Category: Pollution
Science: Bass and Butts
That title got your attention? I forget what the latest smoking statistics are for this country. I know it’s been on the decline lately. I also know they’re coming out with those real life gruesome pictures to put on packs to help discourage smoking. Steering this now a little toward bass fishing – I know [...]
Don’t Eat Smallie Privates…
…if you’re catching ‘em in the Susquehanna River, as well as CO, DE, IA and OH. Disturbing stuff. As far as PA goes, we’ve covered the problems Susquehanna smallies are facing, and the questionable things the PA Fish and Boat Commission is doing in response, but here’s a new wrinkle. It’s in the “we can’t [...]
PA Bass Tourney Guys Speak Up
A while back we posted about how the PA Fish and Boat Commission said that Susquehanna River smallies were suffering from pollution – so they decided to ban spring bass tourneys, and mandate measure-and-release the rest of the year. This is like…well, I can’t think of an analogy off the top of my head, but [...]
Uh, Tranny Bass Found in DE, MD, PA
How would you feel if you caught a bass that had a deep voice but wore a dress and carried a purse? Well, that’s basically what’s going on thanks to what are called “endocrine-mimicking” chemicals – stuff dumped into water that causes things living in the water to be “gender-challenged,” shall we say. Been going [...]
Pollution Solution: Ban Tourneys
Let’s start this off with a couple quick newspaper quotes: “In a bid to save a once-famous smallmouth bass fishery, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission [recently] passed emergency regulations for catch-and-release-only bass fishing on much of the lower Susquehanna River and part of the Juniata River. The new PFBC regulations also ban popular bass [...]
