why do people do this

[Hookedagain]

A few years ago I was fishing at a local pond and this guy came and started fishing close by me. He cast into a tree and cuts his line off, pulls as much as he could and rolls it into a ball. He drops it on the ground next to his empty container from his night crawlers. I asked him if he was going to leave it there and he said he would pick it up on his way back. I fished for another hour or so. When I left I took his trash and kindly dropped into the open sunroof of his car. He was bragging about how he had a Dodge Magnum wagon, and what was parked 30 feet from me....yup, a Dodge Magnum wagon with an open sunroof. It felt pretty good to do my part to clean up, and even better to dispose of it properly.

[FishermanTim]

The same people that trash these areas are usually the first to bitch and moan if someone so much as drops a hint on THEIR property.

It definitely is the me, me, me mentality (with little emphasis on the "mental")

Maybe start posting signs claiming that the state is instituting a bounty on discarded fishing line? Say a nickel a foot?
Mention that they need to bring it to their local city hall and deliver to the head of the F&G dept.

Should be good for a few laughs.....