jeffe
05-19-2004, 06:09 PM
Some call it "MOSS" and describe it in various types of MOSS.
Lake Ouachita Has several types. This time of year the most obvious is the one some Ol' Timers call "COONTAIL MOSS". It starts out from the shoreline in about 8 feet of water and as long as sunlight gets to it well, out to 18 to 20 feet deep. It will grow up to the surface and when the lake drops, kind of tangle up on the surface and turn light brown in color.
It is "kind of like" the westcoast Kelp beds, a perfect fish & fingerling hideout. All marine life seems to just love it, for them it may be the best of everything, cover, food, ect..
Boaters get clogged intakes and fouled props. Water sports buffs seem mostly terrified of getting tangled up in it.
However, it is some of the best gamefish spearing cover around.
So a lake that is 34 miles long with over 100 islands, with Hydrilla everywherre, is highly filtered as the water moves toward the intake structure. This makes the water much clearer near the Dam.
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So . . .
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What about it, your lake got it ?
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Is it a problem ? Or is it a fisherman's blessing ?
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Do you dive it ? Spearfish It ?
Lake Ouachita Has several types. This time of year the most obvious is the one some Ol' Timers call "COONTAIL MOSS". It starts out from the shoreline in about 8 feet of water and as long as sunlight gets to it well, out to 18 to 20 feet deep. It will grow up to the surface and when the lake drops, kind of tangle up on the surface and turn light brown in color.
It is "kind of like" the westcoast Kelp beds, a perfect fish & fingerling hideout. All marine life seems to just love it, for them it may be the best of everything, cover, food, ect..
Boaters get clogged intakes and fouled props. Water sports buffs seem mostly terrified of getting tangled up in it.
However, it is some of the best gamefish spearing cover around.
So a lake that is 34 miles long with over 100 islands, with Hydrilla everywherre, is highly filtered as the water moves toward the intake structure. This makes the water much clearer near the Dam.
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So . . .
>
What about it, your lake got it ?
>
Is it a problem ? Or is it a fisherman's blessing ?
>
Do you dive it ? Spearfish It ?