Bait and tradition and litter

Saltheart, I always first offer my unused bait to other fishermen. If they don't want it, I'll feed it to the seagulls. I take my bait out of their bags at home, chunk it and put it into a plastic container (with a small icepack on really hot days). I bring the bags the bait came in to the beach and put it into one of the many trash cans before I begn fishing. My experience in Ogunquit is that virtually all of the people who fish clean up after themselves. The only slobs are some of the lazy tourists who don't make the effort to chase down their food containers that blow away in the wind. I think the key in Ogunquit is that there are a lot of trash cans that get emptied before they fill to overflowing.