Pond had floating algae, now it’s completely green

[BrianMDTX]

The local pond near me is definitely affected by the drought we’ve been experiencing. A few weeks ago it had large mats of algae on top. We were back home in Maryland for almost a week and came back yesterday. I drove past the pond and saw it now looks like this. 
 

I do not see any large floating mats of algae (only a few small ones). But it is bright green. In three years I’ve never seen it look like this. It’s also much lower than I’ve ever seen it. 
 

I hope to go fishing on Friday. But I’m not sure what it will be like. I know the water temp has to be very high (my pool is 90°). 

[Deleted account]

I feel your pain, can you find the popper in the picture?

 

[BrianMDTX]

Umm, no lol!

 

It was like that. Now it looks like the Chicago River on St. Paddy’s Day. 

[Bluebasser86]

That's what the water in most of our lakes look like mid summer. That's when the blue baits really seem to shine. 

[BigAngus752]

Happens to several lakes in this area every year.  Fish don't seem to care.  Go gettum.

[the reel ess]

That's just typical pond water in SC. If you really dislike it, it's probably temporary.

[BrianMDTX]

I’ll find out Friday morning!

[BillP]

The Thames river in my area does the same thing every summer.

[Deleted account]

On 7/6/2022 at 5:58 PM, BrianMDTX said:

...it looks like the Chicago River on St. Paddy’s Day. 

So maybe the solution is to get drunk on beer and pee in it. 

The lack of rain has really aggravated the situation around me. We are expecting 2 inches tomorrow, so hopefully that will help.

[BrianMDTX]

So, fished from 6:45 to 10:00. Had two missed strikes on a Senko TR and something small hit a squarebill about 2’ from my boat. That was it until my last cast, when a humongous 10” bass whacked a #297 Senko TR. 

 

Just before I left, I saw a pickup with a 16’ aluminum boat on a trailer park behind my truck. The boat had a small outboard on it. I thought “is this guy really going to try and launch that boat here?”  Turns out he works for the Parks Dept. and was treating the pond with algaecide.