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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 15 2007,8:49 am Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
To follow-up on Shue's post about those pesky mussels found in Lake Mead, California has been inspecting the aqueduct and last week two divers died. :(

You can read the whole story here:
http://www.pe.com/localne....77.html


Looks like they will be inspecting boats at the agricultural checkpoints. :rolleyes

"The California Department of Fish and Game and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, meanwhile, are continuing to inspect boats coming back into California from the Colorado River at agriculture checkpoints, including one near Barstow, said Troy Swauger, a Fish and Game Department spokesman."


Sooooo, clean your boat!  :peace

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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 15 2007,8:58 am Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
WOW.... :(   Gonna be some LONG LINES there in Needles and the 40 if the start inspecting trailer boats.... :eek  :beat

Edited by shueman on Feb. 15 2007,8:59 am
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 15 2007,9:29 am Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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WOW.... :(   Gonna be some LONG LINES there in Needles and the 40 if the start inspecting trailer boats.... :eek  :beat

Think about the Vidal Junction Inspection station......I've rarely seen them out of their seats in the last several years. I'd expect that one to move at slow mo.
Glad I don't tow much anymore. :jumpie

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Storage places will be at a premium.... :banghead
I'm thinking some of the costs to restart inspections and fund the "mussel wars" will be passed through the DFG...and ultimately down to the recreational boating community as well... :beat
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 15 2007,10:49 am Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (shueman @ Feb. 15 2007,9:49 am)
Storage places will be at a premium.... :banghead
I'm thinking some of the costs to restart inspections and fund the "mussel wars" will be passed through the DFG...and ultimately down to the recreational boating community as well... :beat

Oh great, glad I don't fish much anymore..!

And I just got off the phone with my storage place dickering over the new rates! At least I'm paid up through April.

I wonder if they will be checking at launch ramps? :stupid

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From the little that I've read, I would expect it.... a quick surface check AND a look inside that your bilge is dry....might as well leave the "plug" loose or out until you launch... :beat
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It would be nice to know what they look like....or what to look for...

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Feb. 15 2007,12:13 pm)
It would be nice to know what they look like....or what to look for...



How's that?

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HMMM, I don't recall ever seeing anything like that stuck to a boat.....

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Them suckas would have a hard time sticking to my boat!.. :laugh
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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Feb. 15 2007,1:20 pm)
HMMM, I don't recall ever seeing anything like that stuck to a boat.....

Here's some pix of a boat at Temple Bar that was impounded....


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Damn that sucks!.. :(
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Quote (shueman @ Feb. 15 2007,8:58 am)
WOW.... :(   Gonna be some LONG LINES there in Needles and the 40 if the start inspecting trailer boats.... :eek  :beat

Our work boat was inspected at the I-40 inspection station at Needles a couple of weeks ago. They spent about 5 minutes looking at the hull, trailer bunks and outboard.

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Nice find Shue...those things are fugly! :eek

Typical of the bottoms on larger boats that live in the water back east.  :puke

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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 16 2007,3:50 am Post # 16 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Si what are you supposed to do if you find them? Just rinse them off??  :stupid

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Quote (shueman @ Feb. 15 2007,7:58 am)
WOW.... :(   Gonna be some LONG LINES there in Needles and the 40 if the start inspecting trailer boats.... :eek  :beat

Think about the Vidal Junction Inspection station......I've rarely seen them out of their seats in the last several years.  :jumpie

Yeah, they might have to wake up from their naps from time to time, darnit!!
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Quote (GlassMan @ Feb. 15 2007,9:15 pm)
Nice find Shue...those things are fugly! :eek

Typical of the bottoms on larger boats that live in the water back east.  :puke

Did you see some of the shots of the "inards"... :eek   them things were all through the plumbing... :puke
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Do they die after they have been out of the water for a while??

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Feb. 16 2007,9:07 am)
Do they die after they have been out of the water for a while??

Yes... :good   That's why everybody in the East has "lifts"...Dry Dock is good... :cool
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Everytthing I have seen so far is that they attach themselfs to things that don't move very often. With all the activity at the launch ramp will they still attach to trailers and there boats that quick?
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Everytthing I have seen so far is that they attach themselfs to things that don't move very often. With all the activity at the launch ramp will they still attach to trailers and there boats that quick?

They travel in water and on the weeds/grasses...their spores (or whatever the're called) are what is spreading to new areas.

A dry bilge/hull and a clean trailer is all ya need...so I've read.  If you use lake water for boat plumbing, be sure to flush out those lines as well.
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I wonder if they can live in salt water??  :stupid

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Feb. 16 2007,11:27 am)
I wonder if they can live in salt water??  :stupid

Different species, I believe....ocean's got their own kind... :beat  :D
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Damn Critters!! :angry  :pissed

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