Pond Frog,
No, mine is nowhere near as thick as the original poster's. I wonder if a yearly raking would control it enough to make his reasonable to deal with. If it wasn't so thick, I would consider it a good thing to have in his pond too.
Heck, I even like the look of it in my pond.
Pond weed is difficult to rake out. The branches (not sure it that is the correct technical term) just slip through the rake. I've used one of those "Y" shaped pond weed cutters and then rake out the free floating stuff. That system works well, but then again I'm not working with a 12 acre pond either!
Also I don't have one of those fancy weed cutting machines either.
