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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rodney on June 28, 2012, 11:33:28 PM

Title: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: Rodney on June 28, 2012, 11:33:28 PM
How hard is it to understand?

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Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: Fillibert on June 28, 2012, 11:50:04 PM
that's like 20 $ worth of lures right there. Somebody I think on this forum had heavy line that he would throw over branches and retrieve all that crap.
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: noobfisher on June 29, 2012, 09:20:24 AM
people are lazy, everyone needs to call out polluters when they see it.  I say we take pictures of poachers and litter bugs and post on this forum!
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: buzzbomb on June 29, 2012, 10:16:33 AM
I‘ve seen pelicans and a goose that drowned by getting tangled in fishing line, as well as finding fish that been tethered by unsafe rigs.  Down in Florida those ibises are always getting in trouble hanging around the piers trying to steal bait.  I hate all litter, but line is the worst because it just doesn‘t go away.
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: mko72 on June 29, 2012, 11:13:27 AM
Agreed.  Leave only footprints. 
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: DionJL on June 29, 2012, 11:26:53 AM
I'm not sure how you're supposed to retrieve your garbage from 30' up a tree when you snag a branch and break off.
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: Geff_t on June 29, 2012, 03:09:55 PM
I know those trees that the line and other gear was caught in and once your gear hits those branchs, good luck getting it back. Things have been caught up in those trees since I was a kid and I am now in my 40's.
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: frozensalmon on June 29, 2012, 03:21:08 PM
im sure anyone would not want to lose $20 bucks gear but sometimes it's not retrievable
sorry to see what happened to that owl

Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: Fillibert on June 29, 2012, 05:16:34 PM
I always use smaller test leaders so if I do get a snag it's only a couple of feet if line. And due to lure cost I do anything in my power to retrieve it. Also ppl who can't cast should not cast near trees. Plan ahead just in case it snags up whether u can reach that location or not
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: firstlight on June 29, 2012, 10:27:58 PM
I know i have left line and hook in a tree a time or two and nothing short of climbing the tree or chopping it down is going to get that stuff back.
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: Bently on June 30, 2012, 12:54:32 PM
Hey , at least all the barbs on the hooks were pinched.  ;D

I think a tree cast has happened to pretty much every fisherman once or twice in their life, just sad to see that this is the outcome of this lost gear. :(

BTW I'd like to know how the OP would have retrieved this gear if it had been his. ::)
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: BigFisher on June 30, 2012, 02:35:59 PM
Good to know Kitmats and Crocs work for owls.
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: speycaster on June 30, 2012, 08:02:15 PM
People need to learn a variety of casting techniques, most times big looping overhead casts anywhere near trees means lost gear and line. Especially when twenty-five pound mainline is tied straight to the lure. ;D
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: chris gadsden on June 30, 2012, 09:13:21 PM
A good reminder to come to the Chilliwack Vedder River Cleanup Society's cleanup on July 14, our second of the year. We collect all sorts of garbage left by many inluding balls of line that gets caught up in shore birds too. I have seen it at least three times over the years.

More info on our web site at www.cleanrivers.ca

I hope we get a few out from this and other fishing forums that are concerned about the state our rivers are in, garbage wise. After this weekend there will be plenty to deal with. :'( :(
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: pwn50m3 f15h3r on June 30, 2012, 09:14:11 PM
At white rock beach, I saw a seagull w/ a willow leaf blade hanging outside it's mouth. Someone else called the dfo
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: pwn50m3 f15h3r on June 30, 2012, 09:15:37 PM
People need to learn a variety of casting techniques, most times big looping overhead casts anywhere near trees means lost gear and line. Especially when twenty-five pound mainline is tied straight to the lure. ;D
Everyone, learn how to do a SIDEARM CAST
Title: Re: Bring your crap home after fishing
Post by: FreshyPT on July 01, 2012, 05:00:30 PM
That breaks my heart to see those photos. To me I consider poor fishing etiquette yet alone the lack of common sense broader line poachers - people need to learn how to respect all life forms and get educated.