Trash on our NW rivers.

[h20hunter]

There is hope....just a bit.

Last Sunday my brother in law and I were heading up to my cam. At the gate we met a fella and his granddaughter. I've chatted with them a few times and seem like nice folks. While we were chatting the young lady just started picking up a few pieces of trash here and there. I'm embarassed to say I've walked past the same old pop can two weeks ago. Told myself then I am going to keep a plastic bag and do a better job myself.

[turkeyfeather]

See now this would be a great opportunity for WDFW. They could hold clean up days that would have some sort of incentive for sportsman to help with clean-up.  Like give out extra points. When we go shooting my kids and I will always pick up all our shells and then some, but I gotta be honest I am not picking up others garbage.

[xd2005]

See now this would be a great opportunity for WDFW. They could hold clean up days that would have some sort of incentive for sportsman to help with clean-up.  Like give out extra points. When we go shooting my kids and I will always pick up all our shells and then some, but I gotta be honest I am not picking up others garbage.

Discover Pass 

[scotty1969]

  but also while they are watching for violaters breaking fish and game rules fine these people

[kingfisher82]

 

[Taco280AI]

Unfortunately there are some trashy people who also hunt and fish and it makes us all look bad. I was fortunate to have a friend invite me on his hunting lease down here and their blinds are full of trash from the local bubbas. Bottles, cigarette butts, all kinds of trash just left in them. He can't stand it either and can't wait to retire and move away.

[Taco280AI]

Which just reminded me about the roads, there is litter everywhere! Couldn't believe how much junk you see just driving. Seems to be a southern thing - Alabama and Georgia in particular from what I've seen so far.

[Becky]

It's become standard practice for us to bring extra garbage bags, and we've literally spent almost an hour filling them up and placing new bags out in a tree for people to fill with their garbage that we grab on the next trip. It IS horrible, but unfortunately I'm not one to speak up and tell someone to pick up their trash though, too many drunk fishermen already yelling at each other for crossing lines, I don't want to get into it.. I do however, walk over to their item they just threw down, and pick it up while looking at them and walk over and put it in the trash. I let other people yell at them haha.

[Becky]

-Also, this is why places get closed down for public access!

[kingfisher82]

Im glad to see so many people feel the same way. I think I'm going to devote one day a month to pick up trash in my local river.

[fishingfool]

I went down to the Grande Ronde yesterday, and other than broken bottles and such in the fire rings I was pleasantly surprised. Very little trash, considering the amount of traffic the river sees. Fishing report; river was high, off color, coming back into shape, all the ice gone, no fish. ff

[cohoho]

Good job...

[BOWHUNTER45]

tHIS IS THE ONLY REASON I HATE HUMPY FISHERMEN ...They just pollute they river with shrimp containers -beer cans and beer bottles ... I have picked up many garbage bags full of trash off the Skagit and everytime I was allowed to take the bags to the land fill for free ....everyone should do the same ! 

[6x6in6]

tHIS IS THE ONLY REASON I HATE HUMPY FISHERMEN ...They just pollute they river with shrimp containers -beer cans and beer bottles ... I have picked up many garbage bags full of trash off the Skagit and everytime I was allowed to take the bags to the land fill for free ....everyone should do the same ! 

Make sure and lift the trash entirely out of the water before taking a picture.
Wouldn't want it to go badly for you.

just sayin'   

[huntnphool]

tHIS IS THE ONLY REASON I HATE HUMPY FISHERMEN ...They just pollute they river with shrimp containers -beer cans and beer bottles ... I have picked up many garbage bags full of trash off the Skagit and everytime I was allowed to take the bags to the land fill for free ....everyone should do the same ! 

Make sure and lift the trash entirely out of the water before taking a picture.
Wouldn't want it to go badly for you.

just sayin'   

Now thats some funny chit right there!