Zebra Mussels found in Lake Travis

[curtintex]

Wait till the *******es come up with a good recipe....they'll bring 12 bucks a pound.

I see a business opportunity for us Dale.


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[ColinR]

Remember hydrilla is a TERRIBLE INVASIVE too... and if you think it hurts the fishing all i can say is you have never fished a grass lake

Exactly! I remember when they had all the same signs up they have now about the zebra mussels but it was about hydrilla. Saying it was going to kill all the marine life by blocking all the sunlight out of the lakes and would clog all the pipes and pumps yada yada yada same stuff they are saying about the mussels. The sky is not falling folks!

[muzzlebrake]

I'll take Zebras any day over Giant Salvinia. This stuff is murder to an outboard motor. It free floats in the water and will clog the water intake on the lower unit muy pronto, like in less than a minute. We dealt with it on Big Cypress and Caddo earlier this year. Motor over heated several times before we just gave it up and loaded the boat and bank fished. Salvinia is moving westward pretty fast.

https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/salvinia.shtml

Both Salvinia and Zebras can be killed and controlled but we will have to get permission from the tree huggers and bunny fornicators to do it.

[muzzlebrake]

https://youtu.be/2PDhumzPM5A

[dustoffer]

Prior to the '98 flood the Guadalupe River lakes chain had lots of hydrilla beds, and they had introduced sterile grass carp for control. The flood seems to have taken care of that, although I've not been on the lakes in a few years. Many, many invasive species, both plants and animals are spreading all over the place.

Those white cattle egrets you see all over the fields with the cows---they came here from Africa, across the Atlantic to Brazil, then up thru Central America and spread across the southern and central US. When I was in college 55+ years ago we used to do a census of a heron rookery (nest sites) and our professor got all excited when we would find a cattle egret as they were just arriving in NE Arkansas.

My point is--there is so much intercontinental travel today that anything goes and comes---whether it is Ebola, zebra mussels, walking catfish, pythons--you name it.

[Texas Grown]

Prior to the '98 flood the Guadalupe River lakes chain had lots of hydrilla beds, and they had introduced sterile grass carp for control. The flood seems to have taken care of that, although I've not been on the lakes in a few years. Many, many invasive species, both plants and animals are spreading all over the place.

Those white cattle egrets you see all over the fields with the cows---they came here from Africa, across the Atlantic to Brazil, then up thru Central America and spread across the southern and central US. When I was in college 55+ years ago we used to do a census of a heron rookery (nest sites) and our professor got all excited when we would find a cattle egret as they were just arriving in NE Arkansas.

My point is--there is so much intercontinental travel today that anything goes and comes---whether it is Ebola, zebra mussels, walking catfish, pythons--you name it.

You left out the human invasive species that are here illegally too.

[Thumper]

My point is--there is so much intercontinental travel today that anything goes and comes---whether it is Ebola, zebra mussels, walking catfish, pythons--you name it.

The added advantage of Trump's wall.

[dustoffer]

You left out the human invasive species that are here illegally too.

Well dang, maybe that Politically correct crap is invasive too and I just didn't realize that I've been invaded by illegals.

And, I seem to recall reading recently that the zebra mussels were just discovered in Canyon Lake as well.

[WalkieTalkie]

Make sure that you dont transfer the Zebra mussels Or hydrilla to another lake because you will incur a two thousand dollar fine

[Texas Grown]

Lake Waco was found with zebras last year. They were blaming it on some dock builders. What they did for control was cover the bottom with some black plastic sheeting. They said that they need light to survive. And they were monitoring them regularly. Also said they had them under control and they were not spreading anymore. Haven't read anything else since then.


I too, don't see how they are going to stop them with the fall waterfowl migration each year. It's just a matter of time. And really simple if you think about it. How do fish get in tanks that were never stocked with fish?

One thing they could do is up the limit on waterfowl. I'd certainly do my part to kill more ducks and geese.

[cricman]

I hear that Asian Carp eat Zebra Mussels. When the carp get out of control, I hear that Peacock Bass love Asian Carp. And when the Peacock Bass population explodes, I hear that Snakeheads love Peacock Bass!


cricman