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Old 07-31-2024, 12:39 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by tummyman View Post
I've managed to keep them off my land, but the water is a problem. For years now, neither my wife or I can swim in the lake in front of our
property because we get this terrible "duck itch"...as some call it. I have no idea what can be done, as there are lots of water foul in the water. We have tried washing off with well water, toweling hard, taking showers, etc. etc, but nothing seems to help. So now we do not go swimming.....so sad.
That is just awful. It's pretty bad when you can't even swim. Quite a few years ago somebody, either the town or the state, removed some from Back Bay. Maybe you could contact the town for starters and tell them your situation. I do think if something isn't done, we all are going to have to go to the state before the lake is ruined. Are they oblivious? They were NOT native to this lake. You NEVER used to see them. I remember a sweet lady in Back Bay in Wolfeboro starting feeding them and they began to stay in the winter. My mom and I went down to see them because they were a phenomenon. They grew to 7 and then 20 and then more. I don't know if that same thing happened in another part of the lake, but that is how they started on this side of the lake.
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