Is it true......

[wheresmy50]

I think they should ban anyone with a non-sealed reel from deep wading. The oil and grease can leak out an pollute the water. We'll need an organization to test and certify reels as being sealed. There should also be studies to determine if fish attractants and artificial bait is healthy for fish to eat. Chemicals can leech from the paint of fishing lures into the ocean. There's no way someone should be able to drag a plug loaded with as many as nine sharp hook points through the water. How can we be sure cute little seals or dolphins (or loons) aren't harmed? I almost forgot about the seagulls - we need seagull safe hooks so the poor critters aren't hurt when they dive bomb our poppers or snag a tin out of the air.

God only knows the impact of thousands of fishermen peeing into the water.

The only loons that were harmed by sinkers are the environmentalists who stayed up wetting their hemp-sheet-covered beds worrying about whether or not it's possible that birds can find sinkers that somehow fell or broke off the line and might eat them before a leaf covers the thing and renders it harmless for eternity.

Sinkers kind of look like shotgun shot, maybe that's how this nonsense started? Maybe if these folks ever got outside, they'd know that unlike shot, sinkers are attached to the line and aren't released into the water 600 at a time.

Small lead sinkers? Plastic baits? Look folks, if we keep going until fishermen and outdoorsmen in general have zero environmental impact, we'll all be fishing in those portable trout ponds.

Storm probably started the rumor so people would hoard swimbaits.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by DZ

Flap,
Are those dolls recyclable? If so where do you find the recycle symbol?

DZ

Originally Posted by wheresmy50

I think they should ban anyone with a non-sealed reel from deep wading. The oil and grease can leak out an pollute the water. We'll need an organization to test and certify reels as being sealed. There should also be studies to determine if fish attractants and artificial bait is healthy for fish to eat. Chemicals can leech from the paint of fishing lures into the ocean. There's no way someone should be able to drag a plug loaded with as many as nine sharp hook points through the water. How can we be sure cute little seals or dolphins (or loons) aren't harmed? I almost forgot about the seagulls - we need seagull safe hooks so the poor critters aren't hurt when they dive bomb our poppers or snag a tin out of the air.

God only knows the impact of thousands of fishermen peeing into the water.

The only loons that were harmed by sinkers are the environmentalists who stayed up wetting their hemp-sheet-covered beds worrying about whether or not it's possible that birds can find sinkers that somehow fell or broke off the line and might eat them before a leaf covers the thing and renders it harmless for eternity.

Sinkers kind of look like shotgun shot, maybe that's how this nonsense started? Maybe if these folks ever got outside, they'd know that unlike shot, sinkers are attached to the line and aren't released into the water 600 at a time.

Small lead sinkers? Plastic baits? Look folks, if we keep going until fishermen and outdoorsmen in general have zero environmental impact, we'll all be fishing in those portable trout ponds.

Storm probably started the rumor so people would hoard swimbaits.

Thank you both for the laughs - definitely needed

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by wheresmy50

God only knows the impact of thousands of fishermen peeing into the water.

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Couldn't be any worse than the 10,000 seals on the Cape crapping in the water

[Flaptail]

Somewhere this thread went awfully wrong, should have known better than to ask........

[Steve K]

There is plenty of evidence that plastic worms show up often in the stomachs of trout and they cannot expel them. A lot of the rubber worms are picked up from the bottom of lakes because the trout think that they are food. If they have too many in their stomachs, they can starve to death. I would support a ban on non-biodegradable plastics.

[Frankiesurf]

Originally Posted by wheresmy50

Small lead sinkers? Plastic baits? Look folks, if we keep going until fishermen and outdoorsmen in general have zero environmental impact, we'll all be fishing in those portable trout ponds.

Storm probably started the rumor so people would hoard swimbaits.

Yeah, god forbid fisherman care about the environment. I live in NY where lead isn't forbidden. I still don't use split shot. That is because it is bad for the fish, birds and for the waters I fish. Maybe you should start ingesting some lead and see where that gets you. Please take some pics and post them. I would love to see when your gums turn black and what Renal failure really looks like.
As fisherman we should try to protect what we hold most sacred. If it means losing the lead and using Tungsten then so be it. I do what I can and so should everyone else. It sounds like you are the guy who leaves his trash on the beach and keeps all his shorts. Who cares, let someone else worry about it, my selfishness is my top priority.
People complain about Liberals but it is these attitudes that cause all the problems.

[wheresmy50]

Originally Posted by Frankiesurf

Yeah, god forbid fisherman care about the environment. I live in NY where lead isn't forbidden. I still don't use split shot. That is because it is bad for the fish, birds and for the waters I fish. Maybe you should start ingesting some lead and see where that gets you. Please take some pics and post them. I would love to see when your gums turn black and what Renal failure really looks like.
As fisherman we should try to protect what we hold most sacred. If it means losing the lead and using Tungsten then so be it. I do what I can and so should everyone else. It sounds like you are the guy who leaves his trash on the beach and keeps all his shorts. Who cares, let someone else worry about it, my selfishness is my top priority.
People complain about Liberals but it is these attitudes that cause all the problems.

I'm not going to waste too much time with this classless post. Hopefully you've embarassed yourself enough and nothing more needs to be said.