MRHELLO, yes it does seem like good cover. This small pond is only on its second year. I added it up ravine to my main pond as a means to catch nutrient rich runnoff from an adjacent crop field. It is stocked with FHM and GS and a dozen RES. The FHM seem to like the plants and I see schools of them near and in it.
GAC Lake Mgmt, We did recently have a heavy rain but the level on this pond was already at full pool for the last couple of months. I have first noticed this plant green and growing under the ice at waters edge while there was still ice covering the pond.
