It has already begun.....TRASH!!!!!

[MrSchrute]

Was out on White Bear last night and there is TRASH all over the place already. Beer cans, empty propane bottles, containers and whatever else lazy people leave on the ice.

Pick up your trash people. You bring it out there full, you can bring it back even easier when it is empty. Believe it or not your beer cans and propane bottles are not biodegradable. Plus there is a dumpster right as you leave the beach at Belaire Beach.

That is all.

Thank you.

[eyeguy 54]

a nice sign at the access might do a little good. then again there's a lot of litter bugs

[monstermoose78]

I do not understand why it is so hard to carry empty things back off the lake. A full 12 pack of beer is heavier than the 12 empty cans. I just bring a bag and pick up the trash, because I know other will not. If we all pick up there will be no mess, but to just complain about it does not make it better. I understand the need to vent. So please vent on, but bring a bag to pick up some of the others trash please.

[fishTankin]

when i go out...i always bring an extra bucket....keep our lakes clean! its all some of us have for joys during the winter....thank you

[Gun Slinger]

Mostly punk a@@ kids and potheads. Direspectful pieces of !@#$.

[Fowlmouth]

Kids? I have seen more middle aged slobs than kids leaving trash on the ice..

[ripstick]

A sign would be a good idea. But if there is a dumpster or can there and they don't see that. How can they read a sign. It is a common thing on a lot of lakes. All we can do is pick up what we can.

[monstermoose78]

A sign would be a good idea. But if there is a dumpster or can there and they don't see that. How can they read a sign. It is a common thing on a lot of lakes. All we can do is pick up what we can.

I agree a sign will not do anything. One of my favorite lakes as garbage cans and people toss trash on the ground or in the back of my truck instead.

I have seen all aged people do it. Most of the time it is the middle aged people from my experience.

[Roscoe010]

At Lake McMahon last weekend and Bush Lake this weekend, I saw a lot of empty beer cans a some other trash blowing around. Please pick up after yourselves. Leave the ice/lake better than you found it. I always check my spot before I leave to make sure all trash and of course my belongings have been collected.

[Portlis]

The unfortunate reality is that we can't control the actions of others and we're never going to be able to change it. The ONLY thing we can do is pick up after them. Yeah, it sucks having to do it, but knowing I've left the lake in a better state than I found it makes me feel good about myself and that's worth the hassle to me, even if it's just 1 or 2 cans/bottles. Whenever I see people being slobs and littering, I'm just thankful that I was born and raised the type of person who doesn't do that.

[mrklean]

The unfortunate reality is that we can't control the actions of others and we're never going to be able to change it. The ONLY thing we can do is pick up after them. Yeah, it sucks having to do it, but knowing I've left the lake in a better state than I found it makes me feel good about myself and that's worth the hassle to me, even if it's just 1 or 2 cans/bottles. Whenever I see people being slobs and littering, I'm just thankful that I was born and raised the type of person who doesn't do that.

+1

[Wanderer]

I'm one that despises people purposely and carelessly leaving their trash on the lakes - or anywhere for that matter. So I'm no stranger to the frustration and sometimes anger too.

One thing that I've come to accept though, is that anyone can lose trash by accident. Sometimes it falls out of the sled, off the wheeler, or blows out of the truck in the wind. I'll chase down any of my stuff if I notice it, but I'll admit if it's blowing and there's no way I can catch up to it safely, I let it go.

What I do to make up for it is try my best to keep my trash under control and contained. And when I see stuff others have lost or left, I pick it up and dispose of it myself. It's the best I can do and I avoid bursting a blood vessel from being angry.

We just gotta keep doing what we can to keep the places we care about in the best shape possible. Thanks to everyone who picks stuff up whether its yours or not.

Thanks for posting.

[Mid-Lake Rock]

Picking up the trash of others is the best way to make the fishing gods happy. I am convinced that it increases my luck.

I've also convinced two friends that leaving cigarette butts on the ice or throwing them in the lake is wrong. Put them in a can/bottle and throw away on shore. Cig butts make me mad.

[DrJuice1980]

I thought that once the snow covers it its gone for good....

[Slabasaurus]

Whenever I see people being slobs and littering, I'm just thankful that I was born and raised the type of person who doesn't do that.

Everyone needs a role model. Not everyone is so lucky to have good ones

[MrSchrute]

It's just tough to see that there have only been people fishing out on the ice for a few weeks and there is that much trash already.

Real sportsmen are what make the difference and actually take the time to pick up after these pigs so everyone can enjoy the lake year round.

[BoxMN]

I was out last Sat morn from Belle Aire and picked up some beer and pop cans and broken beer bottle and some lure packaging. But I also picked up the slobs ice scoop as well, so in their sloppy carelessness they lost a few bucks.

I always carry extra plastic bags for this purpose. Like said, no use to get angry, just do what we can to make a better image of ice anglers, and it is pretty easy, just pick a can/bottle as you see it. Thanks to the others who pick up after slobs as well.

[Ebiz]

While out yesterday I picked up an orange juice jug, empty tequila bottle, cigarette packs and an empty beer case - I get the occasional cardboard or minnow bag that flies away in the wind or in the dark, I think that's happened to all of us and sometimes there's no way you're ever going to catch up to it.

But I have yet to fish in a wind strong enough to blow a glass liquor bottle out of my sled, onto the ice, and directly back into on of the holes I was just fishing...

[fishingoverall]

Mostly punk a@@ kids and potheads. Direspectful pieces of !@#$.

Nah those potheads are more than likely to keep stuff picked up, it's the drunk idiots who trash [PoorWordUsage].

[th64]

Sunday I picked up 2 aa batteries someone threw onto the ice(those don't fly off of a sled) Please if you see batteries on the ice pick them up, this is not unsightly litter this will be pollution.

Batteries is BAD

[Wanderer]

Yesterday I got two propane caps, some fishing line, an empty snuff bag and a candy bar wrapper - all from the same place.

Oh, and a delicious bass. From a different place.

[th64]

I know its not a competition but if it was I win -BATTERIES! Do you know what chemicals are in batteries? Plastic stuff is bad but its mostly inert. Lotta that stuff floats and would float away,

batteries would sink and leak out.

BTW rechargables- everyone save money and the environment, Enloop is a great brand they come with a charger for about 20 bucks-

OK my rant is over.

[fishTankin]

yea went out out to schmidt lake in st. michael. it was trash city...found 3 empty tobacco cans, case of empty beer cans, literally could of picked up more...if i could of scooted around the ice better last weekend...I just don't get it. your not cool throwing cig butts and tabacoo cans on the ice...If I see someone litter I'll be on you like a fat kid on a twinkie! ok that ends my rant lol.