ccmtcanada Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Well, I tried my hand at stealheading for the first time time week. My brother-in-law and I went out this past Saturday, Tuesday and today....blyght joined us for today's fun. We were at Oshawa Creek about a half hour before sunrise each day. No fish...a few strikes...but nothing great. Talked to other anglers and most mentioned no fish...a few said they had one. The scenery was awesome...take a look at this pic! The thing we noticed...and it made us sick, is that each day, the garbage on the riverbanks got worse and worse. Today we brought a garbage bag and decided to clean up one spot in particular that we visited each day. Today was unbelievable...styrofoam containers, beer cans and bottles, LOTS of stripped off line thrown into the bushes, food bags....you name it. We cleaned up that spot...it only took us a few minutes to fill the one garbage bag we brought..... The real sad thing is that there are garbage cans every few hundred feet along the footpath that follows the creek. The spot we cleaned up literally had this garbage can about a 20 second walk away.... I have been wanting to fish local tribs for a while now....and now that I have gone, it is disheartening to see how fellow anglers have been treating it. Anyhow...just a small rant...I'll be taking a garbage bag or two with me each and every time I head there in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Good job. It still blows my mind that some anglers make no connection with the environment. No walleye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanangler1990 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 too bad u didnt get into any, but wtg on cleaning up ur local trip, good job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadian_copper Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 YA MY BUDDY GUMP SAID THEY WERE DOWN THERE SINCE 4AM TILL 3PM AND HE ONLY GOT 1 FISH!! WATERS ARE JUST TO LOW AND CLEAR!!! THE DAY OR 2 AFTER A RAIN IS ALWAYS THE BEST TIME TO GO!! IT IS AMAZING!! EVERY 100 YARDS IS A GARBAGE CAN !!! IT IS VERY SAD!!! BUT WAY TO GO ON PICKIN SOME OTHER LOSERS GARBAGE UP BRO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 W2G on cleaning up the creek. Everytime i go to a creek i try to pick up some garbage because no one likes to see trash laying around a creek. jordan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I must have missd you today, I was at oshawa from about 11am untill 3. Fishing really turned on for about an hour around 1, I missed 2 fish and battled a third right to the end where it turned and snapped my 4 lb leader. There was another group that had 5 fish, and I talked to a guy carrying a HUGE hen. Lots of fish, just hard to catch when the water is like it is. FInal total for me was 0/3 today, ill be back tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whopper Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Sorry to hear you did catch any fish but good on you for playing nurse made to a bunch people that can't pick up after themselves. Always sad to see that kinda of stuff going on but at least your part of the solution instead of the problem. Whopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setomonkey Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Thanks for helping clean up the garbage, ccmt. I really don't understand why anybody who likes fishing would like to see the scenery spoiled by litter. Do they never plan to return to that trib again? Does it bother them that there are coffee cups, old line, etc. strewn around when they go fishing? Do you understand why locals might get fed up and eventually get bylaws passed prohibiting fishing in public areas? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Oshawa is bad for the garbage, Today I probably could have collected 20 bucks worth of empties. Alot of this trash around here isnt from anglers, its from parties. THis is, after all, oshawa...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Was there in the fall (1st time for me) and mentioned to my bud how clean the area was but I guess it doesn't take long to build into a mess. Gotta thanks ya's for cleanin up ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 I must have missd you today, I was at oshawa from about 11am untill 3. We were there from about 630 til 1030 in the morning. I read on the board that you would be there as well, so we kept an eye out for you! Maybe next time we'll meet up there! Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 to bad about not getting any fish cliff,and for you to pick up someone elses garbage was a good thing for the environment,people think the world is their personal dumpsite, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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