Unauthorized Fishing in Carrollwood Village Ponds

Carrollwood Village, April 03, 2013

This summer many have witnessed in almost unprecedented scale algae blooms within the ponds of Carrollwood Village. These algae blooms are a result of a number of factors and your Board’s have taken measures to try and mitigate this from happening in the future by restocking all the ponds with Triploid Grass Carp. The process of restocking ponds with Triploid Grass Carp is long and arduous as we must obtain approval and a permit from the State of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) to make sure the necessary fish gates are installed at each pond’s control structure and each fish is sterile (grass carp are not native to Florida waterways). We have had a number of instances of unauthorized fishing of the ponds with the most recent happening just last week at the Phase II Millennium Garden. A Phase III Board member and their spouse were driving past the park and saw seven fishermen along the banks behind the gazebo net fishing. They stopped and challenged the men of which a few immediately left. The remaining objected to their challenge and stated, "They frequently engaged in this activity at this location and had never been hassled before and that they had observed others collecting fish in this manner at this location and that they needed "bait fish."

Needless to say, net fishing is counterproductive to what we are trying to accomplish to improve the ecology of the ponds and is not something we would encourage nor endorse. If any resident of Carrollwood Village sees this type of activity, please report it to our Security Patrol at 813-263-8660. While fishing with a pole by any Carrollwood Village resident is permitted, we would ask that you serve as an extra set of eyes to prohibit this type of activity.

New Issue of Village Views Has Been Published

Carrollwood Village, April 03, 2013

The newest issue of the award winning Carrollwood Village magazine has been published and mailed. Those not on the U.S Mail mailing list can view the lastest issue in PDF form here.

Please try to have your resident parking passes in place or some form of ID when using Village Phase III Parks.

The following are excerpts from a note to Village residents from Phase III President, Bill West. The full text can be seen under "Read More" below.

"In the past many non Village residents have been using our parks, especially the main park at West Village and Burrington. We have never been against this, however over time we have seen many non residents leaving trash and abusing the facilities. Our main park is also often overcrowded with many parking on the landscaped areas and damaging the irrigation. The costs have become too high."