Jim Coon
06-06-2007, 10:10 PM
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
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