Originally Posted By: canyoncreek
I'm seeing the same thing in my pond in Michigan, ncvdl:

I'm pretty sure mine was not from a lack of fish (or crayfish) action on the bottom but rather my summer time 'bloom' is fading away. The last few years the bloom revs up as water temps get up there, and it lingers into August. Then we get some cool nights, water temps dip and bloom stops. We get gradual clearing for a week or two and tonight I noticed too that in the shallows I have really clear water. I can watch the larger minnows come tearing in from the deep and grab the pellets, whereas before I never could see the fish only see the splash.

The murk in your case may be a bloom.


Yes - I think the dying watershield was fueling a bloom.