Ed Dzenis Toronto Star - “The tiny danger lurking in the waters of Lake Ontario”. This is the actual link, but it does not work, some clever programmer went to the trouble to deactivate the link when it is posted to Facebook; what is up with that? ...but you can Google it to find the story. We drink this stuff, our kids drink the stuff, it causes cancer etc etc. I know that alone won't motivate us to do anything; but when we come to the realization King Salmon filter this stuff everyday of their lives and will ultimately affect how big they grow. Now we have a problem.


This is not a new hydro dynamic downrigger weight. It is a Manta, from New York. These bright kids from New York took it upon themselves to run it on Lake Ontario. They found twice as many micro plastic beads than was found on the "Plastic Island" in the Pacific; the island the size of New Jersey. I tried to copy link to the story, the link fell apart when I tried to post it. It is not a new story, we like our plastic folks, it is that simple, and we are willing to ruin the largest freshwater supply on the planet, heck, the whole ocean for that matter. Every tackle shop we talked to North America told us; "we will not stock your new spoon until you put it in a plastic wrapper". I am really hoping that will never happen. The anglers in Scandinavia agreed to blades only; no plastic package.

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