More details please?katieclooney wrote:I had them clog up my intake last year. So now I have to shell out the money to have them all cleaned out
Was your boat slipped or trailered?
Engine left down or tilted up?
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More details please?katieclooney wrote:I had them clog up my intake last year. So now I have to shell out the money to have them all cleaned out
HandymanHerb wrote:To bad there not good enough for fish to eat
They make & sell "Prop locks" for about $50. Amazon is your friend. They stop crooks. Too much work. The crooks will pass the boat with the lock, looking for the easy "no lock" job. Get a lock and raise the motor. Much cheaper than paying to have the mussels cleaned out..katieclooney wrote:true but it then exposes the prop to being stolen.
We had a rash of that a few years back, ppl would troll marinas and look for the engines tilted up and take the props
Rascal wrote:They make & sell "Prop locks" for about $50. Amazon is your friend. They stop crooks. Too much work. The crooks will pass the boat with the lock, looking for the easy "no lock" job. Get a lock and raise the motor. Much cheaper than paying to have the mussels cleaned out..katieclooney wrote:true but it then exposes the prop to being stolen.
We had a rash of that a few years back, ppl would troll marinas and look for the engines tilted up and take the props
Kind regards,
Rascal
Just a matter of time. Bank on it. Too many people are working really hard to avoid having to decontaminate their boats, and they'll sneak around any systems in place. We have super strict inspection and decontamination setups at every major lake in Colorado, and the damned mussels are still spreading anyway.katieclooney wrote:Yea but by us, the northern lakes have the mussels and the southern lakes don't. my boat now sits on a southern lake now. So I wont have to deal with them....... hopefully lol.
BobG wrote:Just a matter of time. Bank on it. Too many people are working really hard to avoid having to decontaminate their boats, and they'll sneak around any systems in place. We have super strict inspection and decontamination setups at every major lake in Colorado, and the damned mussels are still spreading anyway.katieclooney wrote:Yea but by us, the northern lakes have the mussels and the southern lakes don't. my boat now sits on a southern lake now. So I wont have to deal with them....... hopefully lol.
blackberg wrote: well boats are not the things that go in and out of the different bodies of water...
the most obvious ones are birds, ducks and the other winged critters that can go from one to another.
-bb
Sunfish like themHandymanHerb wrote:To bad there not good enough for fish to eat
How do you stop the waterfowl and other wildlife from spreading them. If there can attach to a boat they can attach to feathers and fur.BobG wrote:Just a matter of time. Bank on it. Too many people are working really hard to avoid having to decontaminate their boats, and they'll sneak around any systems in place. We have super strict inspection and decontamination setups at every major lake in Colorado, and the damned mussels are still spreading anyway.katieclooney wrote:Yea but by us, the northern lakes have the mussels and the southern lakes don't. my boat now sits on a southern lake now. So I wont have to deal with them....... hopefully lol.
A buddy of mine studied the foraging activities of Blue Catfish in the Arkansas River following the invasion of zebra mussels. They were more than happy to eat them, although they tended to switch to a mostly shad diet in the winter. Many times you'd clean a Blue Cat and their entire digestive tract would be full of shells. Their intestines looked like a pearl necklace made of zebra mussel shells. Their mouths and assholes would be bleeding and raw. He did some lab work and determined that they were receiving significantly less nutrition from the zebra mussels than other traditional prey items. Most of their mass is composed of shell material which is indigestible. I can't remember if they just ate more to make up the difference or if it was having a significant effect on growth rates and population.NonHyphenAmerican wrote:Evidently, Catfish and some ducks do eat Zebra Mussels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVfMYbORTWo
At El Dorado Reservoir where my toon will be, they're getting some nice sized Blue Cats and there are always Channel Cats around here.
I wonder if that's having an effect, positive or negative on the Catfish Population.