02-22-2023, 04:18 AM
I think I've done my share of reports on RP, and I wasn't planning on doing this one (but yes, I did get some good quality perch again Pres. day)..so I'm bringing up the issue I saw yesterday about messin' and littering out on the ice..Last week I did well at a spot, so I figured that would at least be a good place to start again..Sure enough, someone else had drilled right next to my holes between Fri. and Sun.,leaving their garbage right there, esp. a bunch of orange peelings...I still fished close by my old holes...As I started setting up my tent, 2 younger Japanese guys walked right up to my site, just speaking Japanese to each other (I spent a little time in Japan, couldn't understand them, but recognized it) then set up 50 yds South of me..I thought that was a little odd, with no one else anywhere near me...I fished, they fished, they left around noon...When it slowed down to nothing for me, I decided to hike over and try one of their holes..Funny, I thought, that these hole patterns and size matched those that someone had drilled earlier by my site...nothing going on here, but the garbage they left...cigarette butts, food wrappers and other plastics, and sure enough, lots of orange peelings...too bad they were long gone, I think I could have conjured up a few Japanese words I remembered from my military time...I'm an OG now, no saint, but I don't recall purposely throwing junk overboard from boat, or leaving garbage out on the ice where it'll soon be junk in the water...I'm sure these 2 aren't BFT guys, as they have no respect for our waters...Please teach your kids and grandkids to respect our resources...Sorry, I hope I'm preachin' to the choir here, but that really just psd me off...