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| Last Minute Update: Aqueduct Bombs Not Meant for Sabotage, But For Fishing |
| 2007-02-09 |
| Pipe bombs found in an aqueduct that supplies water to millions in Southern California were probably not intended for sabotage, but for fishing, state officials said Thursday. The bombs turned up along with cars and other debris when water levels were lowered for a routine cleanup. The five small bombs found in a branch of the California Aqueduct were typical of those used to stun and collect fish, the state Department of Water Resources said in a statement. "Similar devices have been found previously when water levels in State Water Project facilities are drawn down for maintenance and other purposes," the statement read. The bombs were found this week in a section of an aqueduct branch in the Mojave Desert about 100 miles east of Los Angeles. Two had already been exploded, and the others were detonated by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #12 Giant Frog-leg(s) hunting I'm willing to tolerate, but FISHING??? As far as I know, eating [contaminated?] frog legs isn't popular in that part of Californey, unless someone just likes seeing legless frogs squimper about. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-02-09 23:45 |
| #11 Hush Deacon, let's keep that in the fambily. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-09 21:26 |
| #10 I've used one of those generators to get worms to surface, doubt it's powerful enough to stun fish. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-09 20:06 |
| #9 It's easier and not so dangerous to get one of those phnes with the crank, run a wire into the water, and crank the phone. The fish float to the surface and if n ot picked up eventually swim away. an It's noisless. So I've heard. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-02-09 19:58 |
| #8 Yummy, my family called 'em flying fish. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-09 18:36 |
| #7 Y'all are very, very, very silly. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-09 16:58 |
| #6 SteveS: Even more work would be putting all those itty bitty pieces on the hook...... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-02-09 14:44 |
| #5 Never thought to use dynamite for earthworms. Sure make the digging a lot easier. But picking up the little pieces would be more work Ima thinking. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-02-09 13:13 |
| #4 I haven't dynamited fish, only ever murdered dear little earthworms. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-09 12:33 |
| #3 Real fishermen don't use anything bigger than a cherry bomb or M80. |
| Posted by: RWV 2007-02-09 12:32 |
| #2 Oh c'mon, who here hasn't dynamited fish? Or is that strictly a midwestern thing these day? |
| Posted by: AzCat 2007-02-09 12:14 |
| #1 I feel so much safer. |
| Posted by: RWV 2007-02-09 11:56 |