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06/12/2019 11:18AM
It seems like the rules have changed on this topic a few times and it's been a few years since I've been in the area.
So, what's preferred method when it comes to disposing of fish remains in Ontario this year?
So, what's preferred method when it comes to disposing of fish remains in Ontario this year?
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06/12/2019 08:16PM
How this varies over the years. Once it was bury them deep away from shore and a couple of years it was paddle out and put them on a rock in the lake for the eagles to swoop down and grab them.
"I shall return" General Douglas McArthur
07/05/2019 09:19PM
I usually clean my fish on an island away from camp, and leave the remains conspicuously on the rocks for the gulls and eagles to clean up. IF I have to clean them at or near camp, I will deep-six the remains.
It is totally stupid and misguided to tell people to bury fish remains. That is the dumbest thing those at the Boundary Waters tell you to do. Those fish guts belong much, much further from camp than you are going to bushwhack anyway. And you can't hardly dig a decent hole in most cases. Deep six the remains if you think there will be other people around who might object to carcasses laying around.
It is totally stupid and misguided to tell people to bury fish remains. That is the dumbest thing those at the Boundary Waters tell you to do. Those fish guts belong much, much further from camp than you are going to bushwhack anyway. And you can't hardly dig a decent hole in most cases. Deep six the remains if you think there will be other people around who might object to carcasses laying around.
07/06/2019 08:06AM
What Joewildlife said. On the rocks for the gulls/eagles or overboard in the middle of the lake.
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
07/11/2019 07:22AM
joewildlife: It is totally stupid and misguided to tell people to bury fish remains. That is the dumbest thing those at the Boundary Waters tell you to do. Those fish guts belong much, much further from camp than you are going to bushwhack anyway. And you can't hardly dig a decent hole in most cases. Deep six the remains if you think there will be other people around who might object to carcasses laying around. "
Completely agree. Can't stand that rule of burying remains in the BWCA.
"It is more important to live for the possibilities that lie ahead than to die in despair over what has been lost." -Barry Lopez
07/19/2019 04:45PM
HowardSprague: "Always pack out all fish remains."
Howie, you are one funny dude. LOL
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
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