Rubbish on the Bank

November 24, 2010 shaun 4 comments

I had put a post up on Facebook yesterday after having to remove a hook from Brook’s mouth – Brook being my carp dog. This is what I wrote…

The hook I removed from Brook

Shaun Harrison A plea to all. Please be extra careful with baited rigs on the bank. I had to remove this hook from Brook’s mouth this week-end. Fortunately she had stood on the line and hooked herself before she swallowed the yellow boilie which was still attached.
I have 2 friends who have both ended up with 4 figure vets bills after their dogs had swallowed baited rigs. Brook keeps the factory floor clean of boilies so it is totally natural for her to pick a boilie up off the floor. This rig was to the side of a swim so had probably been pulled there by a mouse or something.

I was really pleased that I had so many responses to it but it did lead onto a few private messages going on in the background and on the back of one of these I decided to write this Blog piece on litter and general tidiness on the bank.

Rubbish and discarded terminal tackle – why do people leave it on the bank? Everyone I talk to claims it their pet hate to see rubbish yet go to most ticket venues and the said rubbish is there to be seen and the said anglers who hate to see it appear to do nothing about it!

I know it’s not nice clearing up after others but surely this is better than sitting amongst rubbish until we can finally get through to some of these low lifes or better still see a firmer stance on this issue by the controlling clubs.

Anglers seeing me on the bank for the first time often comment about my litter bin and what a

Bucket inside a bucket - bait and rubbish bin in one.

good idea it is so I guess now is a relevant time to mention my bin which takes hardly any extra carrying and is indeed quite multi functional – let me explain.

I actually carry a bucket inside a bucket so it only looks like one bucket when being carried. The first bucket has my bait etc in – the second bucket (the outer one) becomes my rubbish bin for the trip. I have a bin liner in it so it saves the bucket getting smelly. When the rubbish bin is full, the bait is gone so the roles are reversed again leaving just the one bucket to lug around.

Soft and warm padded lid

So whilst fishing I have a bait bucket as well as a rubbish bin with a lid to prevent any problems with rodents or anything else picking up what they shouldn’t.

For what it is worth this same bucket has a padded lid – I gaffa taped circles of a camping roll mat on the top so the rubbish bin also becomes a warm (you’d be amazed how much difference it makes) guest seat or fish watching perch as well as a table top

Table top height for spodding/spombing

for my other bucket when spodding.

Simple job to carry another bucket shell but oh so useful and you always have somewhere to put yours and unfortunately the rubbish left by others. Why on earth people go to the trouble of hiding their rubbish in the bushes – this really winds me up the fact that they take the effort to do this only for it to be on full display come the winter time. Surely it’s easier to take the lid off a bucket and drop your rubbish in there.

Best fishes

Shaun