sparkey+1 wrote:Hi Lads
I was out for a walk with herself down the north bull wall down to the statue and on the way down i noticed that the steps down at the end ways full of empty trace packets mono line and fishing crap..
She wasn't to happy with me wanting to pick it up but I explained to herself that we ( the clean anglers ) don't want to get a bad name. Got a bag of a dog walked and proceed to clean up the mess and the amount of people looked at me and asked why I was doing what I was i explained to them that its not the full time angler leaving the dirt but the majority is the people that wants the mackerel.( but not all the time is it just mack bashers!!!!!! Sorry but true )
Any way to cut a long story short I left the place clean and way happy to do so....... AS IT A MARK I LIKE and have had good success at. Just need to respect the marks people fish.....
great stuff lads, fair play til yas. i also do this myself when i have to and know a few anglers that do too. lets hope that some of the guys on here take the initiative and encourage others to do the same.Creep wrote:Well done Sparkey and well said, Im honestly goin to start packing my litter stick, I got one from the council some years back (never relised it was going to be in daily use!!!) any time i go fishin, Question though: would the council object to us leaving a bin bag next to the council bins?? must ring Fingal County council later today and find out about were i can leave this rubbish when I collect it from Howth (my mrs would killl me if I started takin it home, bin charges etc!!)
Also remember personal safety, some of these marks I wouldnt touch the rubbish with my hands (rats, etc) when I fished North wall some weeks back, a very friendly rat tried to make off with some of my bait!! LMAO!! he came right up to me were i was sittin looked up and over at the bait!!
i also made a point of highlighting the issue to my local tackle shops. somebody said earlier that putting a poster up in the shops would be a good idea, i couldnt agree more! its a GREAT idea.
we will have to just persist with this