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Why wouldn't you just pee into the water into which you are fishing?
by bluedino 6y ago
Why wouldn't you just pee into the water into which you are fishing?
- faeyanpiraat 6y agoAre you serious?
- AlexandrB 6y agoWhere do you think the fish pee?
- whatshisface 6y agoYou're in a boat in the middle of a flat lake. Picture it.
- idlewords 6y agoIn tiny bottles.
- faeyanpiraat 6y agoDo you happen to “move your bowels” into the lake aswell?
- foobiekr 6y agoBecause you are contaminating the water. Don’t do this.
- sokoloff 6y agoEvery acre-foot of lake is over 325K gallons or well over a million liters. A typical destination lake will have over half-trillion (0.5 x 10¹²) gallons of water in it. Your and your 1000 friends' pint/500mL of urine isn't going to do anything meaningful to the lake.
- ahelwer 6y agoI enjoy public lands quite a bit; people really should adhere to Leave No Trace[0] principles quite strictly - which says to urinate at least 200 feet from water sources. People always want to be a lawyer about why each rule does or doesn't apply to their specific situation. And we all suffer for it. [0] https://www.outdoors.org/articles/amc-outdoors/leave-no-trace-dispose-of-waste-properly https://www.outdoors.org/articles/amc-outdoors/leave-no-trac...
- ghaff 6y agoBTW, it depends on the climate. Somewhere like the Grand Canyon that is quite dry other than the big river flowing through it along with some streams and other tributaries, the preference is to pee in the river. I agree that in the Northeast, the preference is to do it away from water sources.
- anticristi 6y ago> Urine will not harm vegetation or soil, according to Leave No Trace, however it may attract wildlife. When locating a discrete spot, follow Leave No Trace guidelines to travel on durable surfaces as well as stay 200 feet away from water sources. Dilute the urine afterwards by pouring water over it. I gather urinating in lakes is okay even by the strictest standards.
- whimsicalism 6y agoI don't think a reasonable reading of the principles you linked generates the rules you are saying they do.
- sangnoir 6y agoI remember an open reservoir being emptied because surveillance video showing a person peeing in it got publicized; millions of gallons gone to waste because people are more disgusted by human urine than they are by decomposing possums.
- Taylor_OD 6y agoAnimals pee in that water.
- Taylor_OD 6y agoFish and animals die and decompose in that water.
- dahdum 6y agoThat works well when you're far enough from others, male, and you can keep your balance in a small boat while standing. A tin can / bottle works in more situations. You just pour it out over the side after then rinse it in the lake.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoThe same reason that there's the "no alcoholic beverages" rule right above the "no pissing" rule. Once upon a time someone either did it in poor taste or complained in poor taste and now it's against the rules and there's yet another entry on the big sign by the boat launch saying so. So everyone keeps doing it but they have to hide it for plausible deniability.
- stickfigure 6y ago"Water? Never touch the stuff. Fish fuck in it." -- W.C. Fields
- codezero 6y agoIt was on the Detroit river, a major shipping lane and the boat was tiny, I’d be flashing everyone and I was a kid and self conscious about pissing in front of people, still am.