Here is a few pics of what I found this morning on and around the boat ramp of my home lake. I am hoping someone can identify it and tell me a few things about it.

1) What is it?

2) How deep can it grow?

3) Is it good or bad to have in my lake?

The lake is around 50 acres. It is located just north of Cincinnati. I did not see much of a root system on it when i held it. I have picked up a few strands of it with a crankbait earlier in the year, but now it seems to be floating in some areas. Any ideas?

Dunno.

Can't make out many details. Cell phone camera? Does it have a macro-focusing feature?

Roger?

Yes it was a cell phone camera. They didn't turn out as well as I was hoping.

I can't make out the pictures. This is just a stab in the dark, but look up coontail. It's an unrooted, free-floating plant that is abundant in some places.

The short answer is: I don't know.

My best guess though would be Bladderwort, but it's tough to say without a defined image.

If it is bladderwort, the filament-like foliage would be interspersed with translucent jelly-like globes (carnivorous bladders):

URL> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Uk_pond_bladderwort.jpg

Roger

Next time out I will try to get better pictures. I visited the link and I'm not sure if that is it or not. I have never seen any blooms,flowers,or stems like the link described.

It's parsley.

It's slop. If it bunches up at the bank and there is some decent depth, frog it!