I commend the gentleman

 I must commend the gentleman at the last lake management meeting because he obviously cared enough to research means of weed control for our lake rather than chemicals. He brought up a weed harvester. Researched input is always valuable.
 We did own a weed harvester many years ago to do exactly as he suggested. Those of us living here at the time remember the serious problems with the method and it was finally abandoned and the harvester sold.

 The equipment did cut the weeds and pick up most of them. The problem was it didn't get maybe 20% of them and those floated around the lake decaying and smelling. When they washed up on frontages it was a real mess. We had to man the harvester costing a lot of labor. The recovered weeds then were dumped in an area in a lakeside park to be hauled away costing more labor, fuel, and disposal. The harvester also harvested unfortunate fish that were in the way. I can still remember the live fish flipping in the mess. There were mechanical breakdowns and many complaints from P.O.s.
  Again, I commend those willing to bring forth ideas and had we not tried it this may have been a winner.
Ken Dillenburg