Raritan river 10/6/15:

[AndyS]

Johnson Park Raritan river. Stumbled upon the mother lode. They were everywhere, along with some sort of cloth flags, flower leis, and limes, lots and lots of limes.

[Chrisper4694]

you should sell that stuff!

[Walleyed]

Johnson Park Raritan river. Stumbled upon the mother lode. They were everywhere, along with some sort of cloth flags, flower leis, and limes, lots and lots of limes.

Limes, but no tequila? :eek:

[Bicey]

Come on man. .......celebrate diversity.......you may have bad karma now ;)

[Esox Luciano]

That sucks!!! Especially when we see all the efforts by Andy & the crews.

http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a573/Realdeal47/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-06_18.03.19_zpsworczutc.jpg (http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/Realdeal47/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10-06_18.03.19_zpsworczutc.jpg.html)

[RATS]

It is very bad to drink Jobus rum

[Eskimo]

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All those statues actually washed into the river during this flood:


http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CF49ZoUUoAA040T.jpg


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[bunker dunker]

now that's funny!!! I don't care who you are

[Billfish715]

Those figurines/statues were tossed into the river as part of a Hindu ritual/festival Ganesh Chaturthi. At the end of the festival, the figurines are tossed into the water to commemorate the creation and dissolving of life in nature. The statues used to be made of clay but are now made of plaster of paris. They are supposed to dissolve (if made of clay) but those that are not, seem to pollute the body of water they were tossed into. There were so many tossed into some rivers especially the Ganges, that fish died from the release of so many chemicals that were in and on the statues. It seems that the best best thing to do was to remove them from the water before they possibly polluted that section of the river. I looked this information up on Yahoo.

[Poncho]

Why can't these people celebrate by having a good ole' American Barbeque!!!!

[crustyangler17]

i was at the canal last week this hindu bitch pulls up in the pitch black night gets out of the car walks right next to me and tosses the damn statue 3 feet from where i was fishing and does some prayer shit. i looked at her in astonishment bc i had no clue what was happening and she walked away, all as if to say **** you and you culture, this is what i believe in. i live in an area thats 80% indian. these people are rude, cheap, un-hygenic, and stare at you all the time. if they cant respect what im doing and have to toss a 20 lb rock right in front of me without saying anything then i am against diversity, sorry.

[Mark B.]

It looks like some education is working in NY.


"Promoting Environmental Awareness Among Practicing Hindus":

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/18/nyregion/promoting-environmental-awareness-among-practicing-hindus.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0

[Esox Luciano]

It looks like some education is working in NY.

Let's hope the Hindus in NJ follow as well. We as citizens, anglers, environmentalists, etc., have enough pollutants in the water as is by our own doing. Letting this blantnent disrespect to our environment, and laws for that matter, continue with no consequences to those who choose to ignore them, will only result in an escalation of contaminates in all of our NJ waters. Leading of course to killing fish & any bird/fowl or animal living in or off the water, spreading of disease, and ultimately another "Superfund" project that can hopefully bring us back. Pretty ridiculous...but we're letting it happen!!!
The main place of this practice in India is the Ganges River.The Ganges was ranked as the fifth most polluted river of the world in 2007. Pollution threatens not only humans, but also more than 140 fish species, 90 amphibian species and the endangered Ganges river dolphin.It has also been suggested that eighty percent of all illnesses in India and one-third of deaths can be attributed to water-borne diseases. Go figure.
Really hope our state gets more focused on actions against people who desecrate our environment and the sanctity that it may hold for us.