10-08-2009, 09:29 PM
I don't think that the spread of invasive muscles can be stopped. With that said, I think the Fish and Game should be spending their time and money researching and working with the irrigation and water companies developing a managment plan so they willl be ready when do do show up. I have read that in europe, where these little buggers come from, that they have installed multiple outlets in their dams. this allows them an opportunity to alternate between them, giving them time to clean them out without disrupting water flow. There are just to many ways to spread them to be wasting resources preventing their introduction, and my biggest fea is that when they do show up and they aren't ready their answer will be to empty the reservoirs in the fall for cleaning. That would just about guarentee an end to most of our bass fishing as well as any type of trophy trout fishing.
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