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Let's go Fishing!
PlayCleanGo Awareness Week
June 1-8, 2024
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Celebrate PlayCleanGo Awareness Week by doing your part to prevent the spread of invasive species while fishing! Clean, Drain, and Dry your watercraft and equipment and dispose of unwanted bait, worms, and fish parts in the trash! Your favorite fishing spots will thank you!
Take Action: Fishing
- Clean your gear and equipment including waders, footwear, ropes, anchors, bait traps, dip nets, down rigger cables, fishing lines, and field gear before leaving water access. Scrub off any visible material on footwear with a stiff brush.
- Drain the water from watercraft, motor, bilge, bladder tanks, live-well and portable bait containers before leaving water access. Replace with spring or dechlorinated tap water when keeping live bait before leaving water access.
- Dry everything five days or more, unless otherwise required by local or state laws, when moving between waters to kill small species not easily seen OR wipe with a towel before reuse.
- Dispose of unwanted bait, fish parts, and packing materials, in the trash; do not dump them in the water or on land.
Other key actions:
- Use non-felt soled boots to further reduce the risk of spreading aquatic invasive species.
- Fish caught for eating or taxidermy should be cleaned at designated fish cleaning stations or placed on ice.
- Never dump live fish or other organisms from one water body into another.
- For more steps you can take, visit the Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers page.
Why anglers need to clean, drain, and dry their fishing gear.
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