Algae treatment..does it effect fishing?

[TriStateBassin106]

I went to my 2acre pond yesterday after not fishing it for a week and now the water is much more clearer compared to the usual pea soup visibility it has because of rain runoff. How does this type of water treatment effect the fishing? I went yesterday and the bite was totally dead but it was nice to see at least a foot of visibility instead of 3inches or less. 

[gunsinger]

I know when they fertilize the lake I fish at, the bite dies off for a couple of days at least.

[InfantryMP]

I had a tournament this year on a lake that is a crystal clear smallmouth and walleye lake. 2 days prior to the tournament, they sprayed the lake in the channels to help with algae and vegetation mitigation. Everyone struggled. No one came in with the 5 bass limit. The most I believe was 3. 

 

I did not get a bite all day. I personally think it negatively effects the fishing for a little while. I cant guess on how long it took for them to turn back on, but it was on day 3 of being sprayed and nothing.

[Captain Phil]

This is a common occurrence in Florida.  We don't have many crystal clear lakes and definitely no smallmouth, but the reaction is the same.   Think about what would happen if someone changed the air you breathe in your house so you couldn't see across the room.  Treatments like this make similar changes to the environment and it takes a while for fish to adapt.  Contrary to what many anglers believe, modern aquatic control chemicals do not kill fish.  I remember fishing a tournament after a major hydrilla treatment in Lake Istokpoga.  All the hydrilla in the lake was destroyed within a few days.  The fish that were living in it all went to the only cover they had left.  The water was so turbid you couldn't see more than six inches.   The shoreline pads were full of huge bass and flippers had a field day.  

[InfantryMP]

5 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

This is a common occurrence in Florida.  We don't have many crystal clear lakes and definitely no smallmouth, but the reaction is the same.   Think about what would happen if someone changed the air you breathe in your own house.  Treatments like this make similar changes to the environment and it takes a while for fish to adapt.  Contrary to what many anglers believe, modern aquatic control chemicals do not kill fish.  I remember fishing a tournament after a major hydrilla treatment in Lake Istokpoga.  All the hydrilla in the lake was destroyed.  The fish that were living in it all went to the only cover they had left.  The water was so turbid you couldn't see more than six inches.   The shoreline pads were full of huge bass and flippers had a field day.  

Yea exactly this...That crystal clear lake that you could see 15' down had no visibility because of the spray that was spreading. The only clear water I could find were off in creek arms where the chemicals had not reached yet. I am sure the weekend boat traffic helped the circulation, but that Sunday was the worst day of fishing I have had in years. 

[TriStateBassin106]

40 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

This is a common occurrence in Florida.  We don't have many crystal clear lakes and definitely no smallmouth, but the reaction is the same.   Think about what would happen if someone changed the air you breathe in your house so you couldn't see across the room.  Treatments like this make similar changes to the environment and it takes a while for fish to adapt.  Contrary to what many anglers believe, modern aquatic control chemicals do not kill fish.  I remember fishing a tournament after a major hydrilla treatment in Lake Istokpoga.  All the hydrilla in the lake was destroyed within a few days.  The fish that were living in it all went to the only cover they had left.  The water was so turbid you couldn't see more than six inches.   The shoreline pads were full of huge bass and flippers had a field day.  

Yeah it's a bit confusing to me because the water looked like this last week with that pea soup green tint and a inch or 2 of visibility and now it's like a foot clear. My pond has multiple drains that take runoff will the water stay clear or is it just temporary?