I have been fishing Christmas at least once a month for 10 years.

let’s face it the homeowners wanted the ramp closed, now they have it. But look at what they have to deal with now. They have to build their own launch on private land (I would love to be the guy that owns that land. think how much I could charge all the millionaire homeowners to launch their bots) and schedule when people take their boats, docks and lifts out. Have you ever watched a person that launches their boat twice a year do it? It’s comical for the first half hour, then you just get annoyed watching them fail. By the way are AIS inspectors going to be on sight to inspect the homeowners at their private ramp?

AIS inspections were a joke at best at the public ramp. My fishing buddy was still pulling weeds off my trail AFTER the inspector said we looked good. They checked my 30 gallon live-well 1 time out of 3 or 4 dozen times we launched at the ramp. I agree we need to be more careful about aquatic hitchhikers, and I make sure I do my part, but why have inspectors that don’t do their job correctly.

Was Zequanox effective, YES (GREAT NEWS!), but Zequanox at this moment is not the answer. The cost to treat the littoral area of Christmas in product alone, based on the volume and cost of the product used in the area they already treated would be $281,435,000, yes that’s over a quarter BILLION dollars (How much of that are the homeowners going to pitch in?). But also note that the littoral area goes to a depth of 15 feet and zebra mussels can live to a depth of 33-45 feet.

Christmas lake is a great lake, and I have met some very nice homeowners that have given us great fishing tips. We all have to do are part to ensure Christmas lake is open for years to come.