Since then, the DNR and the UW-Sea Grant have confirmed the presence of adult zebra mussels in Elkhart Lake in Sheboygan County, Silver Lake in Kenosha County, and Lake Geneva and the Lauderdale Lakes in Walworth County. Because zebra mussels could be in more lakes and rivers than the DNR and Sea Grant has tested, Hieb advises boaters, scuba divers and others who use any of Wisconsin s lakes and rivers to makes sure they don t inadvertently aid zebra mussels spread. If you get bait, have a live well, have aquatic plants hanging from the boat or trailer, you need to make sure all of those things remain in the lake and are not carried elsewhere. Drain all water from the boat, trailer, bilges, live well, coolers, buckets, engine compartments or any other areas where water may be trapped. Inspect the boat hull, prop, trailer or any other equipment and thoroughly scrape off any attached mussels.
Young adults attached to boat hulls feel like grainy surfaces.
Wash, or run the boat, trailer, and any other equipment through a car wash, with water temperatures 105 Fahrenheit or greater. Leave the boat or equipment in a sunny location to dry for at least three days before using it on different waterbody. Adult zebra mussels die in dry environments. The Horicon zone quota dropped this year to 15,500, down from 27,600 last year. These action are necessary to ensure we begin rebuilding this migrant flock of Canada geese.