POLLIWOGG Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 A careless duck hunter introduced the stuff and now its choking the bay to the point where you can't get a boat out. Any ideas?
Garnet Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 Don't think is was a hunters, wild rice is making a huge come back. Think it's zebra mussel fall out.
lookinforwalleye Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 I don`t know the rules and regs regarding water ways but I would imagine you would have to talk the Ministry about anything to do with the water and whats in it!
Jer Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 It's definetely on the spread in the Tri-Lakes. In the 15 years I've been here, I've seen huge expanses of water get all choked up. The worst is probably around Flood's Landing on Pigeon.
irishfield Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 It's on the spread everywhere.. even Temagami. Wade and pull by the roots when nobody's looking....
blue pickeral Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 It's on the spread everywhere.. even Temagami. Wade and pull by the roots when nobody's looking.... And place/anchor sheets of black plastic on bottom to keep from growing back.
POLLIWOGG Posted January 12, 2011 Author Report Posted January 12, 2011 The hunter admitted to it. His neighbors aren't very happy with him.
DanD Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 Just did a google search and found this thing “The V’eed Cutter”. It looks like it could work pretty good and there seems to be quite a few outlets around Ontario that sells it. As someone else suggested; check with the Ministry, if it’s ok to cut the stuff down? Dan. http://www.cuttingedgedistributors.ca/veedcutter.html
Fisherman Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 Send in a bunch of P3TA freaks, they'll eat it..
Roy Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 Send in a bunch of P3TA freaks, they'll eat it.. Eat it? Rice have feelings too y'know!
Michael_Brown Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 Soya sauce. Good luck getting rid of it. If you find a legal way, you could get rich. Makes good duck hunting.
Jer Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 Just did a google search and found this thing “The V’eed Cutter”. It looks like it could work pretty good and there seems to be quite a few outlets around Ontario that sells it. As someone else suggested; check with the Ministry, if it’s ok to cut the stuff down? Dan. http://www.cuttingedgedistributors.ca/veedcutter.html I borrowed one of these from my neighbour (who borrowed it from a friend of his) last summer. Does a pretty good job, cleared most of my shoreline in a couple hours. Expensive though, he told me it cost over $200 at Home Hardware.
chilli Posted January 12, 2011 Report Posted January 12, 2011 And place/anchor sheets of black plastic on bottom to keep from growing back. Why not just use herbicide? Call the MNR and ensure they know there's a problem. And ya harvest the stuff. Wish I had close access to some and don't tell the freakin P3tah folks. Let em buy it from China and other morally superior places like they already do I can understand why a hunter put it there but he never forecasted the big picture as in most cases of introduced species and he probably feels like an . This might even be a case for the invading species hotline http://www.invadingspecies.com/Report.cfm . Just because a plant is indigenous doesn't mean it belongs everywhere in Ontario.
camillj Posted January 13, 2011 Report Posted January 13, 2011 Toss a can of corn and watch the natural foragers clean it all up for ya .. gets little muddy at first ... but they do a great job of uprooting pretty much everything in that area
dave524 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Posted January 13, 2011 Wild rice is a native species that is making a comeback, the ministry is actually planting and encouraging its spread. http://www.squidoo.com/wildrice
Big Cliff Posted January 13, 2011 Report Posted January 13, 2011 Harvest and send to Big Cliff, mixed with brown rice it makes a super stuffing for foul. It is worth about $8.00 a pound.
basketclam Posted January 13, 2011 Report Posted January 13, 2011 Sounds like this stuff is a big pain for boaters. Anybody know of information available on how this stuff enhances/detracts from the quality of fish habitat (especially as a brood location, a hangout for forage fish or as shelter for young)?
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