Clean, Drain, And Dry

[mojorig]

All,

I know this is the Table Rock Lake page but I also know some of you also fish Bull Shoals Lake as well. I attached what I posted on the Lower Bull Shoals Lake page. We want to make sure that the zebra mussels don't get into anymore of the area lakes.

Thanks all!!

My post from the Lower Bull Shoals Lake Page:

Now that Zebra Mussels are in Bull Shoals Lake, we are asking everyone to take a second and make sure your boat is dry. By taking a second, we as anglers can ensure that we are not contributing to the spread of zebra mussels to non-infected waters.

Here is an example of how easy it could be to spread Zebra Mussels. The attached picture is a leaf we found while scuba diving in the back of Jimmy's Creek. There are well over 30 individuals on the single piece of leaf. I also attached another picture showing how they cluster up on anything.

I just wanted to pass this info along to all of you.

[Quillback]

Hate to see those things.

Notice any impact so far from them on Bull?

[mojorig]

Not yet but the population is still expanding so it is a waiting game at this point.

[5bites]

They're in Grand already. What's your predicted impact if they continue? What about on a lake like grand (very fertile, dirtier etc)?

[mojorig]

Honestly, I don't want to speculate on the impacts of the zebra mussels. They could or could not have an impact on Bull Shoals. I don't want to be all doom and gloom at this point. I just want to get the information out about them in Bull Shoals and making sure we don't spread them around until we fully understand or determine their impacts, if any.

As for Grand Lake, I am not sure there either. They have been in the Arkansas River for many years and from what I have heard their numbers seem to be decrease in the Arkansas portion of the Arkansas River. Hopefully they will do the same up the river.

[5bites]

Thank you very much!

[fishinwrench]

If I had 1/100th of the money spent on Zebra mussel propaganda I could retire in grand fashion.

It's to the point now that it pisses me off to even hear anyone mention them.

They aren't hurting anything, and there's nothing you could do about it if they were ! Drop it already !

Zebra mussels, didymo, ash borer..... It's always something. Biologists are becoming worse than doctors and lawyers at justifying their phoney baloney "jobs".

[MOPanfisher]

Like many invasives the only "treatment" or "cure" that works is prevention, so the concept of doing everythin we can to not help them spread is useful. With them in LOZ I am truly surprised they have turned up in Pomme yet. There are others out there on the horizon things like Hydrilla. Once established in a larger body of water they are essentially impossible to eliminate, the old "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is still a good tactic.

[Champ188]

Like many invasives the only "treatment" or "cure" that works is prevention, so the concept of doing everythin we can to not help them spread is useful. With them in LOZ I am truly surprised they have turned up in Pomme yet. There are others out there on the horizon things like Hydrilla. Once established in a larger body of water they are essentially impossible to eliminate, the old "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is still a good tactic.

Few things could benefit our lakes more than hydrilla. I grew up fishing Ouachita and DeGray in west-central Arkansas and I know firsthand how good those lakes were when they had it and how they have suffered since it was eradicated.

[Guest]

I agree Champ, some of the best lakes have hydrilla.

Bella Vista needs hydrilla & lily pads.

I love the grass,

Its all the haters that complain because they dont know how to adapt to fishing grass.