Dispose of your line properly!!!!

[Col Forbin]

I hate trot lines!
One of the best fishing spots on the bay of KY Lake has several trot lines stretched across the area. That's not right to take over a fishing spot 24/7. I felt like taking a sword and slashing the trot line up into pieces or dragging a big cutting tool though the water behind my boat that would cut though the line and cut it up and get it out of the way.

I wanted to troll crank though this area and fish with crank baits but I was afraid of snagging onto the trot line. I should have cut the thing up into little pieces and fished that area anyway. But I'd have to take a M16 with me if I did that just to protect myself from retrobution of the locals who set them things there in the first place.

They should not allow trot lines to be set at the mouth of bays like that.

You know I think that may be where this happened. The back of sledd creek is loaded with trot lines - I ran through one last fall, but I thought I got it all cleaned out. I hate that too. Kind of like deer hunting with land mines.

[wags]

I found it very easy to just wind up to be discarded line stick it in my pocket. You should check your pockets when you get home or you may suffer a far greater pain from your spouse when your discarded line gets wrapped around clothes in the washer.

[mhall]

I found it very easy to just wind up to be discarded line stick it in my pocket. You should check your pockets when you get home or you may suffer a far greater pain from your spouse when your discarded line gets wrapped around clothes in the washer.

That's exactly what I do to. That and the line tags that are cut off after tieing on a bait I just let collect in the boat. You can always tell if they aren't biting to good by looking at the deck carpet, the more the line tags the bite wasn't good, the less the better, lol.

[UYKY]

it is rare for me to not drink at least once during the day. i use the plastic or aluminum can to "collect" my excess line in and then at end of day, throw both away.

[wkerber]

This is a little different. I was walking one of the old roads on Army Corp land at Dale Hollow with my dog last month and half way to the water there was a fast food salad bowl and a fork. This road is kind of rough so I don't think they were in a car/truck. I guess they packed in a healthy snack for their hike or ATV ride and just couldn't muster up the strength to carry that heavy foam bowl back out.

I actually stopped walking my dog down to the water at Dale as there are just too many broken beer bottles along the water edge. What a shame.

[Col Forbin]

Thank goodness there are enough of us with a fond appreciation of the outdoors to help counter-balance people with no respect for nature. When I was at UK and even when I lived in Georgetown, I was an avid hiker, and Red River Gorge was almost a weekly get-a-way. We always disposed of our trash properly. We also would use our trash bag to gather other's trash on the way out. We almost always left with a full bag. Kind of makes you feel good and completely disgusted at the same time. I once saw a group of people leaving a camping spot and left all of their trash - about 3 cases worth of beer cans. We picked them up, and when we returned to the trail head these guys were loading up the car. Luckily we were a big group of guys-so they didn't see the need to bother us, and we asked them if they wanted their trash back and handed them the bag full of beer cans. I had a shirt on that said Park Ranger (got it at a concert), so I guess they thought I was official - they applogized and took their trash. Morons!!! it probably wasn't the first time I picked up after them.