Shore Fishing Rant ( Fishermans Garbage Left Behind)

[bigbill]

We would have more fishing spots available to us if some fisherman didn't leave there empty coffee cups, lunch wrappers/bags and empty worm containers on the ground when they left. Why do they do this? This I'd why the "NO FISHING" signs are so popular.

PLEASE PICK UP YOUR GARBAGE LEAVE THE PLACE BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT TOO BY PICKING UP SOME ELSE'S GARBAGE TOO. I LEAVE NO FOOT PRINT BEHIND. ITS LIKE I WAS NEVER THERE.

NO TRASH

NO CIGARETTE BUTTS

NO LURE PACKAGES

NO WORM CONTAINERS

NO FOOD WRAPPERS

No fishing line

NADA, NOTHING LEFT BEHIND.

We need to respect people's property and nature. It's not just about fishing. Leave with more garbage than you brought with you. You will be rewarded in someway with good karma.

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

A friend of mine had a guy that let him fish his pond before he and I became friends. The guy let others fish the pond too. It was a beautiful spot to fish days my friend. However the other folks left trash, etc and the guy didn't let anyone fish it again. Been that way for years. Now he is up in age and won't even speak to most people. Good point man.

[Raul]

Unfortunately we have to coexist with individuals that don't care. I take my dog for a walk everyday to a park, I carry a plastic bag to pick up the "gifts" he leaves behind, well, everyday I watch that most pet owners leave their dog's droppings behind, some of which are ..... Remember Jurassic Park ? Oh yeah, THAT big !

[flyingmonkie]

Laziness and selfishness… my two biggest pet peeves.  

 

I always make room in my pockets for the trash of others, but I don't have near enough pockets, and I hesitate to pick up a half-empty containers of old chicken livers and 12-packs of crushed beer cans.  Blows my mind how disrespectful people can be.

[Jar11591]

I hate it when people say "oh but everybody leaves trash so I'm going to as well." That's how people justify it to themselves. Just pick up your trash! If you can carry it in, you can carry it out!

[Jar11591]

It is so frustrating seeing the trash that people leave behind. It's sad too, because I think people like us who don't leave trash are not the majority. This needs to change. Now that I have a small boat, I don't see as much trash on the bank, but I do bank fish occasionally still. The place I go to is just filled with broken glass, beer cans, food wrappers and cigarette butts. It's sad.

[slainempire]

i dont complain too much, just take a bag with me and do my part. i couldnt tell you how much garbage ive cleaned up by my river spot over the years. yeah, it is annoying but unfortunately it will never go away. might as well take care of what i can.

[nascar2428]

As a shore fisherman the majority of the time. I always have a plastic carryout bag with me. Not so much for my trash, but for the other guys trash. Everywhere I fish I'm reminded that someone else has been there before me. There was a time when people used to leave an area just the way they found it, now they just leave it and their trash behind. Now when I.m finished in an area, I always pick up some trash, knowing that I have just left an area better than it was when I got there!

[skeeter1980]

I would love to find out where some of these people live,and throw the trash that I pick up,and throw in their yards.It's the same thing with crabbing.The empty beer or soda cans,empty chicken packages,that are left behind,is unreal.

[Montanaro]

I don't know what possesses someone to leave their trash around. Do they go to their friends and leave their trash in their living room?

Considering many people leave junk in their front yards I'm really not shocked.

[blongfishing]

I'm with everyone else. I hate when people leave trash. I usually pick it up and get it myself but another thing is the trash could get in the lake and run off fish.

[Oregon Native]

I carry trash bags in boat and during the day will on occasion pick up floaters as I head down or up lake.  It's a feel good feeling and a shake the head feeling for some of the #@!$.

Tight Lines

[bass_masster]

If I pack it in, I pack it out. Always, no exceptions.

 

I hate all the effing slobs who leave their trash everywhere, not to mentions what looks like entire SPOOLS of line.

 

Fools, the lot of them.

[J Francho]

Complaining won't fix it. The only thing that works is to spend a few minutes cleaning up the spot after you're done fishing, especially if it's in clear view of others. You'd be surprised how much more effective leading by example rather than confronting offenders, or complaining about them can be.

[Master Bait'r]

I don't even wanna get into this man...  You should see how bad it is in a few spots I go.  Some have straight up washing machines, mailboxes, shopping carts and any number of discarded furniture, trash, nips, cigarette packs, broken glass etc.  I bring a bag and do what I can but I can't even begin to express how upset it gets me to see such beautiful places used like landfills.  It seriously causes me physical pain.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Just do what you can to clean up where your tishing. Thats why i like fishing private ponds or anywhere posted where i only have permission to fish.

[Mainebass1984]

  I always bring out more trash then I bring in. I hate seeing garbage and litter on the lakes, ponds, and rivers I fish. It is disgusting and it infuriates me. It is to bad  some people are such dirty slobs.

[bassin is addicting]

i totally agree....pet peeve...dipsticks leaving trash behind.

 

from time to time...i'll take a 55 gallon trash bag and just walk the bank and pick up trash it is crazy what people leave behind.  it is nothing to see a spot where people have fished at night, prob for catfish, and there will be 10-15 beer cans, chicken liver containers, etc.  i could not imagine leaving that much crap behind.

 

one thing i learned about picking up the trash and a trash bag.  don't start picking up as you 1st get to the bank and walk away from your vehicle.  walk to the farthest point you think you may go and then pick up the trash as you walk back.  seems like a "mr. obvious" now but i learned the hard way...that bag fills up quick and can get heavy and then i had to walk all the way back with it...lol...  

[bigbill]

It's there earth too so they should keep it clean because they own it too. I just don't understand it. We're all part of this big eco system. Don't they get it.

Now if we get lots of rain were does all this garbage on the shoreline go? The Styrofoam floats right?

[Montanaro]

Probably the same people who won't flush after taking a dump...

[Scott F]

My fishing club, being mostly river fishermen, regularly participate in river clean-ups. A few of us went to a clean-up sponsored by a group in an upscale community. When we introduced ourselves to the organizers, they were surprised to see us, they thought we (fishermen) were the cause of the problem. At the end of the day, one of the most common items we collected were plastic bags of dog poop. Apparently, the residents of this upscale neighborhood would pick up the waste when their neighbors could see them and when out of site, throw the bags in the river! Doesn't matter how much they earn, people can be ignorant.

[daiwaguy]

Sure is frustrating. But all you can do is pick it up so the land owner doesnt kick you off the property. It is like cleaning up after your children.

[BassnChris]

Why 'everyone' does it...............is because the penalty is not high enough to make them worry about it.

 

Our littering fine just doubled after many years to $500 I think..................make the fine something like $25000.......sieze their homes, cars, boats.............write the ticket and make them pay the fine...........after they prove to everyone that they are enforcing it, people will reduce the littering...............it will not eliminate it but will reduce it.  I think the penalty for almost everything is too light........gotta get down off the soap box now.

[AnglerNo.2112]

It's even worse when I go shooting in the public forest here, people think if they dump their garbage in the woods and shoot it enough times it's the same as taking it to the dump. I always take a bag out with me when I go. I would take more but that's all that will fit in my trunk.

[bigbill]

On a trip to Vermont to hunt bear we drove into the national forest and parked near another out of starter there garbage was at there doors on the ground. I was with my cousin who lived there. He was really upset. He piled all there garbage on the hood of there truck. When we returned there truck was gone, so was there garbage too. Why do we have to see others leave there foot print of garbage on the ground up in our national forests too. I want to become one with nature and walk in the steps that have been walked in for hundreds of years enjoying the outdoors and the hunt. Yup the garbage is everywhere.

I hunt to enjoy the outdoors and nature at its finest hour. To sit and watch the chipmunk eating some of my fifth avenue candy bars. Or my captain crunch peanut butter cereal snack. The forest is alive by the time we leave. The wrappers go in my deep pocket in my camos.