Wishstik

Haha lol, thats great , the sad part about it though.... its true

Cheers ScaleyTom, dont worry there was a bit of that this time too. Found the odd bit of discarded line etc, all went in my bin bag and carted out. Nice fish pic on your avatar by the way

I think it depends on the night, if its a bright night (ie lots of moon) then its not as much of an issue. But on dark nights around the new moon I think it would be more of an issue as the mullys can be quite close in and can be spooked. Regardless of whether its a dark night or not I think you should minimise on the lights close to the water. Definitely on shining them around in the water. A small light up by your gear should be ok. Generally I just use a headlamp though and try to minimise shining the light on the water.

So did you clean it up? To that question to tell the truth no, feel bad for it. Saw it on the way out and was loaded to the hilt with gear and it was a fair wack of stuff left there. Big pile of steel tent poles mainly. Next time I go, if its still there I will make a point to ferry it out down to the bins at Gleesons campsite for sure. Other times I have found plastic bags full of old bait left down on the rocks at the other end of the beach. Just lucky I went for a walk down there. The bags wouldve ended in the drink. Cleaned the manky bait out and took the bags to the rubbish.

I agree. Yeh its hard to fathom that something that seems so abhorent to you and me and to most others, just does not raise any concerns or thought from some,,, its doesn't even raise an eyebrow...??? who knows. Hey I understand the try to catch fish bit, been trying to catch a big mully for ages, havent cracked it , but thats of the topic ha. I suppose all we can do is as you say rely on education and remain vigilant and if we see any of this going on, and if we can point it out to the person although this can become confronting.Cheers for your comments

No worries Holbream thanks for your reply. I wasn't trying to preach to the choir but was pretty peeved at what I saw just wanted to get it out there. Not angry at anyone directly. I am sure the guys on this site all do the right thing. But I also wrote this on the off chance ( I know probably not likely ) that the perpetrator may get the message. Lets face it, there are a lots of people out there who do this sort of thing, look at Browns beach for instance. Closed down a few times because of the litter. I guess we all gotta do our bit to to keep the places clean. Ive cleaned up other peoples

RECENTLY I WAS DOWN AT GLEESONS LANDING ON A FISHING TRIP AND WAS SHOCKED AND DISGUSTED TO SEE THAT SOMEONE HAD DISCARDED A DAMAGED PILE OF TENT POLES AND A BROCKEN FOLD UP CHAIR ON THE FORDUNE OF THE BEACH. I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO FATHOM HOW SOMEONE COULD BE SO THOUGHTLESS AND SO LAZY AS TO DO THIS. ALSO CONSIDERING WHAT HAS BEEN GOING IN RECENT YEARS WITH RESTRICTED ACCESS TO BEACHES AND MARINE PARKS WHAT WAS THIS PERSON THINKING OR NOT. I IMPLORE EVERY ONE, FISHOS, CAMPERS, SURFERS AND ALL THOSE THAT ENJOY OUR GREAT OUTDOOR PLACES, TAKE OUT WHATEVER YOU BRING IN. DONT LEAVE OLD BAIT BAGS, TA