Pond taken over from duckweed

[clh121787]

My neighbors pond was completely choked out from duckweed. Is there any chance this recent freeze will completely wipe it out? This pond has been an ice skating rink the past 5 days during this record cold. I hope it wipes out the duck weed. 

[M Bruns]

It freezes up here all the time. Duckweed still comes back. 

[Catt]

My hope is the cold knocks it back cause I don't want it completely gone.

 

I love fishing grass ?

[ironbjorn]

Contrary to popular belief, our northern water can be every bit as heavily vegetated as southern water. And let me tell you, the weeds still come back every year, sometimes heavier than before. 

 

The fairy wand idea people have of the north stems from the Greak Lakes smallmouth fishing primarily.

[MN Fisher]

10 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

Contrary to popular belief, our northern water can be every bit as heavily vegetated as southern water. And let me tell you, the weeds still come back every year, sometimes heavier than before. 

 

The fairy wand idea people have of the north stems from the Greak Lakes smallmouth fishing primarily.

 

12 hours ago, clh121787 said:

My neighbors pond was completely choked out from duckweed. Is there any chance this recent freeze will completely wipe it out? This pond has been an ice skating rink the past 5 days during this record cold. I hope it wipes out the duck weed. 

I can tell you that even here in MN, weeds can choke parts of large lakes and even completely cover small lakes. Four months of ice-cover does nothing to stop it. A week or two down there isn't going to affect it much.

 

[clh121787]

This duck weed isn’t your typical Aquatic vegetation. It covers the entire surface. Blocking all sunlight to the pond and kills all the grass and all the fish. It’s a death wish for small ponds. 

[BrianMDTX]

10 minutes ago, clh121787 said:

This duck weed isn’t your typical Aquatic vegetation. It covers the entire surface. Blocking all sunlight to the pond and kills all the grass and all the fish. It’s a death wish for small ponds. 

I disagree. Duckweed removes excess nitrogen and phosphates, provides shade and habitat for small fish and fry, can reduce evaporation, limits photoautotrophic algae growth and can help reduce mosquito larvae numbers. It’s also good forage for ducks. 

 

The pond I fish is riddled with duckweed in summer. It can be a pain as it gets on baits and line (even staining clear line), but it hasn’t hurt the bass fishing one bit. 

[clh121787]

If it covers the entire surface of a small pond for extended amount of time it’s done. Aquatic grass needs sun. Bass eggs need sun.  

[Mr. Aquarium]

 Up Here in MA. There’s ponds I can’t fish in the summer. To choked with weeds! 

[TnRiver46]

On 3/15/2021 at 3:03 AM, clh121787 said:

If it covers the entire surface of a small pond for extended amount of time it’s done. Aquatic grass needs sun. Bass eggs need sun.  

I don’t know, the sun never shines in Ohio and they still have bass somehow ........