(Lewis) Anglers heading out to their favorite pond or lake notice a change in the color of the water, especially in the lakes with curly-leaf pondweed. Fisheries Biologist John Lorenzen says this plant does not like warm water. He says when water temperatures rise, the curly leaf dies.
Lorenzen says the cloudy water could make fishing more difficult. However, the DNR aims to keep water clarity around four feet in most systems.
Lorenzen says the curly leaf grows in the fall, stays green under the ice throughout the winter, and proliferates in the spring when water temperatures are cool. It dies back when the water warms up mid-summer.
Most native plants do not grow until spring when water temperatures warm.
