06-24-2009, 12:00 PM
Excellent point and just drives home the irrelevance of the fish sticker program based on WindRiver's comment about Silver Creek. I fish Silver Creek numerous times per year and have seen a canoe or someone in a float tube on it maybe twice over the past 15 years or so of visiting. There is no consideration being given to invasive species being transferred in the felt soles of wading boots, but odds are pretty good that this is how the snails made their way into Silver Creek. I'm not going to argue that the transfer of invasive species isn't a serious problem and can't be simply ignored, it's just that the plan for implementation of the current program to address the concerns is seriously flawed. Maybe they should require inspection for chest waders but not hip waders, just to stay consistent with the 10+ foot long pontoon rule.
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