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| http://www.startribune.com/local/west/99504434.html?elr=KArksUUUoDE...
Certainly an unfortunate bit of news and one that isn't the least bit surprising. I particularily liked this little nugget, "Osgood advocates limiting boat traffic in the infested waters, at least until the extent of the invasion is better understood." Perhaps others can speak about there experiences with the Tonka lake association but I found it rather amussing he wants to limit access after they have already arrived. I assume the "stay off our lake" mentality has been in there play book for years. |
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| I've heard that lake's a sewer anyway, what can it hurt, eh? |
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| maybe they will help clean the lake up a little bit. |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | FirstSixFeet, You have heard? Have you ever seen??????
I strongly disagree with the notion that Minnetonka is a sewer. It is actually one of the cleanest lakes in the metro and has better water clarity than many northern MN lakes. One of the main reasons I fish Minnetonka is the relatively clear water. There are many lakes in the metro that are far dirtier like Independence, Bald Eagle, and Forest just to name a few.
Its sad to hear about the mussles in Minnetonka. But it is just a matter of time before they are in all the lakes in the upper midwest. The little mussels are so tiny, they can get carried from one lake to another with just a small amount of water.
Bummer.
Edited by Herb_b 7/29/2010 3:59 PM
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Location: The desert | Herb_b - 7/29/2010 3:51 PM
FirstSixFeet, You have heard? Have you ever seen??????
I strongly disagree with the notion that Minnetonka is a sewer. It is actually one of the cleanest lakes in the metro and has better water clarity than many northern MN lakes. One of the main reasons I fish Minnetonka is the relatively clear water. There are many lakes in the metro that are far dirtier like Independence, Bald Eagle, and Forest just to name a few.
Its sad to hear about the mussles in Minnetonka. But it is just a matter of time before they are in all the lakes in the upper midwest. The little mussels are so tiny, they can get carried from one lake to another with just a small amount of water.
Bummer.
They don't get carried if boaters are responsible. |
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| This was inevitable. I fish metro waters that contain invasive species like zebra mussels and milfoil and i constantly see people bring their boat out of the water without checking the trailer or emptying their bilge. Especially the pleasure boaters who don't understand how bad invasive species are. |
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Location: Minneconia | Throw some round gobies in there, clean em right up. |
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| And rusties to chop down all that #*^@ milfoil |
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| As someone who checks boats as part of a lake association, I think most fisherman today are very good about checking thier boats, trailers and draining the bilge and live wells before leaving the landing. But, there are some, like a recent poster on here who doesn't feel any responsibility to clean their boat, because after all the ducks will bring it in anyway. One of the lake chains he said he had his boat on after being in waters with invasive species, without cleaning anything was the Moen Chain, where I have a place. He scoffed at the idea that people checking their boats, cleaning them would make any difference.
The Milwaukee Journal carried a story today that said the good work of keeping things clean by 99 boat owners can be undone by one. This guy is a perfect example of that. Too arrogant, lazy or just plain dumb to clean his boat. |
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Location: Houlton, WI | It was only a matter of time before the most used lake in the metro became infested with zebra mussels. To many dumb boaters that dont even know they are in waters that have invasive species dont cares to take any precautions to try not try not to transfer them then just stop by another lake the next day. Unbelievable |
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| firstsixfeet - 7/29/2010 12:24 PM
I've heard that lake's a sewer anyway, what can it hurt, eh?
Im hoping this was some half-hearted joke.
zebra mussels if not held in check could destroy this lake. It would really benefit you to do some research on what they do and how they impact the acquatic life currently in the water.
At first glimpse, filtering the water seems like a good idea, but it eliminates native mussels, and actually causes other acquatic life to disappear as well.
Eurasian milfoil has already drastically altered this lake, now this? This will be an interesting ride the next 5 years or so to see how that pans out.
Hopefully they can at least contain it to a small area.
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | I don't know why the effort is even made. Did you ever watch a busy launch at the end of a Saturday or Sunday. People pull out of them full of weeds and except for a few fishermen nobody cleans their trailers. Most people don't get interested until after the fact and the harm is already done, then they bitch and complain how such a thing could ever happen.
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| How will they destroy the lake. They are in many many lakes and not heard of one that has been destroyed?In fact I think they have helped clean some of them up. Tonka is good muskie fishing, It has a lot of very rich people on it so I'm sure they will work on it..
What have going on this congress,senate and president is a much bigger problem and concerns me more.. Spent us into a huge hole. Hell ask them for money you'll probably get it to clean up the lake.
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| guest - 7/30/2010 7:14 AM
How will they destroy the lake. They are in many many lakes and not heard of one that has been destroyed?In fact I think they have helped clean some of them up. Tonka is good muskie fishing, It has a lot of very rich people on it so I'm sure they will work on it..
What have going on this congress,senate and president is a much bigger problem and concerns me more.. Spent us into a huge hole. Hell ask them for money you'll probably get it to clean up the lake.
It doesnt take very long and you can find all kinds of information regarding the impact of zebra mussels. Some of the more common misconceptions is that since they make the water more clear, it must be a good thing, right?
One of the most well documented impacts is on native mussels. Zebra mussels are anchoring themselves by the thousands to native mussels making it impossible for the native mussel to function. As many as 10,000 zebra mussels have attached to a single native mussel. Natives have all but disappeared in Lake St.Clair and the western basin of Lake Erie.
Zebra mussels also filtering the Great Lakes at an amazing rate, making the lake very clear. Most people assume that this increased visibility in the water must mean the water is "cleaner". Not true. All they have done is filter out all the algae which normally would be food for the bottom of the food chain. You eliminate the algae, what happens to the foodchain? Its imbalanced. Granted one might wonder how would this impact muskies or other predator fish since they are at the top of the food chain, well, what do you suppose they eat when they are young? What do you suppose their prey eats?
They also cost corporations millions of dollars yearly because they attach themselves to outlet pipes and this causes major issues.
Dont get me wrong, I dont think they lake is going to die off of fish, that is obviously not the case, but it will change the lake dramatically and if it were really a "good" thing, do you think they would be working to eliminate it? |
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Location: MN | DJS - 7/29/2010 8:01 AM
I particularily liked this little nugget, "Osgood advocates limiting boat traffic in the infested waters, at least until the extent of the invasion is better understood." Perhaps others can speak about there experiences with the Tonka lake association but I found it rather amussing he wants to limit access after they have already arrived. I assume the "stay off our lake" mentality has been in there play book for years.
Nothing new coming out of his mouth, he doesn't want the Plebeians on his precious waters.
Unfortunate news. I only hope they caught it early enough where a solution can found and the current population of zerbra mussels killed. |
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