Beach Clean-up at Gooseberry Island this Saturday

jakef

The Massachusetts Chapter of Stripercoast Surfcasters Club is once again hosting a beach cleanup event at Gooseberry Island, Westport, MA on Saturday April 16th. We'll be getting started at 9am and hope to finish up around 3pm, with a break for a picnic lunch around noon.

We hope that you'll consider joining with us Wink

For more information, or to volunteer, please contact:

Jacob Freeman
jake@stripercoastsurfcasters.us

jakef · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:37 am Post subject:

In spite of the blustery conditions, we had a good clean-up day. 13 volunteers worked together to pick up 30 bags of trash, 18 lobster pots, tires, & misc scrap metal from the shoreline of Gooseberry Island in Westport, MA. Big thanks to those who came out to lend a hand!!

Here are a few photos from the day...

volume4130 · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:12 am Post subject:

Glad to see some who actually cares about the area they fish. Some of my local spots are loaded with garbage, I should probably start bringing a trash bag!

jakef · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:19 am Post subject:

Thanks!
Bringing (and USING) a trash bag is always a good thing to do.

It's actually part of the code of conduct for my surfcasting club:

meat7gtk · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:12 am Post subject:

Thats great man! So many sloppy people out everywhere unfortunately.

volume4130 · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:32 pm Post subject:

That's a great rule to have! I was fishing one of the New York City Reservoirs this weekend while visiting the inlaws, and the amount of trash around the lake was incredible! This is a place where you need a special permit just to walk around in the surrounding woods...basically no one is there except for people fishing, because there aren't any hiking paths. I just don't understand how you could treat your local fishing hole/escape to nature like that! Wish I brought that big bag...