This thread is dedicated to all those selfish anglers out there who don’t take their trash home and ruin fishing spots for everyone else.
All this rubbish is from anglers. I will take pictures every time I see anglers littering waterways and post them here. It’s incredibly common and it needs to stop.
TAKE YOUR TRASH HOME.
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Originally posted by Marlin
This thread is dedicated to all those selfish anglers out there who don't take their trash home and ruin fishing spots for everyone else.All this rubbish is from anglers. I will take pictures every time I see anglers littering waterways and post them here. It’s incredibly common and it needs to stop.
TAKE YOUR TRASH HOME.
This is a VERY GOOD TOPIC, Rob. I’ll give my 100% support, will take pictures of rubbish strewn about in fishing spots and post it here too, keep up the good work.
Rgds,
I’ll second that Marlin. But in all honesty we shouldn’t point the fingers at just the anglers. Remember the heap of garbage mountain one the way in to AK with all the beautiful white cranes? That cannot be just anglers. The whole of Malaysia should be more responsible, top to bottom.
Deperate times call for desperate measures, I guess. To get a real run for the money, it would be even better with the culprits caught in action!
Not meaning to hijack Marlin’s thread but we should also post pics of anglers picking up the thrash whenever possible. At least there would be an example to emulate rather then just shake our heads and say thats typical of Malaysians.
One good example is to post pics of your group of fishos picking up the thrash after your outing! That way, you can “blackmail” your fellow fisho that does not wish to cooperate in the cleaning up! hehehe!
RainbowRunner
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Lapala, yes indeed, there is a ton of rubbish dumped everywhere by non anglers. What I wanted to highlight is specifically anglers doing it. And yes, in this case I AM POINTING THE FINGER at anglers in particular. Lure packets and mono line dumped on the banks of AK can only be anglers. The Kepong price tags on some of this stuff make it anglers from KL who are to blame. Hopefull they will read this and be ashamed (wishful thinking?). I have seen this just about everywhere I fish and I’m tired of the irresponsibility of “anglers”. Anglers specifically need to clean up their act, never mind anyone else.
Richard, yes. Great idea. Anglers might carry a bin liner and pick up stuff when they go to places like this with angler trash everywhere. Photo’s are welcome, but lets keep it to angling trash and angling eyesores for the bad stuff and anglers cleaning up all rubbish for the good side.
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Richard, yes. Great idea. Anglers might carry a bin liner and pick up stuff when they go to places like this with angler trash everywhere. Photo's are welcome, but lets keep it to angling trash and angling eyesores for the bad stuff and anglers cleaning up all rubbish for the good side.
A piece of advise if anyone should practice this. Make sure you personally throw the trash into the bins. Passing it to the boatman for disposal will only see it going out at the next low tide!(personal experience)[:(]
RainbowRunner
Tightlines and screaming reels
I saw the umbrella there and assume it was a mixed contribution, if that’s all from anglers then that’s deplorable. Lets start a “When you fish - Leave only footprint” campaign for all Anglers on MFN. Anyone want a bumper sticker like that? But don’t just stick it there lol, do it.
And a Merry Christmas to you Marlin. Maybe we have a cleaner 2008.
The brollie is also an angler cast off. No-one else goes to this place except anglers.
Seasons Greatings to all!
Marlin's TAKE YOUR TRASH HOME campaign
Im on for the “Marlin’s TAKE YOUR TRASH HOME campaign”.
Whether is back home in Msia, i do it here too in Melbourne.The number 1 contributor to all this trash at fishing spots normally comes from the chinese and also majority the Australians.
Yesterday, i took a stroll down Docklands area and there are heaps of anglers fishing, without a single doubt they left their trash behind just by the beautiful pier !! Inconsiderate idiots and they sure do not know how to handle a fish esp removing the hooks !!!..
once an angler, always an angler
I suggest that every bunch of anglers that fishes a spot during the weekend, should at least have a mini clean up session after fishing.
Remember to fill up your tackle bags with some plastic bags for rubbish collection.Cheers.Just a suggestion and it will make a huge difference if other anglers sees you doing that !! We need to implement shame and disgrace to others that dispose trash irresponsibly..
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Littering habit unfortunately is a serious national issue not just limit to angling society. In fact figure probably too small to make any impact in a macro view. Just a rough estimate say there are 5% hardcore litter bugs (incl. few anglers) in the country. Unfortunately 95% of the population has to stomach shame and frustration.
The following photo taken during 50th national day celebration in PJ organized by you-know-which-council (forwarded to The Star but never published). Though nothing to do with angling world think in order to tackle the root of the problem, we have to look at it in a macro view as a national issue rather than limit to angling society. Celebration was attended mainly by school children (accompanied by quite number of adults). Not sure what kind of message they were trying to put forward if the organizer in the first place never seen to have arranged proper rubbish bins and reminded the children (and adults) to dispose trash in proper allocated space (if any).
Imagine if you were one of the children you would probably grown up one day having the understanding that “it’s ok to litter, someone going to clean up the mess anyway the next day”.
Well, to be fair to the organizer (or should rather give big thumb up to the cleaners), rubbish was cleared within 3 hrs after the celebration.
Again, photo not meant to put shame on every Malaysian. Guess we need to acknowledge this is a nationwide issue (rather than usual denial mode) and next is to carry out nationwide campaign to eradicate litter bugs. Should start from top down approach. Now we are doing bottom up approach, which personally think impact will not be so great.
Hope some top guns are reading this. FYI many concerned individuals, expatriates, NGOs are carrying out selfless duty cleaning up the mess.
STAR didn’t take it for political reason; lets put it in fishing mags so that others can see the importants of it…
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As you know, KAGUM has been organising river clean ups for some years now. Here are some learning points we gained:
Follow Mahatma Ghandi’s axiom: “Be the change you are trying to create”.</font id=“size3”>Just do it, with little or no fanfare. Be the role models. Do it quietly. The public is numb to the eco-conservation events with big banners and blaring megaphones. Just do it regularly, but quietly.
Do it as a group. You lose heart quickly if you do it alone. Imagine this scenario: a group of anglers are fishing at a paypond. Then one of them announces: “Let’s do a quick cleanup, since the fish are not biting!” The whole gang spends 30 minutes or whatever picking stuff around the pond. Then they go back to fishing.
-Have some rewards for the effort. In our river cleanups, we have potluck picnic, and a good river dip for Uncle Bob. For the fishing gang mentioned above, it could be as simple as canned drinks at the canteen.
-Dont oversell. Just pick up the rubbish. Smile, say salam or hello. Only explain when they ask what you’re doing.
I hope I’m not stealing away the thunder of Marlin’s great idea. But we need the pull as much as the push. We need many more role models. If each of us become one, I’ll bet the kids will follow, and eventually the ignorant adults too.
We dont have the critical mass yet. In Aussie, they have a CleanUP day, where millions come out and pick up rubbish. It was started by just one man.
Our dream would be, one day, we anglers have one nationwide CleanUp Day, where we all go to the beaches, ponds, lakes and rivers in one big force. That would be a sight to behold!
Humbly yours,
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JB, good input. No thunder stolen. It is indeed a team effort and a huge task. This is about cleaning up our act in particular, cleaning up our fishing spots and making others aware. There are too many anglers out there who are littering fishing spots, never mind anyone else! If only anglers would take their own trash home it would be good. Getting others to follow suit is even better.
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Could paypond operations be a good place to start? By setting up “No Litter Zone” signs around the fishing ponds. Is there a way we could approach these operators to educate them on the importance of no litter zones and in spreading the word to all who frequent their ponds?
But who is to tell these paypond operators what they should be doing? ^^
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Grey, good idea to tackle the problem from both sides. Payponds are the perfect controlled environment to begin instilling these no littering values into anglers and operators.
I know this approach can work. My experience with pay ponds is that anglers do indeed take their lead from the operator. If he keeps the place tidy and places litter bins around his ponds, most anglers tend to use them. It takes a little work to tidy up after those few who do litter, but a little negative re-inforcement usually works wonders.
Then there are those pay pond operators who sit on their butts all day long bemoaning anglers who throw litter everywhere. The litter left around their ponds doesn’t change from one week to the next. It just lies there slowly biodegrading. Anglers just throw their “new” litter on top of the “old” litter. These operators really only have themselves to blame. Perhaps its time for anglers to express their thoughts to lazy pond operators. Clean that **** up or we’re going somewhere else? Plenty of ponds to choose from these days.
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Maybe a small committee needs to be formed and then an organised approach be designed to educate and enrole them to this vision we have of a litter free zone?
Cheers`
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I remember 10 years ago there was an appeal for responsible anglers in the “Rod & Line magazine” to promote cleanliness in our environment. Some of you may remember the “Watanabe anglers” as the magazine quotes it.
It encourages people to take their trash home and encourage other to do the same. Its a great program, but after a few publishing, the appeal disappears. I wonder what happen to it. I still have the t-shirt that says " I AM A WATANABE ANGLER".
Such pride to wear it but loses its dignity. I really hope that the magazine could dedicate a column to promote responsible anglers and encourage other to do that same. Just like the “Watanabe angler”.
Imagine the spread of the “Watanabe Angler” over the course of 10 years… priceless…
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Originally posted by chuanjiek
I remember 10 years ago there was an appeal for responsible anglers in the "Rod & Line magazine" to promote cleanliness in our environment. Some of you may remember the "Watanabe anglers" as the magazine quotes it.It encourages people to take their trash home and encourage other to do the same. Its a great program, but after a few publishing, the appeal disappears. I wonder what happen to it. I still have the t-shirt that says " I AM A WATANABE ANGLER".
Such pride to wear it but loses its dignity. I really hope that the magazine could dedicate a column to promote responsible anglers and encourage other to do that same. Just like the “Watanabe angler”.
Imagine the spread of the “Watanabe Angler” over the course of 10 years… priceless…
Hi CJ, your posting is going to make our Landlord Vincent very proud,
he is the one who started it, iianm, the former Miss Watanbe is now his better half. Like you and I and many other responsible anglers, we are 100% in support of keeping the environment clean.
Rgds,
I totally support, encourage and pledge all everyone to be a responsible citizen. We must love our mother nature.
I really hope we will have a sustainable eco-system and pass this wonderful sports to our children. After all they will be our future. I dont want to see them living in a disastrous environment…
