Control aquatic plants by cutting or raking. Place chemicals in the water to control aquatic vegetation . Aquatic Plant Management and Protection Aquatic plants are essential to good fishing and clean water and actually stabilize shorelines. You will want to limit removal as much as possible in most situations. The cutting and removal of aquatic plants is allowed by hand or standard mechanical harvest methods without a permit provided plants are taken to an upland area and no bed material is removed.
Aquatic plants are essential to good fishing and clean water and actually stabilize shorelines.
You will want to limit chemical treatment as much as possible in most situations. The chemical treatment of aquatic plants usually requires a permit and careful planning. A fee is required. Wis. Stats. ,when a majority of the members decide at the annual meeting that every lake property owner shall remove the aquatic plants floating to the owner's shore. It also does not apply to navigable waters where the shoreline is under one ownership, or navigable waters where all affected property owners agree to remove the aquatic plants floating to their shore, or agree to allow the cut aquatic plants to remain in the water, if such aquatic plants are not detrimental to public rights or to the rights of other riparian owners located on any waterway.