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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sdietrich" data-source="post: 203175" data-attributes="member: 879">Being a former North Dakota resident and having lived in two states (Kansas and now Minnesota) with zebra mussels I can tell you that no matter what NDGF actions they would try now to stop them would be in vain.  I fish at least 5 times a year all over the North Dakota while visiting family.  There are two places that I would say, with about 90% certainty already have zebra mussels and that is DL and the lakes down by Gackle and Lehr.  We all know what lakes we are talking about down there.  Every time I go to any of those lakes the parking lots are full of WI, MN, SD and yes ND plates.  Which means they are already being transported all over the state by residents and non residents alike.  In Kansas they had a huge push for ANS education but year by year and one by one the lakes all became infected... and guess what... it wasn't out of state fishermen who brought it back... it was residents who would tow their boats to out of state fishing locations and brought it back with them.  Once it is in one lake it moves fast but takes years to discover.  They had required washing of boats as they left lakes that were infected using a bleach type of wash and they would inspect trailers.  Those actions basically had no effect.  If anyone has fished here in MN you know how aggressive DNR is regarding ANS control.  Every lake you go to you have the weed cops. Recording boats coming and going and an interview, just short of a body cavity search of previous lakes fished, when you fished and when/where you plan to fish next.   Also they will not let you launch or leave with any type of weeds on your trailer.  I have a cousin who came out to MN from ND to fish and had to turn around with his boat in high broom grass and it was wedged between the bunk and the trailer and they would not let him launch until it was removed.   Even with these precautions lakes here are falling one by one.   Right now any increase in fees should go toward research in controlling / destroying the ANS along with education to delay the spread.  Question is once discovered will the residents willingly clean their boat/trailer, rinse out their livewells/hulls, and park their boat for at least a week to dry out so contamination of additional lakes will not happen?  Some of us who care already do however the fact is the majority will not and the viscous cycle will continue.</blockquote>

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