Muscle Killer

[NICKYPOO]

So, the muscles have finally shown up in my home lake. Is there something I can use to kill them off before going to a non-infested lake?

[gwhite94]

It is my understanding that only hot water (above 120 degrees) will work.

[G-MONEY]

or 5 days out of water

[talltigeguy]

The propaganda on these little beasties never seems to amaze me.

In Utah, they found 1 mussel in my local lake (Sand Hollow Reservior), and have never found another since. But the lake is considered dirty. They say that I have to have the boat out of the water and DRY for 30 days before I can go to the lake that is 10 minutes away. In the summer, it drops to 7 days of dryness before it can go back. So if it has been 10 days in the summer and I have a drop of water in the bilge, the boat still cannot go to any other lake. This has created a lot of heartache.
Over the last couple of years it has varied between 7 and 30 days as to how long they can live out of the lake without a fresh water source.

The decontamination procedure consists of spraying off the hull with hot water...neglecting the engine and ballast. Clueless.

To answer the OP's question, I think that chlorine kills them too, or flushing with antifreeze would do the job also.

Why are you asking?

[NICKYPOO]

I've never had to deal with this before. The scare at Tahoe really doesn't effect me as I just go on my buddy's Tahoe only boat. I use mine on the rest of the lakes. There has been no official presence by any authority at any of the lakes I go to yet. Just curious as to how they check and how do I avoid the fees.

[ajholt7]

I thought laziness, TV, and internet killed muscles.

[NICKYPOO]

They do.

[chpthril]

I thought laziness, TV, and internet killed muscles.

Beer gives you artificial ones.

[rushin]

There has been no official presence by any authority at any of the lakes I go to yet

Yeah, the report said " there may be "

well, there either is or there isn't.

[Joeprunc]

I know it Tahoe you can get a strap around your bow eyelet and trailer. So if you drop back into Tahoe with that strap untampered with, you don't need to be inspected. I wonder if NV is going to do some sort of system like that?? If all the muscle inspecting lakes used the same strap...?

[Jeffe]

Strap on :-0