Bobber Down 921 Report post Posted April 15, 2023 Trash left by some of Thunder Bays finest bridge trolls. Do they care? Probably not. Scared to think of what I might find further upstream. The spawn is near for the steelheaders. Quote Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - WOW - what a ride!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arvey 154 Report post Posted April 15, 2023 REAL PIGS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobber Down 921 Report post Posted April 15, 2023 Yep. There's no maid service along the creek. It's all washed into the lake now. Quote Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - WOW - what a ride!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summit 34 Report post Posted April 16, 2023 On 4/15/2023 at 6:52 AM, Bobber Down said: Trash left by some of Thunder Bays finest bridge trolls. Do they care? Probably not. Scared to think of what I might find further upstream. The spawn is near for the steelheaders. Unfortunately, Some of "Thunder Bay's finest" also include Steelhead fishermen. The number of coffee cups and amount trash I pick up along our rivers during steelhead season is disgusting. Leave nothing behind but your boot print. If you see trash pick it up and pack it out. Let's all make an effort to keep our rivers clean. 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Guy 116 Report post Posted April 16, 2023 Leave it cleaner than you found it, that's my motto. One year i walked in and out of little Hawkeye lake. I ended up picking up 3 full 35"x50" Garbage bags worth of trash and a 24 of beer bottles. Could have picked up more too but ran out of hands and arms to carry it. As outdoors people, we know that no one else is going to do it. All manner of individuals will continue to leave garbage so if we want it clean and it's safe to do so clean up what you can 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eyelander 164 Report post Posted April 17, 2023 40 years ago a bud and I walked into Echo Lake. A bunch of guys had been in there sometime before us, got in by snowmobile before a big dump of snow. Set the lines then got to work at the fire pit. It was full of empty beer bottles, some broken, some melted. The cases were burnt up. We recovered 58 intact bottles. Packed them in garbage bags, left the broken ones as we could not carry them, they would have torn up the bags. Good thing it was downhill out of there. Turned them in to the beer store and bought tackle with the money. 1 Quote Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zackcorbin1401 542 Report post Posted April 17, 2023 Allways gotta love the stroll down McCrack creek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thefishleclair 175 Report post Posted April 17, 2023 Sounds like a Clean Up crew should be organized! Thunder Bay Fishing Board members get together??? Quote Grumpas' Baits Check it out on FB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustMe 5 Report post Posted April 17, 2023 Maybe get the people staying in the tents to help clean up. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summit 34 Report post Posted April 18, 2023 18 hours ago, Thefishleclair said: Sounds like a Clean Up crew should be organized! Thunder Bay Fishing Board members get together??? My suggestion is to have every steelheader put a small garbage bag in their vests everytime they go out. On the walk in/out/along the river pick up some trash and pack it out. Every river we fish should be trash free. No excuses. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobber Down 921 Report post Posted April 18, 2023 There are many active NSSA members. Maybe they can add McVicar and Current River/Fisherman's Park to their McIntyre clean up date. Members fish, take fish samples and do studies along both. The link to NSSA is below. Anyone can contact them and make suggestions on how to keep the rivers clean and litter free. Sadly, I'm sure they have heard it all before. https://northshoresteelhead.com/about/news/clean-mcintye-river-banks-and-roadways 1 Quote Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - WOW - what a ride!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustMe 5 Report post Posted April 18, 2023 They have done it before, probably be doing it again. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PkdR 11 Report post Posted April 18, 2023 The worst part is the needles on the ground… especially when wearing rubber boots!!! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thefishleclair 175 Report post Posted April 18, 2023 Iwill not wade in the water there for that reason Quote Grumpas' Baits Check it out on FB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobber Down 921 Report post Posted April 25, 2023 Walked the dog today along the river from Cumberland up to River. No garbarge. No tents. No needles that I could see. Very clean actually. I was surprised. There was a couple of guys fishing. Low water. Never saw anything swimming or jumping. Too early yet for the Mcvic. Took a shot of the construction at River St. Quote Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - WOW - what a ride!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TerJr 12 Report post Posted April 25, 2023 I walked along the water between 12:30 - 1:30, probably saw you. No sightings of any fish either, only saw a few needles down by the mouth at the lake. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zackcorbin1401 542 Report post Posted April 25, 2023 I gave it a go the other day and nothing… to be fair I didn’t put in much effort Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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TerJr 12 Report post Posted April 26, 2023 Wow, saw / caught nothing the other day. Near the waterfront? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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nic-herr 2 Report post Posted April 27, 2023 definitely not 8 pounds highly disagree and you should not have lost it with that fly/spinning combo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nwo_on_the_fly 7 Report post Posted April 28, 2023 1 hour ago, nic-herr said: definitely not 8 pounds highly disagree and you should not have lost it with that fly/spinning combo. How do you know ? Were you there? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nateandrychuk 15 Report post Posted April 28, 2023 4 hours ago, nic-herr said: definitely not 8 pounds highly disagree and you should not have lost it with that fly/spinning combo. Who are you to question his fish? And to say he shouldn’t have lost one. Lossing fish is apart of fishing no matter how good you are you will lose fish, And to say not 8 pounds there’s nothing in the pic to give the fish perspective to judge the size and you can still tell it’s a good one. How about being a respectful angler and saying congrats on the catch and to bad you lost the other, and take the info in that they’re starting to run in micvicks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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