It's getting ugly - update.

I'm a bit embarrassed, but glad for it.

As an excuse, I didn't resume fishing until July last year, so I hadn't fished the year's cycle on this pond.

The fish were back in the shallows.  There does not appear to be further damage to the hyacinth.

Perhaps, and I'm hoping this is the case, the trashing of the hyacinth is normal, and they will grow back to full thickness in the next few weeks.

The fishing was excellent today. Caught em on the rocky bottom away from the shore on a jig, in the shallows on the RageTail Lobster, and in all depths on a wacky rigged 4" *** watermelon chartreuse laminate worm.

Using a circle hook for the worm, it goes through the hyacinth pretty well since the point doesn't penetrate the stems.

Things are looking up, and I'm feeling much better.  

Just on the news.  Tom Brady and his fiancee had to be rescued when they tipped their kayak over in the Charles River.