Lead threads

[Corker]

You may have noticed the new discussion forum relating to the use of lead in fishing tackle. This forum is temporary but will remain as long as the EPA is considering a ban on lead fishing tackle, including jigs, split shot, sinkers, and other tackle items. The purpose of the forum is to collect our thoughts and fight this proposal.

Originally, EPA included both ammo and fishing tackle within the scope of a possible regulation. NRA moved quickly and forced EPA to drop the idea of banning lead ammo. NRA did not drop the proposal to ban lead-based fishing tackle, however.

Please come join our discussions of this important topic. Without lead jigs, crappie fishing will become much more expensive. Now's the time to register our objections to this proposal.

[Countryboy N.C.]

This is very important to us all, every one on here should go to this site and sent a letter to the EPA about this. I am doing it right now! Not hard at all.

[gabowman]

Already done.

[gabowman]

It sounds about par for the course that our gov't agencies would be spending millions debating over the few birds that would die from jigs hung on roots near the bank.:rolleyes: Maybe more time and money needs to be spent figuring out cures for life threatiening deseases and sicknesses.:o

[PBUG2009]

i second that gabowman

[skiptomylu]

Anything the Government gets into is about as bad of a thing that can happen because they are idiots and don't have a clue. Everything they are for or against is fed to them by their staff and probably none of them know one thing about any of it.

The government need to stick to doing government things/business and stay out of fishing, baseball and all the other thing they stick their collective noses into just to mess it up.

As long as they can find a way to spend our tax dollars no matter if it really needs them doing it or not, we still have to pay for it.

[Corker]

Volume counts. If EPA is flooded with negative comments from fishermen, it will not be able to simply rubber stamp the petition by the tree huggers.

[carter]

You may have noticed the new discussion forum relating to the use of lead in fishing tackle. This forum is temporary but will remain as long as the EPA is considering a ban on lead fishing tackle, including jigs, split shot, sinkers, and other tackle items. The purpose of the forum is to collect our thoughts and fight this proposal.

Originally, EPA included both ammo and fishing tackle within the scope of a possible regulation. NRA moved quickly and forced EPA to drop the idea of banning lead ammo. NRA did not drop the proposal to ban lead-based fishing tackle, however.

Please come join our discussions of this important topic. Without lead jigs, crappie fishing will become much more expensive. Now's the time to register our objections to this proposal.

Why worry about the lead the PCBs going to get us first.........

Carter

[Corker]

Bump. Only 12 days left to object to the EPA proposal.