Weeds from this weekend

fatlazyless · 08-16-2025, 06:12 PM

Here's an August 7, 2025 video ..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp6gHrqJwo0 .... on wake surfing stirring up the lake bottom, 4:20-length made by Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. Lake Minnetonka has 14,528-acres and is located about 16-miles west of Minneapolis.

Some quotes from this video:

"It is significant. Boats are getting bigger and so that energy is going into the water and impacting the water column and the lake bed."

"You get quite a bit of a disruption, erosion, re-suspension of material and even damage to vegetation. It's like a bomb goes off and that's a really big damage .... aquatic plant communities are fragile."

"They recommend that wakeboats should only operate in surfing mode in waters that are 20-feet deep or greater to minimize impact on the lake bed."

"wakeboats adversely impact lakes ..... releasing nutrients like phosphorous .... leading to excessive algae growth"

08-16-2025, 06:12 PM	#6
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,169 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	"aquatic plant communities are fragile" "It's like a bomb goes off" Here's an August 7, 2025 video ..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp6gHrqJwo0 .... on wake surfing stirring up the lake bottom, 4:20-length made by Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. Lake Minnetonka has 14,528-acres and is located about 16-miles west of Minneapolis. Some quotes from this video: "It is significant. Boats are getting bigger and so that energy is going into the water and impacting the water column and the lake bed." "You get quite a bit of a disruption, erosion, re-suspension of material and even damage to vegetation. It's like a bomb goes off and that's a really big damage .... aquatic plant communities are fragile." "They recommend that wakeboats should only operate in surfing mode in waters that are 20-feet deep or greater to minimize impact on the lake bed." "wakeboats adversely impact lakes ..... releasing nutrients like phosphorous .... leading to excessive algae growth" __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!