This is a good post. I have been guilty in the past also. Lets not confuse Biodegradable with diegestable. Any trash, baits string of any kind shouldn't be thrown out. Since I bought my new boat 3 years ago I have carried along a trash bag in my cooler for my trash. I didn't want to dirty up the boat. I never realized how much trash I had (and what I get out of the lakes) at the end of a day. Lets keep the lakes clean for the fish and our future generations.