and so it begins

[catmaster1557]

Got on the ice for the first time this year. and already had to spend 10 minutes chiseling beer cans and chip bags out of holes, and there was only 3 spots where houses were set up. Just a reminder to please take your garbage with you when you leave. These are the lakes we love to spend our time, lets keep them clean. Thank you that is all

[Northlander]

x2

[dairyman]

ditto!!!!!!

[CAMAN]

Ugh!! People should have permission, if they find someone leaving behind this cr@p, to grab them and shove whatever they left behind where the sun doesn't shine! I can guaranty they will never do it again!! :shakeshead:

[fishersofmen]

Problem is these people are most likely not reading this thread. Sure does get old seeing this cr@p though.

[robert aldrich]

true those people probly dont know aboutthis site.

[Eric_Kruger]

I cleaned up a case of empty's someone left between thursday night and this morning.

[servocam]

Thank you for taking the time to clean up after them! I usually have kids with me, so when we are packing up, I make them all spend 5 minutes looking around for any garbage they can find and put it in 5 gallon bucket.

I'm not afraid to yell at someone on the ice for littering...you should hear me yell, i mean inform, at people smoking on school grounds.

[muc33]

Same here, 2 cigarette boxes, 2 pop bottles and 1 sunflower seed package plus my favorite the beer can. Really people?

[Stick in Mud]

I just can't understand why these people need to litter....is it THAT hard to put the beer cans in the bucket and carry them home with you????

[Mrs Boilerman]

When the kids were little, we'd always bring an extra garbage bag with us. When they got bored with sitting still, they'd go out and collect garbage that had been left behind.

We still do that, even without the kids, but at least I know my grown kids aren't the ones leaving junk out there - they're the ones cleaning it up. Hopefully they'll teach their own children to do the same thing someday.

So maybe its not only about cleaning up your own mess, but teaching the next generations to do so.

[OtterMN]

The first year that my son was able to run around on the ice around our wheelhouse on Waconia he asked me"Dad, why is everybody leaving their garbage on the ice?" I told him I didn't know, we grabbed a bag and started picking up... we do it all the time now. People can be disgusting.

[OtterMN]

Oh yeah, he was 5! an effing 5 year old knows it's wrong...

[GlassEyeangler]

i found a folding chair left out on Marion this morning. i was the first on the ice today at 5:30am...it sat out there overnight. i brought it to shore. a folding chair...really, come on people - i know it's cold, but take your gear with you.

[Stick in Mud]

I can't imagine what the ice would look like if there weren't lots of people constantly picking up after these pigs...I mean, I pick up trash when I go out, and I know lots of other people do, too. How bad would it look if no one picked up?!?

[mww24]

its depressing seeing it. If it came out with you obviously you have the room to bring it in. Don't leave your cigarette butts on the ice either. they don't degrade very quickly. Just wish the people that do this would maybe read these threads.

[Walleye One]

Just got back from fishing Chisago - some loser dumped his couch on the boat launch.

[auggie78]

Just pure laziness!

[Stick in Mud]

Hmmmm...maybe he was hoping to come back and watch people bring in their fish? Why not just drop it off at the Salvation Army or Goodwill?