[buzzbaiter]

Anglers do many irresponsible things, leaving line in a tree branch is hardly one of them. I've probably lost about $1000 in lures & line because my line snapped and either the water was too deep or a branch too high or too far to get it back. Hows that being irresponsible? Line discarded on the ground is being lazy. Line left in a tree is usually an accident. Not sure where it got hung up. Maybe the grackle can tell us...

I wade a lot around the edges of lakes & ponds and more than once became entangled in line I didn't see. Some so strong it nearly tripped me over. Do I like this? Of course not but I'm gonna play the blame game. Heck for all I know it was my own line from years ago! What I can blame anglers for is all the garbage discarded in the water that I find along the edges like lure packages. I will say though that the item I find most in the water is beer cans. Lots of them.