Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Controlling unwanted plants Frontage Management

I live on a public lake that's about 8-10 acres. Of that I personally have about 150 feet of frontage. There is no HOA on the lake so its up to each individual home to manage their own frontage.

Earlier in the year we had a company spray for curly leaf pond weed and coons tail. That kept the lake clean for about a month. The coons tail is back and creating algae mats on the surface. Duck weed also seems to have began populating the surface. The lake seems stagnant, as there is a flow if water into the lake but no flow out.

My concern is keeping my frontage clean of algae and water clogging weeds. The previous homeowners landscaped the waters edge with rocks, preventing a natural landscape to occur. What can I do to keep my frontage clean? I would prefer a natural method vs a chemical method. I heard of everything from aerators, to fountains, to manually raking, and blower systems. Is there a tried and true method or are we always experimenting. Please let me know any tips and tricks. Lastly, would their be any benefit to returning the shoreline to a more natural environment?

Thanks in advance for the advice, I look forward to hearing from you all.

In Wisconsin, to treat a public body of water with herbicides you need to get a permit from the DNR. No advantage to removing the rocks except it will be easier to mow to the waters edge if that is what you want to do. It sounds like the water has a lot of nutrients in it and doesn't get a lot of wind, so not much wave action either.

Without a HOA, my question is, how old is the subdivision,pond? and the reason I ask is there are several of those in this area that are a little older and have individual onsite sewer systems, most of which, after 25 30 yrs, don't work properly if at all anymore, which in turn winds up getting improperly treated sewer water to reach the lake, creating a vegetation nightmare.