I recently mowed around my pond (about 2.5 acres) and a lot of the clippings got blown into the water. I didn't think much of it at the time but now two weeks later I have a lot of algea and clippings still floating on the top of the water. I have 13 white amurs but I would say about 1/3 of the pond is now covered in debris. Is this a problem? What will eventually happen if I don't remove it? We are getting colder now in NE OH and so I don't think it will continue to spread but i'm not sure...

On a separate note, how does everyone mow around their ponds without dumping their mowers in? I use a brush hog behind a ford jubilee but I can't get close enough without risking falling in the pond... I am thinking of picking up a sickle bar mower that would allow me to keep distance and keep the banks clean... any other tricks that work?