Good luck, I avoid the lagoon like the plague now days. The grass is non existent, water quality is horrible, and the boater etiquette is even worse. Really wish they would shut the lagoon down like they did in Tampa to try to bring the fish population back up but the locals and government officials seem to care less. The lagoon is not what it use to be 5-10 years ago and those that say "it is doing fine or is still good" are lying to themselves
I just moved to the coast near irl and mosquito lagoon. What happened to it?
Sewage, increased development, nutrients from runoff, and the occasional "dont give a fuck" attitude
Grass is gone. Banana River Manatee Sanctuary (No Motor Zone) was a wonderful place to fish before the grass died.
That's a shame, since I used to wade all over the lagoon in the 90's. In Titusville, there doesn't seem too be much development, so maybe the north side is better?
Right, not a lot happening in Titusville but the body of water is not isolated from neighboring townships, etc. The brevard area and south is staying busy with residential development. HOA's, Condo's, single family dwellings (gotta have somewhere to put all those folks coming to Florida). Roof, pavement and other hard surfaces generate high runoff amounts -VS- lets say a grassy areas, forest, etc that absorbs the runoff. All that runoff is diverted into man-made retention ponds (some may say "water front property") and those ponds eventually @ a designed level releases into the river. This is only one problem, there are many others but I am sure you get the idea
That's why I left Oviedo FL. The builders keep ruining everything. Very disappointing.Right, not a lot happening in Titusville but the body of water is not isolated from neighboring townships, etc. The brevard area and south is staying busy with residential development. HOA's, Condo's, single family dwellings (gotta have somewhere to put all those folks coming to Florida). Roof, pavement and other hard surfaces generate high runoff amounts -VS- lets say a grassy areas, forest, etc that absorbs the runoff. All that runoff is diverted into man-made retention ponds (some may say "water front property") and those ponds eventually @ a designed level releases into the river. This is only one problem, there are many others but I am sure you get the idea
don't hold your breath. i suggested this to the MINWR administrator (dorn whitmore) about 20 years ago, and all i got were reasons why it couldn't be done.
