Hmm, all great info!
Our water didn't get real warm until about 2 weeks ago, so I mostly was able to keep the plant down to a minimum. Probably missed a few, but got 98% of it it down to the mud. The remaining plant material all blew into one corner of the pond today, the turions and all so I was able to remove it effectively. It seems the plants were just starting to form turions.
Local observation of ponds shows they almost all have clpw, and almost all universally it is not a real problem other than making fishing a bit more challenging.
As a side-note we went fishing in the Avon DEC pond this morning. Lots of sunnies and small bass, but one GIANT tiger muskie cruising around looking for snacks.
