Example why stop, empty, and dry won't stop Zebra Mussels

[go dart]

Saw a carpenter who worked for me a few years back. He was excited to tell me he bought a bass boat. Of course I was happy for him and in casual conversation he mentioned he'd been boating Perry and Hillsdale. I mentioned Perry had Zebra Mussels and was he draining his boat and trailer before leaving and he looked at me like I was crazy. I explained it to him but we all know theres alot of new boaters who won't understand, care, or both. I've said it before I know they're coming but it will be a sad day.

[crappieslinger]

Saw a carpenter who worked for me a few years back. He was excited to tell me he bought a bass boat. Of course I was happy for him and in casual conversation he mentioned he'd been boating Perry and Hillsdale. I mentioned Perry had Zebra Mussels and was he draining his boat and trailer before leaving and he looked at me like I was crazy. I explained it to him but we all know theres alot of new boaters who won't understand, care, or both. I've said it before I know they're coming but it will be a sad day.

I beg to differ! Drain, clean, dry WILL STOP THAT USER from transferring zebra mussels to other bodies of water. There may well be other methods of transferring them but if EVERY boater cleans, drains and dries after each body of water it will prevent THAT PERSON/WATERCRAFT from transferring them to another body of water.
Ignorance of the law is absolutely no excuse but, I am not naive enough to think this does not and will not happen quite frequently. That is why they put signs up at each boat ramp on an infected body of water! READ THE DAMN SIGNS!! The signs are not there for aesthetics!

I know they are coming and they will be in every body of water in Kansas at some point but that does not mean we can just throw our hands up in the air and give up!
I dont have the answer to prevent their spread and neither does anyone else that I know of but we must all do our part in helping prevent the spread. Ignorant people exist in droves and there is not much we can do about that other than clean up the gene pool but that is a whole different thread altogether!