Lake Oakland Weed Spraying

[dartag]

Fishing was pretty good tonight.  Lots of limits.  I think 13 lbs won.  Took 9.5 to finish in the money. M had my 5 by 7 but could not get a big one.   SAturday should be fun

[JL]

Great discussion.

Anyone heard of 'Stoney star wart' or something like that? This is the green carpet looking weed that has overtaken most of the inland lakes in southern michigan. Seems to me the weed killing does not affect this aquatic weed.  This weed seems to really choke out a lake.

I guess my point is this weed seems to be overtaking a lot of lakes and getting worse because the native grasses and non native milfoil are being treated, allowing this weed to overtake the treated areas. The fish, specifically bass seem to avoid areas were this weed is prevelent, which further concentrates bass to specific areas.  When fish have less usable habitat I would think they would be easier to catch if you can find them.  This may be why tournament weights seem to be higher for a select few who find them, but the rest of the field weights are much lower. I don't know if this is true or not, I haven't studied tournament results.  I am sure there is much more to it but just and observation from a tournament angler who also lives on a lake where this weed has overtaken the lake and this lake gets treated regularly.