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Pond Weed Removal
Lakes and ponds offer many great ways to spend the warmer months. Swimming, boating, fishing, water-skiing and other lake activities create memories that last a lifetime.
The trouble is, excessive weed growth in your favorite lake or pond can quickly make time in the water a lot less fun. Think slimy weed tendrils brushing past your arms and legs as you swim, or strings of aquatic vegetation clogging your boat motor and tangling your fishing line.
These are some of the reasons many water enthusiasts make lake and pond weed removal a regular part of their lives. If you’ve got a weedy lake or pond situation, here are the best tools for aquatic weed removal, and how they work.
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Weed Rake
A rake is the first and arguably most important item in an aquatic weed removal tool collection. Designed to remove loose patches of floating, rooted weeds (coontail, curly-leafed pondweed, etc.), a good pond rake should be long-handled for maximum reach.
Look for one that’s also lightweight, to minimize leverage working against you as you reach into the water from shore. Its toothed section should be as wide as possible, to maximize the amount of weeds removed with each stroke. The best lake and pond weed rakes pluck weeds from the water’s surface and the lake or pond bottom, depending on what sort of vegetation you’re removing.
Some weed rakes, like this one from Jenlis, come with a rope that attaches to the handle, allowing it to be thrown into weedy water and dragged back to shore. It’s also got handy floatation attachments so the rake can glide along the water’s surface, pulling weeds without being submerged in the silt below.
