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Location: Appleton | Mercury Marine, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, TFM Promotions, Lighthouse Anglers and the city of Fond du Lac recommend that contestants of the Mercury National Walleye Tournament voluntarily utilize the boat-cleaning and sanitizing services offered free of charge by Hydro-Excavation of Campbellsport, Wisconsin. Although the program is voluntary, tournament officials are encouraging all contestants to participate.
Tournament officials feel this proactive response is important to help protect the health of the Winnebago system and to minimize possible spreading of the VHS virus to other water systems. The DNR has approved this process as an effective means of preventing additional spreading of the VHS virus.
This cleaning process, offered at not charge to contestants of the 2007 Mercury National Walleye Tournament, will require only 10-15 minutes per boat. Cleaning will take place in the city parking lot across the street from the secured lot where contestants park their boats during the tournaments.
Additionally, all existing rules and regulations enacted by the DNR will apply. That includes the prohibition against transporting water, bait or fish from the Lake Winnebago system to other bodies of water.
Jim Coon
Edited by Jim Coon 6/6/2007 10:03 PM
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | Fantastic idea!
I hope everyone takes advantage of this opportunity.
Have patience, 15 minutes per boat will take some time but will be well worth it.
Show the community that tournament fishermen care. |
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Location: Appleton, WI | Kudos to Hydro-Excavation of Campbellsport, Wisconsin for stepping up to the plate! I wonder if the media will pick up this story, because they seem to only focus on the negative stuff. |
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| I saw on the news, I think it was channel 26 WGBA, that Mercury and the tournament officials were very dissapointed in the number of boats that used the wash. The news mentioned that 5 boats from out of state used the wash and only a handfull of others used it.
I can't believe that less than 15 or 20 boats out of 300 took advantage of this opportunity to clean their boats.
I thought tournament fishermen were so concerned about the resource and the fishery. It would seem most of them only care about cashing a check. |
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Location: Greenville Wi | My buddy fished it and they said after all the lines they where in they wernt getting in a line, not to mention traffic, thaey cleaned it atr the boat landing. |
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| I went to get my boat cleaned Friday morning, but didn't find anything where they were supposed to be. What were the hours they were there? |
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Location: Appleton | They were only there Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I had hoped more teams would take avantage of this service.
Thanks
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Location: Milw, WI | I talk to a bunch of the guys and they all said they could not find were to go.
Asking parking directors got them the I don't know answer.
I was a great thought.....jus did not work out this time around. |
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| Well. maybe next time, there will be a schedule posted. I looked for a good 15 minutes on Friday morning. All I heard was they were going to be offering this, but never the when. Too bad, as I would have liked to see what they did, and how. |
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| Hey shep, what good would it had been to get your boat washed on friday, confused? |
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| Good question. About the same good it would be to wash it on Saturday, I guess.
For me, it was more to see what process this company used, and if it appeared to be an effective measure. More informational than anything else.
Just to clarify, I am not being critical of anyone, or anything.
Perhaps if this service is offered at Otter Street this weekend, they will let everyone know when and where.
Edited by Shep 6/12/2007 8:52 AM
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Mercury National takes proactive steps against VHS virus