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     jackie johnson (Abilene)  BOC PALADINUsername: Abilene Post Number: 1214 Registered: 8-2003  Rating: N/A |
A game warden on a jet ski told a friend something had happened up the creek and the fish weren't there. So I took a look and a few pics. There were fish there, mostly gars. Looked on the net and decided it could be duckweed. It floats and has small, round leaves with tiny hairlike roots.   "I have seen a Mississippi catfish that was more than 6' long and weighed 250 pounds." - Mark Twain. | ||
| J.W.Fisher (Dreadnaught)  BOC ROYALTYUsername: Dreadnaught Post Number: 1983 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
Yes, That is duckweed allright, that stuff can realy take over quick. I have caught a lot of fish in places where that stuff had covered. It is more of a nuscence than a threat. Dreadnaught If it has scales it's Bait!!! I support the release of all cats over 10lbs CPR | ||
| George W Ostrom (Katfshn50)  BOC EMPERORUsername: Katfshn50 Post Number: 4610 Registered: 11-2003 Rating: N/A |
Looks like my bath water after I've been fishin for a couple days. LOL! I also know it as duckweed. Got some small lakes and ponds up this way that are loaded with it. By august it will be so thick it looks like ya can walk on it. LOL!  DON'T WRITE A CHECK WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT YOUR BUTT CAN'T CASH SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW BROOKLAWN,NEW JERSEY | ||
| SAM SHERRY (Sam9266) BOC PALADINUsername: Sam9266 Post Number: 741 Registered: 4-2004  Rating: N/A |
Duckweed is the smallest plant in the plant kingdom but can be a real problem. Each plant has two leaves and one root. Carp love the stuff.. its like a huge salad bar to a carp. I axctually grow duckweed in one of my garden ponds to feed to my goldfish and Koi in the other pond. I can scoop a bunch out one day and in a couple of days it has multiplied right back to where it was before. In calm water it grows like crazy. Ive never noticed any problems as far a fish go.. except for it being difficult on the fisherman trying to fish thru the stuff. It can really work great as a sun screen and cool the water down in areas but can also use up the oxygen in that area too. As thick as it looks in that pic you posted I would say it could sure effect the fishing in that area. You can write that section of water off until winter kill...lol Take care... Sam Albany, Georgia | ||
| jackie johnson (Abilene) BOC PALADINUsername: Abilene Post Number: 1216 Registered: 8-2003 Rating: N/A |
Thanks for the the reponse. First time I've ever seen this stuff.    "I have seen a Mississippi catfish that was more than 6' long and weighed 250 pounds." - Mark Twain. | ||
| dano bailey (Rexrudedog) BOC ROYALTYUsername: Rexrudedog Post Number: 2437 Registered: 3-2002  Rating: N/A |
Jackie, caddo lake , here in east Texas is covered with that stuff and other things. Its a mess. They say the problem is cause there ain't enough water flow from the lake above,where the dam is. The lake I fish on. They done sold so many water rights around here that its hurting both lakes and hurting a bunch of people. Started out like your picks, now its really bad. Every winter my lake would open dam and send water to caddo which would wash that stuff out. Not as much water to send now so caddo is over grown with the stuff. Anyway, its killing the fish on caddo. They say its taking oxygen out of the water. Some amounts of it will not hurt anything but very large amounts, causes problems. Heck everybody is suing everybody over water rights around here and the ones who got the rights can't use near as much as they take so they send over flow to the river. My understanding is, if they don't take the water, they lose the rights so they take it, use some and send the rest to the river instead of back to the lake. Go figure. Heck all I can understand about it is, they are causing damage to caddo and my lake is low for the past 3 years due to a new pipe line. I have voice my O many times and just get a bunch of political B.S. over it. Just makes a man want to put knots on someone's head. KWIM. I try to stay on top of it but bout all I can do is give a hand gesture. Guess I'll wet a hook till they ruin it all. My guess is your area has a dry spell are somewhere up stream is cutting off water supply and your lake is not getting the flow of water that it should too wash that stuff out every year. Hope its just temporary and don't continue to grow. Anyway, I'm very busy so I'll check back later on BOC.  This old bottle may be dusty, but its what's inside that counts. "God Bless The American Soldier" | ||
| Josh Allison (Gone_fishin_4_kittys) BOC ROYALTYUsername: Gone_fishin_4_kittys Post Number: 2537 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
Look like thick stuff Jackie when I first saw it I was like is he crazy look like a plain with grass... Jackie is that book done yet i wana read it  Josh   CPR on all cats over 10lbs | ||
| jackie johnson (Abilene) BOC PALADINUsername: Abilene Post Number: 1226 Registered: 8-2003 Rating: N/A |
Hey Josh, yeah it's pretty thick alright. It does look like a plain don't it? Never seen any thing like it! I've spent the last three days working on "The Lonesome Wind," and will do some more work on it today. I wish it was finished, lol. "I have seen a Mississippi catfish that was more than 6' long and weighed 250 pounds." - Mark Twain. | ||
| Joe Lutey (Jroc777) BOC INITIATE Username: Jroc777 Post Number: 50 Registered: 7-2005  Rating: N/A |
That stuff will start to affect the fish pretty soon if they can't get rid of it. As stated in an earlier post the oxygen level of the lake will be greatly reduced by large quantities. | ||
| jackie johnson (Abilene) BOC PALADINUsername: Abilene Post Number: 1258 Registered: 8-2003 Rating: N/A |
Hey Dano, I don't know what the deal is on this lake. It's not use to having flowing water run into it. We have been affected by a severe drought for the last several years. This spring the water volume was at 38 per cent. That's pretty darn low. I figured it would take years to fill again. Not so, surprisingly we had several days of slow rain that brought the water level up 35 foot to with one foot of the spillway. Now the lake is three foot below the spillway. There are two creeks that run into the lake but they seldom run. And that's only when it's raining and for a day or two after it stops. "I have seen a Mississippi catfish that was more than 6' long and weighed 250 pounds." - Mark Twain. | ||
| mark johnson (Mark_j) BOC ROYALTYUsername: Mark_j Post Number: 2700 Registered: 9-2003  Rating: N/A |
its killable. we've done it with success but its something you have to continually work at for a few years. the waterhole in my backyard got wrapped up in it when i cleared some trees around it and the sun could hit it good. i spent hours walking around the bank dipping it out with swimming pool nets until i got enough of it out i wasnt worried about poisoning the rest. now i dont have a bit but i would say it took 3 years of staying on it. i realize it being a lake my methods would be impossible without the state doing it but for those with ponds you can get rid of it. i like to see wild ducks come into my waterholes but then again i know the ducks , fish herons, and fish hawks are the worlds worst for spreading this stuff around and it multiplies quick. catails are the same way. i got rid of them by getting in the boat and physically pulling the stuff up by the roots and trying to get as much as i could of the massive root system out too. once that was accomplished i poisoned what little was left thereby evicting it from my waterhole until the next go round. ponds are great but to keep one nice it takes alot of time and funds at times. my waterhole needs some work done on it right now. hurricanes have put a little too much structure in it to my liking as in whole trees. the catfish, hybrid bream , minnows, and goldfish dont seem to mind it though.  If it aint a Stelling it aint loud enough. | ||
| April Estep (Catwoman77) BOC INITIATE Username: Catwoman77 Post Number: 38 Registered: 7-2005  Rating: N/A |
My mamaw and papaw live on Horseshoe Lake in Louisiana and they get that stuff too. That lake has been sprayed so many times to get rid of it, but it keeps coming back I don't have trouble keeping livers on the hook, it's getting the catfish off | ||
| Danny Bruce Estep Jr (Arkansaswhiteskin)  BOC PROTECTORUsername: Arkansaswhiteskin Post Number: 366 Registered: 6-2005  Rating: N/A |
Looks like we found another duck hunting hotspot Baby! Duck weed is a great duck attractor. Mallards, Pintail, Gadwall, Widgeon, and Teal, all eat duckweed regularly. You'll see them swim along, and duck, no pun intended, their head under water, and when it comes up, they will have the weed all over their heads. Divers like Ring-necks, and Bluebills(scaup), Redheads, and Canvasbacks eat it also. Go get the guns baby, teal season starts in less than 2 months! Quack! If you aint covered in slime, you aint fishin hard enough! |
