Trash Anglers

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Scslat

Anadromous Angler
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Hi all,

A fishing buddy of mine just shared this site. I suspect that most of us collect trash from the streams we fish. This site is logging the positive impact made by anglers who help to improve the environment on the waters they fish. Brilliant Idea.

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Steve
 
I do not like litter. That being said, litter is the least of our worries. I have seen tourist in San Diego completely unhinged over a plastic cup in the water. Little do they know that the Navy and companies like Teledyne Ryan have dumped tons of toxins into this bay for decades. Those entities turned this once pristine bay into the toxic body of water that it is today. That plastic cup? Maybe a new home for an octopus... the pcbs are unseen, only the plastic cup is visible to the tourist.
 
The seatrout anglers in Europe have done a nice job of promoting #plasticinthebasket as a way to clean the beaches after they are done fishing.
SF

 
Jim in Anacortes said:
I do not like litter. That being said, litter is the least of our worries. I have seen tourist in San Diego completely unhinged over a plastic cup in the water. Little do they know that the Navy and companies like Teledyne Ryan have dumped tons of toxins into this bay for decades. Those entities turned this once pristine bay into the toxic body of water that it is today. That plastic cup? Maybe a new home for an octopus... the pcbs are unseen, only the plastic cup is visible to the tourist.
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Not to mention all of the raw sewage coming out of Tijuana and into the sea immediately south of San Diego. My son is a US Marine Raider and they were training in that (literally) crap. Navy SEALS do the same.
 
The world famous "Hotel Del" is a destination for the most elite people on Earth. They encourage people to "take a splash" in the surf. But they downplay the danger of actually submersing oneself into the sewage water where a "human orifice" is exposed to the sewage. Quite sad that the most elite beach in our nation's finest city is too toxic to safely allow the "water" to reach the orifices of a tourist. Litter is not the problem on this beach.
 
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I've always packed out more than I bring in. That's camp and on the water. Hated fishing the Yak during tuber season. I could easily fill my boat daily.
 
I hate litter. I once read that most of the litter on our streets come from pickup trucks. Lot's of people throw coffee cups, soda cans, fast food bags etc..in the back of a pickup (I admit to doing this in my youth). Of course even slow speeds could very well blow them to out to become litter. Honestly I have never once seen a driver ahead of me just toss out litter.
 
In places where surf is involved (such as California ) any litter is chewed up and spit out by the ocean. "Garbage Beach" in San Diego is a good example. The Ocean simply chews up the garbage. Golf balls, plastic straws, even five gallon buckets are chewed up by the surf. But here in the Puget Sound that is not the case. Collecting trash on our beaches is (IMHO) very important. I would also add,.. taking a plastic bag with you, and filling it with trash, tends to bring good vibes with the people you encounter at the beach.
 
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