Tape grass in the Caloosahatchee River just isn’t what it used to be.
Decades ago, it was so thick in the upper river that Rick Bartleson’s uncle had to use his boat propellor to create a pathway through the thick grasses just to get his boat off the dock so they could fish.
All boaters in that area made similar paths for their boats. The grass was so thick that it reached the surface, filling all of the water column with an efficient natural filter…