Puffy

Went to the Yough at Confluence for the weekend.  What a horrible mess that river has become for spring fishng.  Not because there are no fish or water.  It's because of that stinkin moss that seems to get worse year after year.   I mean really,  you spend as much of your fishing time pulling that crap off your lines as you do line in the water.   I fushed that river prior to the hydro plant going in, and there was NEVER any moss in there like that.  It's so frustrating because it's a nice cold water fishery.  The moss situation gets better as the summer wears on, but really frustrating in the spring.   I'd imagine it's mutliple times worse this year due to the warm early spring.

 
It's funny that you mentioned that. I was on Erie this past Saturday fishing for smallmouth in 25 ft of water and encountered the same thing. I've been fishing those waters almost every May for 20 yrs, and I never encountered this thick hair like aquatic growth that was all over the bottom, as well as floating or suspended just below the surface. Made for a miserable day. A guy I was talking to later that day was telling me it was due to the unusually warm winter and spring.

Yeah, I do.  I fish the lower reaches towards Smithton.  Have been since the 70's.   But there's something about the mountains and the cold water that I enjoy.   Lower reaches are starting to get quite warm.

Don't believe it's didymo.  It's been in that river since they put the hydroplant in, but it's ultra-prevalent this year, and my guess is because of the warm winter/spring.
 
I think if it were didymo, we'd have heard much more being reported on it since it's such a well known fishery.

Just had this link forwarded to me from a friend in regards to the Yough and rock snot. Confirmed June 1st.
 
http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a555537d2a466e9f1f809a3b3&id=41459cd1b1

i can hear the collective fly gear marketing compaines loading up the RV's
 
next stop harrisburgh

so what do they do about the rocksnot? just try to contain it? 

no containing it...
from the dam to the gulf of mexico... nothing you can really do
 
 
and with the popularity/bird traffic on the yough/Mon/Ohio/Miss
every body of water in this half of the country has potential to have it

By the way, it's 2012.  We put a man on the moon 40+ years ago, but we can't find a SAFE chemical solution to rid this crap from our streams ?

That moss crap is a MENACE!! I been plauging my outflow fishing for the last 10 years!!!
 

Yesterday and it is no better the water is low and only running good where the snot is.