Archive for November 19, 2011
Meet “Henry The Fish”
I spent the last week in San Diego on a work conference and with the rough weather on the Outer Banks, I did not miss much. Water temps, now in the 50’s, have dropped significantly. With plenty of wind and grass, catching has been a challenge. But there still are plenty of opportunities to fish, so you might as well get off the couch before actual winter sets in.
While I was in San Diego I did the tourist thing in afternoon. One of the stops was a sea port museum. There I found “Henry the Fish”.
Henry is a collection of plastics, aluminum cans, dish soap bottles, lids, bottles, toys and many other trashy things found on a beach. These items may seem harmless but fish and birds are impacted from eating them or getting wrapped up.
Also, many of these plastics contain harmful chemicals and once eaten by fish, birds or other sealife, the cycle begins to enter the food chain. And unfortunately, this food chain leads up to us.
A group of concerned citizens assembled Henry to send a message. I think I got it.
When fishing on the surf, pier, bridge or other locations do your part by disposing your bait and gear wrappers, assorted debris and food trash in a proper receptacle.
Not only will it increase the health and mortality of our fish and wildlife, help to prevent a fouling of our waterways and recreation areas but it just looks good and makes sense.
So for a more pleasant experience, do your part. Pick it up.
Until next time, Tightlines
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