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Quagga Mussel information:

**NEW** Launch Requirements for Diamond Valley Lake

All boats will be visually inspected upon arrival at Diamond Valley Lake. All compartments will be inspected and the bilge plug must be pulled.

 Any boats failing the inspection due to water or debris in one or more areas on the vessel will not be allowed on Diamond Valley Lake for a minimum of 30 days.

All watercraft operators will be interviewed prior to launching at Diamond Valley Lake to insure the following requirements have been followed:

All vessels must be clean and dry prior to being allowed to launch at Diamond Valley Lake

• Inspect the boat, trailer and boating equipment and remove any plants and animals that are visible before leaving any waterbody.
• Remove all plants and animal materials.
• Drain water from the motor, livewell, bilge and transom wells while on land before leaving any waterbody. The veligers are microscopic and probably cannot be seen without magnification; therefore, draining all standing water  and drying those areas is essential.
• Empty your bait bucket in disposal container before leaving the waterbody. Never release live bait into a waterbody, or release aquatic animals from one waterbody into another.
• Wash and dry your watercraft, tackle, downriggers, trailer, and other  boating equipment to kill harmful species that were not visible at the  boat launch.

• All vessels used in a contaminated waterbody for less than 24 hours must remain out of any waterbody and dry for 7 consecutive days prior to launching at Diamond Valley Lake.
• A list of contaminated lakes can be found by visiting http://www.dfg.ca.gov/invasives/quaggamussel/
• Completely drain all water from the motor and standing water in the bilge, livewells, bait tanks, and internal ballast tanks in the watercraft. Draining the standing water is essential before leaving the infested waterbody
• Rinse the bilge, livewells, and bait tanks with hot (140 F) fresh water.
• Flush the boat engine (especially stern drive boats) with hot (140 F) fresh water to kill veligers inside the engine cooling system. Check with engine manufacturers for warranty limitations.

• All vessels used in a contaminated waterbody for more than 24 hours must remain out of any waterbody and dry for 12 consecutive days prior to launching at Diamond Valley Lake.
• Completely wash watercraft and equipment with a pressurized power spryer using hot (140 F) tap water. Contact with water at this temperature will kill Quagga mussel juveniles and larvae. Completely spray the entire exterior of the watercraft and trailer. Perform the wash slowly and carefully. Spray all small nooks and crannies where mussel larvae may be lodged
• Do not use high pressure spray in sensitive areas such as the gimbal boot area on stern drive boats.
• Flush the boat engine (especially stern drive boats) with hot (140 F) water to kill mussels and veligers attached inside the engine cooling system. Check with engine manufacturers for warranty limitations.

Please click HERE for a printable copy of the above information.

Please click HERE for the latest information from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Please click HERE for the latest information on Quagga Mussels and Zebra Mussels across the United States.

Click HERE for a pdf version of "Don't Move A Mussel"
provided by the Department of Fish & Game

Other links:

Diamond Valley Lake (Metropolitan Water District)

Urban Park Concessionaires/Norcalfishing.com

Hemet/San Jacinto Chamber of Commerce

Metropolitan Water District

Valley-Wide Recreation Park District

Western Center for Archaeology and Paleontology

Deep Creek Fly Fishers Club

The California Parks Companies

Lassen Gifts

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$7 for entrance/parking
$6 boat launch
$3 fishing
$5 for reservations
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