SAD

[cknowles673]

It's so easy to just throw something away. It's lazy and arrogant to not do it..

[Jamesdean]

I can not for the life of me understand it...it takes a few seconds of time to put trash where it goes, either in a trash can or in a bag to take with them...noooo these lazy arrogant non-respecting individuals throw it on the ground and expect someone else to go behind them and pick it up...I will say this, they don't want me to see them do it...

[silverside]

I find that old soft tackle bags make great trash bags for line, cans, etc. I keep one in boat always.

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[Lonnie84]

I've never seen a used line dispenser at any of places I go; looks simple and affordable enough to make. I think I will share this and see if I can get any interest in making some.

[The Shootist]

We do offroading also and the woods are as dirty as the lakes. We helped develop an offroad park here locally and we tell people that if they want to ride here that the trash must go home with them...The younger generation are the worst. I have been to some parks that had garbage barrels and the last folks wouldnt even try to hit the can......We lost almost all bank fishing spots around a local lake due to dumping and garbage.

[CrappiePappy]

We do offroading also and the woods are as dirty as the lakes. We helped develop an offroad park here locally and we tell people that if they want to ride here that the trash must go home with them...The younger generation are the worst. I have been to some parks that had garbage barrels and the last folks wouldnt even try to hit the can......We lost almost all bank fishing spots around a local lake due to dumping and garbage.

We have them at our local park lake, but even so they aren't always used. Trash cans aplenty right next to the parking lots & fishing docks, and still they're only used for about 60% of the trash left at the park. And it's not always the "younger crowd" that's leaving their trash & line wads lying around. Whenever I fish there, I try and pick up and throw away any trash & line I come across into the appropriate receptacle.
One of our local bait stores used to collect old line for recycling, but I don't know if they even do that now (and I don't frequent it very often). I've got a big bag full of old line, from changing lines on my reels, and if I remember to do so, next time I go to the park lake ... I'm taking that line and putting it in the line receptacle.

[ezgoing]

The rudeness, the ill manners and the heck with you attitude I see expressed on the lake and in daily life every day makes me wonder at times if I have turned into a grumpy old man. I too am sad, but even more I am disgusted at the deterioration of manners and consideration for others that I see on an every day basis. So I guess I have turned into a grumpy old man.

[Curlytail]

Sad to say but I think its the society we live on today. We had some people drop off a mattress & baby stroller in the side ditch at our house. Just plan lazy & rude.

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[VaCrappieMan]

Not to long ago I went fishing for trout at a spot I grew up fishing. The last place I stopped had actual bags of trash that were thrown down the bank beside of the stream. The rancid smell of food was to much for me and I had to leave. Generally I would try to pick it up but the smell was awful. They started dumping deer carcasses there as well. I just don’t understand people sometimes. My bank fishing crappie spots always have trash around and I my dad and I always take an extra trash bag with us (one to cover the fishing bag if it rains). They have threatened closing a few spots down because of the trash. It really is a shame. Some of the worst crowd for leaving stuff are the night time bank crappie fisherman (from my experience). And I go at night some but it amazes me what is left during the night. Empty propane canisters. All kinds of crap. It is sad for sure...

[D10]

As a resource manager (fishery biologist) who picks up so many trash bags of trash every year at access areas (not my job but I do it anyway), I get as mad as anyone else. I don’t understand it either. We have tried leaving trash cans but this doesn’t work because some don’t throw their trash it it anyway and others fill the cans full with their house hold trash. Once the cans are full, it become how high can we pile the trash. The. Critters get into it and it is a bigger mess. We decided years ago that we have to deal with less trash with no trash cans. Unfortunately you can’t fix lazy or don’t care. A few years ago I started calling people out on littering while fishing and while working. This usually gets someone’s attention and they at least pick up after themselves while I am there. I don’t understand...


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