Is Indiana beautiful ?

[OldMcDonald]

Do you think Indiana is beautiful with all the trash that litter our shorelines ?
Complain about all the trash and garbage: http://www.in.gov/dnr/contact/
Contact the Executive office, State parks and reservoirs division, and general. Don't hesitate to complain several times !!!! and several more times after that !!!!
Who can say that Indiana is beautiful ?? Not me ! I've seen all that stinking garbage and trash thats left by some anglers. I don't know if they are just lazy, or why they don't clean up after themselves.
The fact is that Indiana has some beautiful shorelines surrounding our lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. Its a down-right shame that you can't see the beauty because of all the trash ! Its disgusting !!!
I personally think that the people who leave this trash and garbage behind should be fined if caught, and repeat offenders should face jail time.
This subject comes up on the website every year, and its long over-due that anglers across the state let their voices be heard !!! Last year or this spring there was a bill that was introducted into the senate to be voted on, but needless to say it never made it to the vote. Our senators just didn't have the time.
I'd like to encourage everyone to e-mail DNR and your congressman, and complain about the trash and garbage. This has been going on and on for many years, and its time for our state to step in and do something about it !!
Our state must look like a garbage dump to visitors who visit here !!!!

http://www.in.gov/dnr/contact/

[The_General]

That is great to try and accomplish, but could you say how much of the trash you are talking about did you pick up?

Robert Montgomery

[slipbobber]

Just got back from fishing the strip pits in Hillenbrand some of those people down there are pigs. There were empty beer & pop cans empty bait containers all along the shore lines and boat ramps.They don't know how lucky they are to have the fishing opportunity and beautiful scenery.I don't think I should have to clean up after someone else either.

[Slowretrieve]

At Monroe on Saturday evening about 9:30 p.m. while the sounds of John Mellencamp wafter across the waters, the DNR was out chasing down boaters who were driving too fast after dark, and I believe a few hefty tickets like that and there will be less trash on the water, so to speak.

[TI]

Slowretrieve,

Wasn't that cool having Melloncamp play for the unexpected crowd. Our club had a tournament Sunday and we stayed at Paynetown Saturday night and listened to live Melloncamp while bustin' balls around the campfire. Quite entertaining.

OldMac,

Right on my man. Awareness is a good first step. By the way, where is your complaint based from (what waters). Because I've been to Monroe and Patoka this year and neither lake had any visible trash. Actually, both were in great shape. Perhaps this is an isolated or select location problem. Sometimes it's property owners themselves that leave their property looking like $hit. Just curious where you've experienced this disregard for our natural resources. I'm behind your efforts my good man.

TI

[Slowretrieve]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jun-06-06 AT 07:14AM (EST)[/font][p]It was terrific! I never thought there was much that could add to the fishing experience, but Mellencamp provided a definite plus to the pleasure of the day. At the time I thought it would be great to be camping at Paynetown. I anchored below his house and enjoyed the music, but it would have been great around the campfire as well. It amazed me how little his live performance varied from the studio recordings, and to hear it all echoing across a beautiful lake like Monroe was a real treat.

[idbefishing]

What happened? did he just set up some speakers and played behind his house? I fished behind his house all the time and all I ever heard was his neighbor's dog barking the entire time. You know the dog I'm talking about.

[psprowler]

You must perservere and venture where others are too lazy to go.....then you will find the hidden beauty that Indiana has to offer.

People are too lazy to pick up their trash at the access points. It gets worse when you are a rural property owner. Seems everything is an open dumping ground these days......

[Slowretrieve]

I am not sure what they were up to, maybe practicing for a tour or entertaining graduating children. I first heard them when I was fishing in Boy Scout Bay and thought it was the usual pleasure boat riffraff. I kept looking around, but there were no PBs about. That was on Friday. It finally dawned on me that it must be Mellencamp, so I headed over and enjoyed. They played again on Saturday and I heard very clearly "Gloria" as I was putting in at Moore's Creek Ramp. Most of the hillside around his estate was lit up, from the main house all the way to the end of that point to the south. Hard to say what was up, but it was a pleasure to hear.

[Slowretrieve]

It is a matter of attitude. Ken Kesey once pointed out that if two guys are walking in the park on a spring day, one will comment on the beauty of the day and the rich color of the sky and the greenness of the grass, while the other will complain about the dog turds and the trash under the bushes and the cigarette butts laying about. It is all attitude.

Change your mind and you'll change your life, I am told.

[Chigger_Brumbalow]

Did he play Cat Scratch Fever?

Always loved that one.

[idbefishing]

I believes that's Ted Nugent Chigger!