Hyacinth clogged launches

surfk9 · Post by **surfk9** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:51 am

Haven't had the opportunity to fish lately....curious as to the condition at Paradise Point...is it clogged?? what about the immediate surrounding sloughs...any issues?? thanks for any info guys...Surfk9

fishwithron2 · Post by **fishwithron2** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 1:58 pm

Paradise will get clog and makes it tough getting out. They do try to clean the ramp around 7:30 a.m. by running a barge with the motor running and it will clear it up. problem is the hya colud be there when you come in later in the day. Have made it in out with my 2/4. Sometime the hya is on the ramp and traction becomes a problem so clear all that hya by the wheel better if you had 4/4.
Your going to run into that problem no matter where you go.

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:12 am

Is the hyacinth getting worse every year?

DannyMiller · Post by **DannyMiller** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:10 pm

https://youtu.be/VYFc5QhE2_Y

If this bad boy was used there would be a lot of chopped up vegies for sure. I do think its better than the harvester type. Could you get through with out water pump intake issues after it's done? Maybe. It would clear out the heavy stuff for sure and open waterways. Those darn seeds stay dormant for years on land just hoping to get covered by water to grow again.

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 5:44 pm

Does any domestic livestock, like cattle, eat hyacinth?

fishwithron2 · Post by **fishwithron2** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 9:59 pm

Seen goats and pigs eat them.

DannyMiller · Post by **DannyMiller** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 10:22 am

mark poulson wrote:Does any domestic livestock, like cattle, eat hyacinth?

Some countries mix it in as cattle feed but it has very little value as food for it. Hippos on the other hand love it. Info is out there about the "Hippo Bill" that after this plant was brought to this country as a gift in small pots it was looked at as a way to control the fast spreading plant to introduce them in the USA. It was almost passed into mainstream and only missed by a few votes, so it reads............

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 3:55 pm

DannyMiller wrote:
mark poulson wrote:Does any domestic livestock, like cattle, eat hyacinth?
Some countries mix it in as cattle feed but it has very little value as food for it. Hippos on the other hand love it. Info is out there about the "Hippo Bill" that after this plant was brought to this country as a gift in small pots it was looked at as a way to control the fast spreading plant to introduce them in the USA. It was almost passed into mainstream and only missed by a few votes, so it reads............

Man, I'd rather deal with hyacinth every day than have the "river horse" in our waters.
Hippos kill more people in Africa than crocodiles!