out against drop shot. Lloyd made a mistake to speak out against natural
baits. Now the truth about drop shot must be revealed.
Drop shot is an artificial bait made from long lasting latex and most
products are not bi o degradable. In fighting aids the pressure on the
environment of manufacturing latex may be justified, but polluting of
our natural systems with long lasting latex is not something to boast about.
Natural baits used on normal hooks is the least invasive method of
fishing in pre and post manufacturing pressure on the environment.
Targeting juvenile species all the time leads to fish getting hurt
before they reach sexual maturity. Stress on fish, caught and released,
could be fatal even if the hook is removed without harm to the fish.
When a juvenile do swallow the drop shot he is not only burdened with a
hook, quarter once of sinker and indigestible latex, but the chances are
that it will drown through suffocation.
Fishing with Natural bait on a mild steel hook is much more
environmental friendly. Many fish have been caught a second and third
time with rusted hooks in various stages of degrading inside them. The
fact that they can return to the hunt and be caught again is proof
enough of the limited invasion they experience.
No fish can hunt with a three inch latex bait stuck in its mouth
attached to a piece of non degradable lead.
So if the makers of this program could please do a retraction of the
statement that drop shot is more environmental friendly than natural
baits, we will stop any bad publicity from our side against drop shot ASAP..
It is very irresponsibles for the LBSA -Team and The DSSA and The OSSA
Team to join up with ESA and broadcast such a controversial statement.
Thanks Guys...
1 comment:
Well I never saw the offending episode, so I can't comment directly on what was said, but Dropshot is on the increase, and the pieces of latex / ruber / artificial lure will soon start to mount up, as these are all NON BIO DEGRADEABLE as far as I know.
Perhaps when these materials are all fast bio-degradeable products this might be true, but right now I do believe that traditional bait fishing is much more environmentaly friendly, as all including the mild steel hook, will return to the environment with minimum polution effects.
When a hungry fish strikes a bait, you will get a surprise at the damage it inflicts to the bait, and dropshot lures are often torn apart. I have watched many anglers just simply throw the pieces into the water, where they will accumilate, and be available for fish to swallow and be constipated, as the latex / rubber is indigestable.
Most fish have a way of turning their stomachs inside out to eject unwanted items in their gut, but this will not destroy the artificial bait and accumumilate in places where other fish may do the same.
The real question is what will the accumilative impact of the silicone ruber and latex be on the marine or other aquatic invironment.
Fish like Shad, trout and bass have teath and these make some serious damage to baits, and often leave dropshot in many peices. These pieces will remain in the fishing environment for many years, and if there are no currents to move them out of the area, the area may become seriously effected in the long term.
Traditional baits will be consumed by their natural enemy's and bacteria, leaving little or no eveidence that there was ever a discarded bait in the area, but the latex / silicone dropshot peices will remain for a very long time.
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