Some of you probably never went on a quest for the elusive Long Lake walleyes, but take it from someone who has, one should not set your goal to high.  At first the quest was to see if the walleyes were really gone from Long Lake.  Then if I could catch 500, but when I went for 1,000 even I admit I should have seen a shrink.

 Never let it be said that no one has ever done it as I personally know the guy that has 1,000 plus.  The dates, sizes, depth, times, locations and methods are in a notebook that to some degree will reveal to you what a nut has to say on the elusive walleye that lurk below Long Lake’s surface.  If you’re interested in the quest, read ensuing issues of the Legend as its all the more reason to join our club.

 The first and last fish were both caught in thirty feet of water with the same color crawler and harness (and probably the same pole).

 For this issue let me start by revealing some of the statistics.

Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum L.) is an exotic aquatic plant that was introduced to North America between the late 1800's and the early 1940's (Aiken et al. 1979, Smith and Barko 1990). It grows rapidly and tends to form a dense canopy on the water surface, which often interferes with recreation, inhibits water flow, and impedes navigation (Grace and Wetzel 1978, Smith and Barko 1990). Therefore, there is much interest in developing safe, cost-effective control measures for this nuisance species. Currently, herbicides or mechanical harvesting are most often used to control watermilfoil infestations. These methods can provide relief from the nuisances caused by milfoil. As is the case with terrestrial weeds, control often must be done annually and sometimes more than once per season. These controls can be expensive ($150 to $2000 per acre annually in Minnesota). There is also concern that the methods may harm certain non-target organisms (e.g. Cooke et al. 1993, Nichols 1991). Therefore, investigation of other approaches is desirable.

Please see Milfoil on page 6