A buoyant device for use by one or two persons to skim from the surface of bodies of water the vegetative matter that accumulates thereon so as to facilitate its disposal. The device consists of a cylindrical screen formed to the configuration of the letter C with the top lip being held at the water's surface by a buoyant bar and the lower lip being positioned below the upper lip by a weighted bar; a harness attached to the buoyant bar is used to pull the device across the water's surface.