Trout stream or community dumpster?
I fished a stretch of the Allegheny River in Coudersport, Pennsylvania on Thursday evening. It is such a shame how the folks in that town treat that river. In one hole there was an air conditioner, a couple of tires, watermelon rinds, a large realty sign, multiple broken beer and wine bottles, many soda bottles, pieces of foam cups (probably from coffee). And of course, lots of empty bait containers, hook packs, etc from slob bait fishermen.
Nothing sadder than watching a pair of trout sip spinners above a sunken air conditioner.
:-(
Guess they've never heard of "Leave No Trace".
Truely a sad thing to see, and one I've witnessed too many times, in many areas. Wonder what those folks would do at a landfill? Apparently, this message is lost on them:
http://www.lnt.org/programs/principles.php
if you don't teach them young...
when was the last time you saw an anti-littering poster contest at your local school?
passed a group of bird watchers with a lecturer/leader on Spring Creek in late April this year as we hiked up to the top to fish. was surprised to see the coffee cups on the trail as we went back down to lunch. No one, not even a supposedly aware group of folks, is immune to the Inconsiderate Virus! and as for the major dumpers...oh, well, if the colonists had always dumped their trash in a hole and buried it, instead of throwing it out the window or down a well (?), my archeologist friends tell me their job would be harder.
my daughter says good karma comes from doing small invisible good deeds, so there is always a trash sack in my vest. it must help the catching--usually i do better than Best Fishing Buddy.