Discarding used plastic baits

[AllFishing]

Hi all

I regularly find used plastic lures that get thrown into the water or onto the bank. Some of them even have hooks in.

I would like to ask all bass anglers to NEVER discard their used plastic baits. These baits could get eaten by birds and fish and could cause their death.

All opinions will be appreciated.

Regards.

 

[Dr halibut hoffman]

I throw mine into a firepit when they are trashed.. And then burn them with all the old line I pick up. Little lead jigheads are also a very bad thing to leave behind and you could well end up eating the lead again in the future as it enters the food web or at the least it could cause havoc in bird and predator populations. Also a lot of plasticizers mimic estrogen so all in all one should take care not to discard or leave old plastics behind otherwise it could be YOU growing manboobs in the future ( not you AllF! haha but those would carelessly discard their cr@p), once that enters the food chain, sex rates skew and reproductive system cancers appear. Karma being what it is means that those that are discarding their plastic cr@p in our waters are also the ones eating their oily microwave food or takeaways or drinking their highly acidic softdrinks out of PET containers, so the wheel goes around unfortunately. The nasty "T's" in "PET" aren't generally water soluble but are oil soluble and are too in acidic solutions so oops I guess. Same junk in a lot of plastisol type mixes and there is a lot of research that shows wierd cancered out fish like bass with a few plastics slowly digesting in its gut.. Makes one think about supporting those lure manufacturers that find ecologically and bio- friendly solutions?

 

[Wencor]

Sux that chaps do this!!

That is why so many places shut their doors to fisherman!

Keep your used plastics, melt them down & repour. You can save cash & nature!