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Post Icon Posted: May 28 2009,8:16 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
So I took a coupla days off and took my best bud up to Lone Pine, his home town, to do some fishing.  We took the boat to get some seat time and drown some worms in Lake Diaz.  Diaz is about 1/2 the size of Thompson Bay, has a boat limit of five(5), and is part of the LA Aqueduct.

We get to the lake and the launch ramp is chained closed with a sign "call xxx-xxxx for assistance".  Never seen that before, so we make the call.  The Inyo County Ranger answers with just a "hello"... :stupid

About a half-hour later, Hot-Rod (his nickname around town) comes out and does a complete inspection of the boat, inside and out, for Quagga Mussels, along with a safety check.  We have to fill-out a one-page document stating where and when the boat was last used (2 outings).  Whole process took nearly 1 hour... :eek

Since he's the only guy in town covering the various County properties that day(Thursday), we had to call to get "off" the water.  We bring the boat out and he puts this ID strap on the boat, which certifies that it's "Mussel Free" when we get to the next lake.



Not sure if this is in effect at other California Lakes, or just applicable to the waters of the LA Aquaduct / Eastern Sierra.  Anybody run into this at Crowley, Pyramid, Castaic, etc.... :stupid

Edited by shueman on May 29 2009,6:30 am
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Post Icon Posted: May 28 2009,8:19 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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Post Icon Posted: May 29 2009,12:42 am Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I read somewhere that they had come up with some sort of bacteria that kills the quagga but was safe for everything else.  When I read it they were still in the aquarium testing stage, one step above the pitre dish stage, and were getting ready to test it in a small lake.

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Post Icon Posted: May 29 2009,5:47 am Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well, at least you shouldn't get hassled anymore!.. :good
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Post Icon Posted: May 29 2009,6:43 am Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Control, it's all about control, now they know where you were and where your going and if you have any bad things on your boat, did you have to were a safty hat and vest and boots to. LOL



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Post Icon Posted: May 29 2009,6:55 am Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
We are worse here in Ventura County at Lake Casitas. There's the  boat inspection, then a 10 day impoundment of your boat before you can get anywhere near that lake.

Each time you come and go, they attach a cable lock system to the transom of the boat and the trailer. If that has been tampered with or you launch elsewhere.....you start the entire process over again.  :rolleyes  It's not worth the hassle.  :angry

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Post Icon Posted: May 29 2009,7:06 am Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I think you should call the ACLU!  :pissed

That's discrimination Dammit!

Those Quagga mussels have just as much right to eff up our lakes as jet skiers do! This pisses me off!

What's next??  :stupid  Denying them mussels the right to marry!??  :beat

That's just plain stupid!

Besides, those mussels were born and raised here! It's not like they snuck accross the border or anything! OR, did they?

Shue, you smugglin' mexican Quaggas in here agin?  :confused

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Quote (GlassMan @ May 29 2009,7:06 am)
I think you should call the ACLU!  :pissed

That's discrimination Dammit!

Those Quagga mussels have just as much right to eff up our lakes as jet skiers do! This pisses me off!

What's next??  :stupid  Denying them mussels the right to marry!??  :beat

That's just plain stupid!

Besides, those mussels were born and raised here! It's not like they snuck accross the border or anything! OR, did they?

Shue, you smugglin' mexican Quaggas in here agin?  :confused

:laugh

:laugh  :laugh  Kalefornea will just create an initative for the voters to vote on for the poor Quagga Mussell to have the right to live and vote on it....again and again and again and.....

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Quote (freddog @ May 29 2009,12:42 am)
I read somewhere that they had come up with some sort of bacteria that kills the quagga but was safe for everything else.  When I read it they were still in the aquarium testing stage, one step above the pitre dish stage, and were getting ready to test it in a small lake.

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There's a 32' Cat at the old shop that's been sitting in the water at Lake Mead for nearly a year... :say?  

It's COVERED with mussels, from the waterline down.  They have eaten through the gel, the drives and tie-bar are trash, etc...  :eek

Gonna be one expensive repair... :beat
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Glad it ain't mine!.. :eek
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Quote (shueman @ May 31 2009,7:00 am)
There's a 32' Cat at the old shop that's been sitting in the water at Lake Mead for nearly a year... :say?  

It's COVERED with mussels, from the waterline down.  They have eaten through the gel, the drives and tie-bar are trash, etc...  :eek

Gonna be one expensive repair... :beat

OUCH!! :eek  :eek  :eek

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They do that little tag dealio at Big Bear and at Silverwood but its only so that if you launch there again you dont have to have the inspection done again.  At least thats what they told me.  Each time you have it inspected there it costs $8.

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I like it... :good
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Quote (RyanBrindle @ May 31 2009,8:32 pm)
They do that little tag dealio at Big Bear and at Silverwood but its only so that if you launch there again you dont have to have the inspection done again.  At least thats what they told me.  Each time you have it inspected there it costs $8.

That's a good deal there!.. :good
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