On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:26:19 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:56:06 -0400, Captain Zombie of Woodstock wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/me4daq

It's an interesting article - on the one hand they improve water quality
and fishing and on the other hand, they are a pest.

There's got to be a middle ground.

And, closing launch ramps is only delaying the inevitable. Those mussels
can be transferred on something as simple as a fishing line. The ladies
right about kayaks. I was looking at another site, that had instructions
on cleaning to prevent the spread, and, from my perspective, seemed damn
near impossible to do adequately. Zebra mussels have already been found
coast to coast, and in another 20 years, I would expect them to be
pervasive.

I agree, but it seems to me, and I'm not an expert by any sense of the
word, that every article seems to emphasize the negative, but always
somewhere in the middle or bottom, the water clarity improves, the
fishing improves and there seems to be a benefit in having these
critters around. I can only relate my experience in these invested
waters and the diving was terrific - almost like diving in the
Carribean and the fishing was fantastic.

I've got to believe that there is some kind of preventative measure
they can take to lessen their impact on water intakes and such.