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There is something that I see from time to time that drives me mad! That is people littering while on the water. I see cans floating, nests of line stuck in trees, wrappers, cigarette butts and all other sorts of garbage when I go fishing. Granted it, its not concentrated in one large pile but still it adds up.
Aboard my boat I am always sure to carry a small bag for any of my days garbage. Some people may think that if one wrapper flies out of the boat what harm will it do. Well, figure out how many people are on the water fishing across the country. A million or more perhaps? Now what if each of those people felt the same way about a wrapper. That adds up now doesnt?
What brought this thought on was 2 fold. One was just seeing garbage on thebeautiful lake i was fishing this weekend. The second trigger was the radio station i was listening to this morning and their discussion of the old commerical with the indian by the side of the road with the tear in his eye because of all the litter.
I really think that us, (bass anglers) of all people, should be concerned about our trash and do our best to keep our waters clean. We may think "but im only one person, what impact can I make by myself?" You can make all the difference in the world by keeping your corner of the lake clean and free of your trash. You can also make a difference by spreading the habit to everyone you meet and fish with. It takes only a second more to put that wrapper from your crackers in a bag or in your cooler rather than tossing it into the lake. And that snarl of line you put in a bag on your boat instead of tossing into the lake, may keep some poor animal from getting all tangled up in it and will save it's life.
Catch and release is one way to preserve our sport. Keeping our garbage and disposing of it properly is the other way to preserver our sport.
So remember:
Catch N Release
Keep N Dispose
They go hand in hand :cheers:
Aboard my boat I am always sure to carry a small bag for any of my days garbage. Some people may think that if one wrapper flies out of the boat what harm will it do. Well, figure out how many people are on the water fishing across the country. A million or more perhaps? Now what if each of those people felt the same way about a wrapper. That adds up now doesnt?
What brought this thought on was 2 fold. One was just seeing garbage on thebeautiful lake i was fishing this weekend. The second trigger was the radio station i was listening to this morning and their discussion of the old commerical with the indian by the side of the road with the tear in his eye because of all the litter.
I really think that us, (bass anglers) of all people, should be concerned about our trash and do our best to keep our waters clean. We may think "but im only one person, what impact can I make by myself?" You can make all the difference in the world by keeping your corner of the lake clean and free of your trash. You can also make a difference by spreading the habit to everyone you meet and fish with. It takes only a second more to put that wrapper from your crackers in a bag or in your cooler rather than tossing it into the lake. And that snarl of line you put in a bag on your boat instead of tossing into the lake, may keep some poor animal from getting all tangled up in it and will save it's life.
Catch and release is one way to preserve our sport. Keeping our garbage and disposing of it properly is the other way to preserver our sport.
So remember:
Catch N Release
Keep N Dispose
They go hand in hand :cheers: