Top pond needs deflowered

The amount of weed in the top pond is incredible at the moment and for those fishing it's proving to be incredibly difficult to fish as well as reel in.

At a Friends of the Waterworks meeting in Belfast Castle the group was informed that in July action would be taken.

Apparently the best time to kill the plants is when they are in bloom and thats just about now.

In recent weeks I've noticed more and more experienced fishermen out in their waders trying to catch some fish.

Casting their lines I'm told is much too problematic close to the pathways. 

So lets see if Belfast City Council take the action they've promised. At the moment it looks like almost 50 per cent of the water is now covered with this plant life. As much as it may look pretty to the passerby, it needs cut back drastically in order to preserve the eco-system that thrives beneath its ever-increasing stretch.