kickingfrog Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Father and son trash fishing on the Detroit River https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/fishing-for-junk-on-the-detroit-river-1.4805683?cmp=rss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispy Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Awesome story about a sad situation....I can't believe some of the trash I find fishing the Detroit River area.....I am constantly netting plastic bags, worm containers, etc. Thanks Tom and Mark for being great leaders on the river!! Chrispy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmer Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 We need more people like that. It's too bad the culprits don't get caught or see this and feel a little guilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 14 minutes ago, jimmer said: We need more people like that. It's too bad the culprits don't get caught or see this and feel a little guilt. Unfortunately I don't think the people dumping really feel much in the way of guilt. I fish a local pond, bit of a local water hole type place where high-schoolers go in the evening to get away from parents. It's depressing what people will leave behind when they know they won't be caught or prosecuted - bottle/cans, wrappers, furniture, canoes & boats, towels & clothing, diapers, etc. I almost feel like its a self-perpetuating problem though, as cleaning it up just teaches the scum that someone else will take care of it for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hack_Fisherman Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 3 hours ago, Tom S said: Unfortunately I don't think the people dumping really feel much in the way of guilt. I fish a local pond, bit of a local water hole type place where high-schoolers go in the evening to get away from parents. It's depressing what people will leave behind when they know they won't be caught or prosecuted - bottle/cans, wrappers, furniture, canoes & boats, towels & clothing, diapers, etc. I almost feel like its a self-perpetuating problem though, as cleaning it up just teaches the scum that someone else will take care of it for them. Should take the offenders and make them live in the stinking trash heaps of India for a week and see what they think of that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 4 hours ago, Tom S said: Unfortunately I don't think the people dumping really feel much in the way of guilt. I fish a local pond, bit of a local water hole type place where high-schoolers go in the evening to get away from parents. It's depressing what people will leave behind when they know they won't be caught or prosecuted - bottle/cans, wrappers, furniture, canoes & boats, towels & clothing, diapers, etc. I almost feel like its a self-perpetuating problem though, as cleaning it up just teaches the scum that someone else will take care of it for them. Over the years the state here made a lot of ponds to get dirt to build highway overpasses, most range in size from 2 - 10 acres and were built of private land near the intended overpass site. It used to be pretty easy to get permission to fish them, but people ruined that for the reasons you mentioned and lawsuits over drowning deaths. Too many people sneaking in late at night for a beer party - skinny dipping fest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTHM Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 7 hours ago, Tom S said: I fish a local pond, bit of a local water hole type place where high-schoolers go in the evening to get away from parents. Ironic you go there now to get away from the kids, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S Posted September 1, 2018 Report Share Posted September 1, 2018 2 hours ago, HTHM said: Ironic you go there now to get away from the kids, eh? LoL. Not many high schoolers around at 6AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Chong Posted September 2, 2018 Report Share Posted September 2, 2018 That's a great story and a sad commentary on society as well! We need to look after our environment! The Toronto Urban Fishing Ambassadors hold several waterway clean up days in the GTA! Kudos to them as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 Well, my trash issue took care of itself. New owners for the property, they aren’t putting up with any Bull and are blocking acesss to everyone. Can’t say I blame them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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