04-11-2012, 08:57 PM
[cool][#0000ff]You wouldn't believe how bad some of those "groups" could be. On one occasion we had a small BFT Knolls cleanup session. Filled a couple of pickups with cans, beer bottles, dirty diapers and lots of other noteworthy stuff. Looked better than I have ever seen it. I went fishing there just 4 days later...after a big weekend...and you would never know we even cleaned it up. Terrible.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A lot of us have been told that if we can't keep it clean it will be close to the public. And a lot of us always take plastic trash bags and pack out as much as we can. But the filthy slobs must truck the stuff in because there is no way someone could leave all that junk just from fishing. Of course one element that is the worst of the lot uses it because it is free access and they camp there for days at a time...drinking and throwing their trash all over as they empty containers...or change the diapers on their 20 kids.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I can't say as I blame the property owner. There are several good fishing areas around the lake that are more or less permanently off limits to the public just for that reason.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One of the big issues on this property is that there has already been much of it fenced off and posted no trespassing for years. That is where the owner grazes cattle each year. But in the past couple of years the "trashers" not only ignore the posted signs (in English) but also cut down fences, start fires and have even killed livestock...as well as leaving piles of trash in the no trespassing area. I wouldn't just close the area. I would set up on the hill with a sniper rifle and let it do the enforcing.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A lot of us have been told that if we can't keep it clean it will be close to the public. And a lot of us always take plastic trash bags and pack out as much as we can. But the filthy slobs must truck the stuff in because there is no way someone could leave all that junk just from fishing. Of course one element that is the worst of the lot uses it because it is free access and they camp there for days at a time...drinking and throwing their trash all over as they empty containers...or change the diapers on their 20 kids.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I can't say as I blame the property owner. There are several good fishing areas around the lake that are more or less permanently off limits to the public just for that reason.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One of the big issues on this property is that there has already been much of it fenced off and posted no trespassing for years. That is where the owner grazes cattle each year. But in the past couple of years the "trashers" not only ignore the posted signs (in English) but also cut down fences, start fires and have even killed livestock...as well as leaving piles of trash in the no trespassing area. I wouldn't just close the area. I would set up on the hill with a sniper rifle and let it do the enforcing.[/#0000ff]
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