I had to take pictures of the zebra mussels we keep catching. I was using nightcrawlers as bait. The one picture shows a part of a nightcrawler thats left from the mussel attack. The other picture just shows the float -- the mussels have the hook. They clump together around a small rock or something and when food comes by they clamp on to it. We've learned that when we feel something on the line and you pull it up and it doesn't fight then its got to be zebra mussels.
People who skin dive have to be very careful. Many of them try to grab on to a rock under the water and don't realize its covered in zebra mussels. They get nasty cuts because they have very sharp edges. Even when you do catch a fish -- many times if the line comes in contact with these razor sharp mussels while your bringing in your fish -- the line gets cut.
We celebrated our 33rd anniversary -- laughing as we clean toilets and think about how we started out doing minimum wage jobs and now here we are again. We love being out and about in the campground and have met lots of nice people. We even got an anniversary card from a couple that are camping here for a month. We met them at the bathhouses (while we were cleaning)and have found them to be very interesting -- and I guess they liked us enough to give us a card. We are gearing up for Labor Day weekend and then it is supposed to get much quieter. YEAH!
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