eugene f collins Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Snagged a wire while high water fishing from shore. Couple fell off as i tried to shake the wire from the beetle spin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gillio Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 Zebra Mussel? l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 yep, it's a Zebra. Amazing how far they've infiltrated. A shame they didn't stay in Russia but then they supposedly have helped clean up the Great Lakes by their filtering prowess and some say that's why the smallies in the Great Lakes have gotten so porky. But they do a ton of damage to locks, docks, valves, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev-mo Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 Bummer... maybe that's why the Fox has been so clear. I believe they are also in one of the lakes that borders the west branch of dupe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene f collins Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Zebra Mussel? l Yes John is a zebra mussel. Couple others fell off the wire as i pulled it out of the water. I wondered how long it would take. Bummer... maybe that's why the Fox has been so clear. I believe they are also in one of the lakes that borders the west branch of dupe... Kevin. They are in both deep quarry & bass lake. That is where the dam breach flowed into the dupage river. SO..... as we continue to wade our streams this season Who is gonna Wash their Waders after every outing? Does it matter now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 They've been in the river at least since the early 80's. When they were designing the water treatment plant I work at, they had to take this into consideration. If they get into our process, they can do alot of damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev-mo Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 I read a few references to washing waders after wading. It's more about hot water; some sites say140 degrees for boats which is darn hot and the bigger stop is drying your equipment or waders/boots for 48 hours or 5 days if you have seen signs of mussels on your boat. How many of us are realistically not going to wade two different rivers in one day or have two sets of waders to do something like that? How about dropping the yak in mulitple rivers? Some folks have talked of their waders and boots never drying out, will this change peoples behavior? Really that's what it's all about, behaviour. Just asking the questions, not judging... I'm just as guilty as everyone else. http://www.protectyourwaters.net/hitchhikers/mollusks_zebra_mussel.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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