LITTLE LAKE HARRIS

[flycaster]

Took a walk to the edge of Little Lake Harris, and what do i see????

A LARGE MASS OF FLOATING GREEN MATTER.

This mass covers over one third of the surface. I can see where boats have crisscrossed thru the mass.
Don't know what BIG LAKE HARRIS looks like, not a mess that I want to launch the boat into.
No idea how long before the mass sinks.

[Slab]

Wow, wonder what the heck it is and what caused it!

[SlowRideStu]

Algae bloom?

[Crappiegirl1]

HYDRILLA THAT HAS BEEN THE SUBJECt OF FWC an LCWA talks . Milions to be spent kiling it in big and little harris.

[Crappiegirl1]

Presentatons made by locals to the Harris council last month includinhg the Mayor of Howey.

["G"]

It looks like Green Algae
Hydrilla is a weed Hydrilla verticillata – UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

[Slab]

G, I'm not sure those are actual pics Stu posted. He prolly don't have a drone! doh! But who know's, maybe he does. He'll certainly chime in and tell us. Maybe John can post actual pics.

[skeetbum]

They looked like pics from the now or neverglades email I got, definitely green algae. Hydrilla is unmistakeable and it only takes one lesson to leave it alone. It grows mostly where the sun can reach the bottom, I think, because it isn’t found in deeper water. Bad for us that most of our lakes are shallow. Used to bass fish the deep water edges with crankbaits, great fun to watch the fish dart out of the weeds and hit the crank.

[flycaster]

G, I'm not sure those are actual pics Stu posted. He prolly don't have a drone! doh! But who know's, maybe he does. He'll certainly chime in and tell us. Maybe John can post actual pics.

Any picture that I could take would not show the floating mass of hydrillia.
This is not a floating mess of algae, but of the hydrillia. Wish that I had access to a drone.
Not about to take the boat out to see/get into the mess.

[Yelim]

What a shame! Wasn't that way years ago. Spent a lot of vacation time with my parents at Howey Boat Basin.