Please be an ethecial sportsman!

[hunt4food]

I fished the St. Croix aong with about 300+ others out of Bayport Park yesterday. I am glad so many of you are out enjoying a fantastic sport and teaching your children how to enjoy it too. But......I am disgusted with the amount of trash that was left on the ice already this early in the season. Whoever you are...please note....I am not your mother and i didn't see her out there i don't think. I picked up your water bottles and empty propane tank, but please do it yourself next time. Being able to access this location through th park is really nice. let's respect it and hope that we can all continue to do it for years to come. thanks and happy new year to you all! Ps....if you see someone that leaves trash it is ok to respectfully remind them that they may have accidentally left some behind. We all own it together.

[Fisherman For a Lifetime]

Agreed!

[g_anoka]

That is the trick, to politely remind them that they left something behind. And, if that does not work hopefully you know where their vehicle is parked on shore, or where they live and you can "properly" return what they forgot on the ice.

[TruthWalleyes]

Makes your blood boil seeing trash on the ice. Thanks for cleaning it up. I frequent that stretch od the river each fall and love every minute of it!

[DonBo]

It amazes me at how many have so little respect. I too have picked up bucket loads of others trash. Disgusting...

[WalleyeChaser]

Its very frustrating to see this time and time again, everywhere we go. Thanks for doing your part, and it sucks to see but every little bit helps! A guy could make signs to remind our fellow fishermen but I'm afraid they would just get ignored and kicked over by the guilty.

[hunt4food]

A sign? I suppose a sign might help out a bit, but who needs a sign to remind them to clean up their messes? I will be paying closer attention to litte bugs in the future. Pease make sure it isn't you.

[dewey1980]

A PUNCH IN THE NOSE MIGHT HELP,with that said how much trash goes into the river people dont see,like during the summer months these same people are fishing the river,everyone needs to remind them,so sad

[DonBo]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, picked up 4 pop cans and an empty propane cylinder on my short walk off the river this morning.

[john.wells]

It amazes me how many pig-f*****s are out there. Everyone should be sent through the Boy Scouts as a mandatory program to learn the simple concept of "leave only footprints".

[lawnbuilder]

Just common sense should tell people to leave it as it was when you came. When my kids were younger we rented a seasonal site next to my parents and they would go for a walk along the highway and pick things up just a grocery sack each time but it made a difference for them. They still get upset when they see how big of a pig people can be.