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Backld, how big is the pond? What % of pondweed coverage do you have? Is it in one small area? What depths do you have in the pond?
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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i'll chime in again if me I would spray with reward as mentioned just on areas that are an issue. Agree on of my favorite list of plants but disagree pond frog it is HIGHLY preffered plant for grass carp. Not all potomo this way but this one is so if eradication is desire grass carp good choice otherwise put just a few in or nto any issues cleaning this up. It is first plant eliminated when we stock grass carp.
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I've seen grass carp completely bypass American Pond weed for hydrilla. Out in California they are mainly used in canals or moving water. Plus they are a pain just to get into the state. Very expensive also. I'd never put them in for pondweed. I'd mechanical harvest the weeds I wanted thinned out or gone. Is it the grass carps favorite food? No. They will look for other submerged plants first.
Maybe it is different in Ohio, but I'd check if you must stock triploids, need a permit or written authorization. Then do a cost analysis. One other oops consideration, after they eat everything there is to eat, and completely knock the vegatative balance out of whack, can you deal with algae blooms? They won't.
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If the bed of pondweed is well defined. a sheet of 100'x20' black plastic anchored over the clump, to blot out light would bump the lot off substantially if not completely.
Black plastic is more or less invisible when submerged, won't spoil the appearance of a pond.
If theres a particularly hot spell and the waters whistle over 95°f in that patch, heat combined with lack of photosynthesise would sure make it go one sorry clump fast
Regards, andy
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We got a lot of people using the Lake Mower for pond weed all over (sago, american, bushy, etc). The beauty of mechanical cutting is you can choose how much you want to remove. That way you can still have a place for your bass to hunt but you won't break a prop or lose a hook.
If at first you don't succeed...look in the trash for the directions.
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Some of the weeds spread via cuttings as well, so depending on what weed it is, the cuttings might need to be raked out.
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You also want to get them out so they aren't sitting there rotting in the water.
If at first you don't succeed...look in the trash for the directions.
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