Silverwood, Perris and DVL are now considered infested. Most of the lakes I fish are considered infested. Going to be interesting to see how things go. I fish Puddingstone a lot which is not infested and they are rejecting tags from those lakes.

 

http://abc7.com/news/tiny-mussels-could-create-big-problem-for-water-district-that-serves-parts-of-socal/1793345/

 

https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=140044&inline

DVL and Perris get water from American canal that runs from Colorado River, no surprise.

Silverwood gets water from Feather River canal from NorCal, that is a problem with inspection protocol letting boats with the same tags from Perris and DVL.

All the SoCal lakes will end up with guagga mussels in time with the possible exception of Casitas that has 35 day quarantine period.

Tom

I'm so sick of this mussel problem, mostly because of the inspection garbage, more than the way they effect the watersheds (which really isn't that bad).

Quagga mussels create a high maintenance expense for the lake water delivery system and that is our reservoirs primary purpose....water storage for public use.

The lakes with mussels have extremely clear water and rocks and anything metal gets covered with them.

Tom

11 hours ago, WRB said:

Quagga mussels create a high maintenance expense for the lake water delivery system and that is our reservoirs primary purpose....water storage for public use.

The lakes with mussels have extremely clear water and rocks and anything metal gets covered with them.

Tom

 

Odd thing is that the Quagga would almost seem to benefit the drinking water quality.

 

I fished Perris last Wednesday and they told me further testing shows them to be free of Quagga. 

 

16 hours ago, WRB said:

Quagga mussels create a high maintenance expense for the lake water delivery system and that is our reservoirs primary purpose....water storage for public use.

The lakes with mussels have extremely clear water and rocks and anything metal gets covered with them.

Tom

Correct, I know they aren't harmless but my research still shows the threat to be overblown. They need to start allowing bait shops, boat shops, and even anglers to inspect their own boats as long as they are certified. There are private sector solutions that don't limit liberty and our right to fish our own public, taxpayer funded waters.

Even having anglers pay mussel fees and then sending that money to the public utilities in exchange for better access and more convenient inspections wouls be great.