cb1340
Well-known member
<font size="3">The epitome of stupidity NEVER ceases to amaze me.</font></p>
<font size="2">Today while looking for a better fishing hole I ran across a
gruesome sight. A heron had died in some heavy bushes that
I was navigating through to perhaps have a better place to catch fish.
Upon closer inspection I noticed that the corpse had fishing line wrapped
around its foot. This tells me that some idiot birdnested their reel and slung his(or her)
spent fishing line down and went about their business oblivious to the ecological
hazards it could possibly cause and in this instance did. If and when I do have
to dispose of spent line, it goes in the trash via my pocket and my truck. I don't
just throw it down where ever because its convenient and I'm to white trash to take
it with me. I see more used line than I see cans, worm containers, and general trash.
(And I see ALOT of these.)
One might say " well, so what..." Well, what if someone decided to put out trip snares and
punji traps so unsuspecting fools could fall and break their ankle or have their foot
impaled on multiple cane spikes. I actually tripped on line one time because I didn't see it.
In essence, its the same scenerio. I read RSimm's article two sundays ago in the newspaper and
it spoke of the hazards lead may or maynot cause to the environment, but used fishing line causes
a far more profound danger to the local ecosystem and has a more immediate effect on it.
I don't think that it is that hard to simply wrap the line up,stick it in your tackle box or pocket and throw it in
the trash or the line recycle recepatcle(althoughI have never seen any around this area).
Or maybe I just have high expectations of the angling community.</font></p>
<font size="2">Upon your viewing of the following pics you may notice the fishing lure is still attached to the line.
The thought did cross my brain that the lure had been snagged under water and could not be retrieved.
This is all well very possible but in any event that still does not make it ok to throw line down when
or where ever one may find convenient. If it was snagged under water there is an excess amount of line attached
to it. If it was snagged in a tree, and not retrievable why would the heron have got it wrapped around its foot.
AND better still if that was the case and it was looking for a meal wouldn't it have been scouting the edge of the water?
However it took place, I still feel you should take your trash with you and dispose of it properly.</font></p>
<font size="2">Cliff Byrd</font></p>
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<font size="2">Today while looking for a better fishing hole I ran across a
gruesome sight. A heron had died in some heavy bushes that
I was navigating through to perhaps have a better place to catch fish.
Upon closer inspection I noticed that the corpse had fishing line wrapped
around its foot. This tells me that some idiot birdnested their reel and slung his(or her)
spent fishing line down and went about their business oblivious to the ecological
hazards it could possibly cause and in this instance did. If and when I do have
to dispose of spent line, it goes in the trash via my pocket and my truck. I don't
just throw it down where ever because its convenient and I'm to white trash to take
it with me. I see more used line than I see cans, worm containers, and general trash.
(And I see ALOT of these.)
One might say " well, so what..." Well, what if someone decided to put out trip snares and
punji traps so unsuspecting fools could fall and break their ankle or have their foot
impaled on multiple cane spikes. I actually tripped on line one time because I didn't see it.
In essence, its the same scenerio. I read RSimm's article two sundays ago in the newspaper and
it spoke of the hazards lead may or maynot cause to the environment, but used fishing line causes
a far more profound danger to the local ecosystem and has a more immediate effect on it.
I don't think that it is that hard to simply wrap the line up,stick it in your tackle box or pocket and throw it in
the trash or the line recycle recepatcle(althoughI have never seen any around this area).
Or maybe I just have high expectations of the angling community.</font></p>
<font size="2">Upon your viewing of the following pics you may notice the fishing lure is still attached to the line.
The thought did cross my brain that the lure had been snagged under water and could not be retrieved.
This is all well very possible but in any event that still does not make it ok to throw line down when
or where ever one may find convenient. If it was snagged under water there is an excess amount of line attached
to it. If it was snagged in a tree, and not retrievable why would the heron have got it wrapped around its foot.
AND better still if that was the case and it was looking for a meal wouldn't it have been scouting the edge of the water?
However it took place, I still feel you should take your trash with you and dispose of it properly.</font></p>
<font size="2">Cliff Byrd</font></p>
