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| I have been watching Pewaukee over the years. The years we dont have a lot of ice or snow cover are the years we get almost TOO much weed growth with milfoil. So much you cant get a bait thru and the weed cutters mess it all up.
The years we get 12" of ice and good snow on top are the years when the lake has been more productive for me.
Right now, Pewaukee is open still in the middle of the lake and no snow, so the weeds are still growing on the deep breaks.
Anyone else see this on their lakes too? |
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| Jason: My observations exactly, even on the small pond out my back door
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| We had a 700 acre lake near here that was 34.0' down from the drought...it has raised from that to 8.4 ' below pool; there are acres + acres of weeds/small trees, and only fishable from a very few spots now, as you can't put a boat in until it raises up another ft. or so.[:blackeye:] |
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| I've seen the same thing, I believe if the weeds aren't covered by ice and snow during the winter they don't die off so much as merely stop growing. Then they come back much easier in the spring.
During a strong winter, the ice and snow block the sun and the lack of sunlight kills off the milfoil and in the spring it has to start growing all over again. If they don't die off they pick up where they left off in the fall and continue to grow resulting in more dense growth.
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| Even with the sun blocked off early in the winter it does not kill off the milfoil,the plant itself dies off but the root is still alive(dormant) and will start to rejevinate in the spring.In the big/ice and snow winters of yesteryear it would lay almost all vegatation down and start out fresh in spring which in my opinion made spring into summer a great bite,but lately it almost seems like it goes from winter to summer(in weed growth)and there are more and thicker weeds early and for me it seems that these type bites are not near as good as the old time winters!Bring out the SLOPPIEPIG`S! Handy |
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| Plus the lack of deep snow means that the spring runoff will be much less unless it rains a lot. On my flowage that means clear water all spring and increased sunlight penetration equals lots of weeds. |
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| I agree but it does help us and the fish out,means more cover for fatter fish,the years when the weeds die off the fish in the spring are skinny. |
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| I hope your theory is accurate for that poor destitute lake called Lake X in Indiana. They killed every weed in the entire pond this year. I'd love to see that forest of milfoil return this spring [:)] |
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