Any of you use a DR Field and Brush mower? You can walk the thing into the water and cut everything down. Just put it in speed 1 and be careful not to let the wheels get wet. You can wack everything quite well with it. The blades will wack water and tear everything up. It's a pain to have to push and pull it all along the edge of the pond, but if you are doing just small areas, it's not too bad. Plus it's great for tough to reach areas a normal mower deck tractor type bush hog can't do... I've had mine for 3 years now and never had an issue with it.
