Clean our waterways contest.

[RCC]

There is a new contest up to help clean our waterways. Here is a link to that thread.

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/conte...arbage-picked/

I had read a post by canebreaker here on the Mississippi off topic board and he had written that he keeps a bucket in his boat to hold the trash he comes across while fishing. I thought this was a great idea and wanted to start doing the same. If you are out fishing, you never have to come home empty handed. As many of as as there are on crappie.com, we should be able to pick up hundreds of lbs of trash in a years time. When you see something floating, just reach out with the net and scoop it up and put it in a bucket for proper disposal. Some peoples net needs to get wet from time to time and this would be a good way to get that done if you don't use it for fish catching purposes


Sooooo, pick up some trash, win some prizes, you'll look good to other fishermen (you know that just because they ain't staring you down, that they still are checking on your fishing), you'll look good to enforcement if checked, and you'll feel good at the end of the day. The environment will thank you as well.


Thanks for the contest Slab

[blackfish]

Great idea
Good post.

[RCC]

Great idea
Good post.

Have to blame canebreaker for the idea. I thought it was brilliant.

[canebreaker]

Wasn't my idea, just something I've always did. I've never liked going to my favorite fishing or hunting spot and find empty bait and lunch containers. Our environment doesn't need it.

I'd like to see some decal designs. Only thing I can think of is "Pack it in. Pack it out" You ought to get lots of questions on that one.