Bob, don't be too quick to wish for clear water. I obsessed over being clear for a couple of years, and had huge visibility last year, followed by a horrible outbreak of FA. I probably raked out well over 1,000 pounds of FA last year from a 1/4 acre pond. I would rather have muddy water than a lot of FA. With muddy water, that otter probably would not have eaten all my CC either.

BTW, our total rainfall for the past five days was 5 inches exactly, and 5.17 for the month so far.