Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Identifying plants My pond has been invaded, help please

My pond has been taken over. This stuff has covered at least half of my 1 acre pond. I cant fish at all because it is 10-15 foot out from all sides and completely surrounded my dock. From looking at pictures online, I kind of think it is pennywort, if I remember correctly. So, what is it and how can I get rid of it? I want to be able to at least fish a few spots and be able to see water from my dock. Ive thought of trying to hire a couple of guys for a day or two to just pull it out and pile it up, which I may go to if I cant do it another way. This is a very good fishing pond with bass up to 8lbs and plenty of minnows and Id hate to use any chemical that would kill off my fish. Thanks.

Try these.

ID
http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/database/emergent_plants/water_pennywort.htm

Management
http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/database/emergent_plants/water_pennywort_mgmt.htm

I don't know the name of it, But they're all over the canals where I live.

Pennywort is a plant of shallow waters and the water margin to about a foot deep, it has a fairly quick growing habit of trotting along by runners.

Usually its just a pleasant little scoundrel looking like a dinky waterlily in deeper water, for it to thicken up and become crowded might be a response to excess fertility at a guess.

If its practical to drain the pond a foot or two and leave the mud to bake in the worst heat for a few weeks that might kill it, the roots have a shallow rooted habit

Regards, andy