC an LCWA talks . Milions to be spent kiling it in big and little harris.
Presentatons made by locals to the Harris council last month includinhg the Mayor of Howey.
It looks like Green Algae
Hydrilla is a weed Hydrilla verticillata – UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
G, I'm not sure those are actual pics Stu posted. He prolly don't have a drone! doh! :banghead But who know's, maybe he does. He'll certainly chime in and tell us. Maybe John can post actual pics.
They looked like pics from the now or neverglades email I got, definitely green algae. Hydrilla is unmistakeable and it only takes one lesson to leave it alone. It grows mostly where the sun can reach the bottom, I think, because it isn’t found in deeper water. Bad for us that most of our lakes are shallow. Used to bass fish the deep water edges with crankbaits, great fun to watch the fish dart out of the weeds and hit the crank.
Any picture that I could take would not show the floating mass of hydrillia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slab
This is not a floating mess of algae, but of the hydrillia. Wish that I had access to a drone.
Not about to take the boat out to see/get into the mess.
What a shame! Wasn't that way years ago. Spent a lot of vacation time with my parents at Howey Boat Basin.
file:///C:/Users/LINDA/Videos/hydrilla.pdf
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Originally Posted by Crappiegirl1
going to be just as bad in Griffin already covering southeast end.
Ed, those were just pics I grabbed off the net, but it sounded like an algae bloom per his description
looks like pea soup
Took a walk to take a photo of Lake Harris and hydrillia:Attachment 320412
It is tough to get a good photo.
I figured. Hate to say it, fake you know what...... doh. But they were funny pics.Quote:
Originally Posted by SlowRideStu
over 5 million dollars to be spent on killing hydrilla on little an big harris and eustis
It is definitely algae bloom. Lake Apopka and all the lakes down the chain have had these blooms at different times over the years. Does not endanger the fish. I've seen these since the early 70's. It seems to be more noticeable in some lakes more than others in certain years. From the early 60's through 1980 I lived on and boated the chain of lakes. This was occurring on this chain long before we had hydrilla issues in any central Florida lakes. If what he is seeing is like the second picture Stu posted.
Looks like something I encounter in Wisconsin when I go up there fishing on Wisconsin river If water is too hot it,is thick and smells bad as water gets to 60 degrees it breaks up and I catch fish if it’s too warm of water I have to avoid area of lake with the green stuff. they say it’s caused by farm field run off
due to my mission with lake apopka muck in my canal again i am at all the meetings where this is being discussed. still not smart enough to post the harris council videos although Slab counciled me.
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Here's most of our water problems all put in 1 bottle
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