We have lot's FA this year as well, last years chara has died off and the FA has taken it's place. The chara die off started early last year with an extremely stong cold front with high winds that super cooled the water column on just the windy side of our pond, this also created a cold water algea bloom in march last year. I think the other part of this has been the very mild weather we had in the fall. When I was ice fishing last month I pulled out out LMB that had some FA stuck to it's top fin.
