Utah Lake Legacy

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[cool][#0000ff]I am guessing that the biggest impact on waterfowl would be the eradication of the nutritious forms of water weeds utilized by many diving birds. As most of us know, carp eat the top growth and dig up the roots...rooting them out. That was one of the biggest causes of decline of the June suckers. Reduced cover for the young and also destruction of the weedbeds in which many aquatic insects grew.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, Utah Lake is not completely without aquatic growth. During the past three years of higher water, there is a species of thick aquatic growth that totally takes over much of the shallows around the lake over mud bottom. It grows clear to the top of the water in depths up to 7 feet deep and makes it impossible for anglers to fish it. There are some spots I simply will not even launch my float tube until after the late fall decline in the weed growth. See attached pics. Once it takes over an area I can't even kick through it with my tube.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not sure what benefit (if any) this is to fish fry recruitment, but the carp seem to enjoy it . We see huge carp clumps laying on top of this stuff at times.[/#0000ff]
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