Matt Fly deleted his posts.

Now on the other hand...... the zebras have dramatically cleared up the Ohio river, enough so that we had a bumper crop of grass and such along the banks this year for the first time in my life time. Great place for the minnows, etc to hide and the bass to feed. You have several feet of visabliity for the first time I can recall other then drought conditions. Very useful little creatures in out neck of the woods. They filter their weight 9 times a day. That is alot of river crap!

All off topic bashing has been edited.

The "lamprey eel" was the first drama to play out in the Great Lakes. In the late 60s, fully 2/3 of all the pike I caught

had elongated sores caused by this parasitic eel. The DNR painted a bleak picture which in turn alarmed the fishing community.

Long story short, we all over-reacted and today the lamprey eel no longer dominates the conversation of Great Lakes fishermen.

As soon as the lamprey eel took a backseat, the "zebra mussel" scare was launched, introduced through ballast water.

We were warned that this was far more serious than the lamprey debacle!

But once again Mother Nature took the reins, and the grievous warnings slowly began to ring just a little hollower.

The problem early-on was that game fish did not ingest zebra mussels allowing them to burgeon out-of-control.

Eventually, game fish acquired an appetite for zebra mussels, which they now heavily consume.

The Lake Erie fishery for smallmouth bass and walleyes is probably as good today as it's ever been.

In May, 2007, the winning stringer for the FLW Walleye League was 28 lb 2 oz, that's an average 5 lb 10 oz walleye!

Back to the point:

I live a looong way from California, so I know next to nothing about their political aspirations.

It is true however, that there's no shortage of instances where selfish interest groups will exploit an opportunity

to champion their own selfish end. Over the long haul I'm sure that justice will prevail...it usually does.

Roger