 Well just as important as what you do in the water is how you get out of it. This week Rain Mandi show you how to properly finish your day at the lake. Today we're going to talk about the proper way to clean up your boat and your trailer and get the water out of your boat system before you leave the lake to meet the state requirements to help prevent aquatic invasive species which means plant life and zebra mussels. First thing is make sure you've got everything off the trailer all the vegetation off the trailer and then Mandi's going to pick it up there and talk about things that need to be done to the boat. Absolutely let's go to the back of the boat and we'll take a look back here. Two things in the back of the boat that are really important one obviously is remember and pull that plug into make sure you drop that motor to give ample time to let the water drain out of the lower unit. All right so we've got the plug pulled we've got the motor drop we've got the water drain out of the lower unit. Next step obviously is to jump in and let's clean those live wells. So for me personally I always carry a big sponge it's really important as you guys will see there's always a little bit of water down in here that just doesn't quite want to drain out maybe a little bit of veg crayfish leftovers from your live well from your catch of the day really make sure that you get down in there good and wipe all of this out and keep sponging it out until your live well is completely dry. It's not a bad idea either to carry a bottle of water with you just to give it one final flush of clean water before you hit the road. For Lakeland News I'm Ray Gildaw with Anisawa Guidesley and I'm Mandi Erick the Bassin Biologist. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.