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#3868436 - 08/27/09 10:24 AM
Re: TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: slymer]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 01/18/09
Posts: 44
Loc: Gustine TX
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rrhyne56,
Since that link is from Wisconsin, the affects will be much different there then here. The Zebra Mussels will not affect the fishing or make the water clearer. The densities will never get high enough to have the same problems like they do up north. That's funny, The TPWD says the Zebra's have the potential be worse for our fisheries than Giant salvinia or Golden algae. If you have ever seen a lake that has been affected by Golden algae it should scare the heck out of you.
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#3868470 - 08/27/09 10:31 AM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: TIM CLINE]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 06/28/07
Posts: 72
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Found and killed my first Zebra Mussels on Texoma last Sunday. If was in less than a foot of water. That's not good. What are the surface temps. right now.
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#3880703 - 08/31/09 09:11 AM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: TIM CLINE]
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Angler
Registered: 03/14/09
Posts: 402
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news but the larvae are probably in every lake in Texas by now. I know here in this area there are numerous guys that fish these two lakes and then go to Fork, Ray Roberts, Cedar Creek, etc. Haven't heard of anyone taking precautions. One of the things I've learned from living in Michigan is they're spread primarily from their larvae being in the water of pumps, live-wells, impellers of jet-skis, engine blocks; not the adults that occasionally stick to the hulls, that's rare. And the few posts I've chimned in on, most just laugh at ya for taking this so serious. Sad thing is they won't laugh in five years when they see what these things do after getting a hold in a lake. One of the main guys on the forum that sets up many of the tourney's in this area jokes about this subject constantly. Sad.
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#3907839 - 09/08/09 10:44 AM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: Michigander]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 08/04/09
Posts: 93
Loc: Grapevine, TX
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FWIW, my buddy has a boat slip in Catfish Bay at Texoma. Last year we were catching bluegill and sunfish as fast as we could bait a hook as well as an occasional catfish and crappie in the vacant boat slips. We've been up there twice in the last month and haven't caught a fish there and have talked to several people who dock their boats there and they aren't catching any fish either.
I've only seen a few dead fish(mostly catfish) floating in the lake. There does still seem to be an abundance of gar in the marina area as I constantly see them surfacing.
Would/could the zebra mussels have had this quick and significant of an impact on the fishing in this part of Texoma?
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#3908320 - 09/08/09 12:32 PM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: grapevinekid]
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Angler
Registered: 03/14/09
Posts: 402
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Grapevinekid,
No, for a lake the size of Texoma it will take about three to five years for the mussels to cover the bottom and everything connected to the bottom, and then another three to five years to impact the fishery.
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#3908934 - 09/08/09 03:21 PM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: Michigander]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 01/28/09
Posts: 162
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This is a ploy to generate revenue in some way...i can smell it. Watch, they will have some sort of zebra muscle water fishin permit you'll hafta buy to launch a boat. Get caught on the water without it...$$$fine$$$ Get caught on uninfested water with it...$$$$fine$$$ My soloution...let lavon get way below pool, water temp will rise and kill em all. Nope..the publicity is for a reason, and that reason is to make $$.
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#3908936 - 09/08/09 03:22 PM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: Michigander]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 05/12/03
Posts: 7028
Loc: Wylie, TX. USA
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It is inevitable with today's modern transportation system and with the global shipping economy that all species will either become homogeneous, adapt, or lose out through the domination of others.
Nothing much we can do to stop it. Slow it down maybe, assist species in decline maybe, but we cannot stop it.
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#3918312 - 09/10/09 07:02 PM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: Duckcreek Davy]
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Angler
Registered: 03/03/09
Posts: 464
Loc: SW Richardson
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Dang - another non native species invades our non native lakes !
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#3961222 - 09/21/09 10:01 PM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: StevenNDallas]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 12/19/04
Posts: 1123
Loc: forney, tx
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#4030102 - 10/09/09 11:45 AM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: Chris B]
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Green Horn
Registered: 10/08/09
Posts: 1
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I'm from missouri and they have just been found in our lake on Pomme De Terre, will soon be in Truman Lake as Pomme river drains into Truman.
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#4037043 - 10/11/09 04:43 PM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: Chris B]
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Green Horn
Registered: 11/22/08
Posts: 16
Loc: DFW
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Hopefully, the Dallas sewer department can finally do something helpful and put a stop to zebra mussels entering downstream of Dallas with their unlawful discharges. It's even hard for gar, turtles and carp to live in that section of the Trinity.
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#4082600 - 10/25/09 05:12 PM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: Lucky Bob]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 10/21/05
Posts: 35247
Loc: JC Outdoors - Texoma Fall
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The gates are open on Lavon so water is going downstream into Hubbard. I guess Hubbard gets a warning now.
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#4082605 - 10/25/09 05:13 PM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: Lucky Bob]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 10/21/05
Posts: 35247
Loc: JC Outdoors - Texoma Fall
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The gates are open on Lavon so water is going downstream into Hubbard. The gates are open on Hubbard too so water is going downstream. I guess Hubbard gets a warning now...and next.
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#4096918 - 10/29/09 12:19 PM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: John175 ®]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 03/14/03
Posts: 2266
Loc: Oak Point, Tx
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The Science Channel had a story about zebra mussels in Lake Michigan. Said the whitefish used grow to maturity in less than a year, now take 3-4 years to reach maturity. The ZM's have almost eliminitated the microscopic shrimp that whitefish feed on. Commercial whitefish licenses went from 3500 down to 20 as a result of the reduced catch. The US now spends half billion dollars a year to combat ZM infestations.
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#4114984 - 11/03/09 06:54 PM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: Fishin' Nut]
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Green Horn
Registered: 01/16/09
Posts: 14
Loc: Southern California
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#4121650 - 11/05/09 03:02 PM
Re: BREAKING NEWS....TPW Finds Zebra Mussels at Texoma and Lavon
[Re: Disco]
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 04/21/08
Posts: 140
Loc: Rockwall, Texas
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9 Gates open from Lavon today at 12 inches each. Can you say welcome Zebra Mussels!
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