The problem I hear about is that these things clog pipes. I also hear that they filter plankton out of lakes and ruin the fishery. Lets see Havasu has them and so does Mead. The fish are still surviving and growing at both places to my knowledge. Maybe they are over reacting to this like they did with the Zebra mussels on the Great Lakes. Now we realize that they actually cleaned up the water and did not ruin the fishery.

Rob closing all of the lakes for 6 monhts will kill the tackle stores that are local. No one would spend money because there would be no fishing on these lakes. I would not be in favor for this.

They can figure out something that will kill them I would imagine. Matt said it best. We have the intelligence and the resources to take care of this problem. We know that certain livewell additives kill the larvae right? Does Blue Stoning kill the mussles? Maybe that is an option that will dust these things like the additive.


The pipes could be coated or flushed with an additive. There has to be something that they cannot bond to. Then again if the blue stone type deal works then there would be no need to coat the pipes or flush them.

The wide spread panic is a little rediculous. Casitas is closed now, Cachuma is next and there is word of DV too. When will it stop? Is there significant research to the claims right now? Do they know that boats are truly spreading mussel terror across California? Could it be water coming into certain lakes from the Colorado River? Could the larvea be on the webbed feet of ducks that travel from one body of water to another? These are all things that need to be addressed. I just do not think there is enough reasearch at this point to close all the lakes. I am fine with inspections, cleaning stations or whatever they need to do other than closing lakes down. Closing lakes hurts the fising industry in a negative way.