I wouldn't mind if they forced the manufacturers to convert to biodegradable plastics for the environments sake, as long as I'm allowed to fish out what I have. This could take a very long while.

Rokibass

No science behind the problems these "plastics" cause fish or ecosystems and waterways.  Until that is shown no worries.  And besides, you honestly believe that people won't start creating their own molds and making their own plastics?  Heck of a big buck to get started but once you have the equipment you can be making your own plastics in no time.

These regulations will never be able to be enforced.  People will consistently get away with it and it will be yet another joke just like the "this product contains lead, a chemical known TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA to cause birth defects".  Seriously?  Do we live in seperate worlds?  These environmentalist groups have nothing better to do then hug trees.  Whatever.

As the late Charlton Heston said:  "From My Cold, Dead Hands !"  

The key is zero tolerance for such regulations, zero tolerance for environmentalist and big government supporting groups, and zero tolerance for any politician who votes for or supports such a ban.

I'm sorry but IMHO any fisherman, hunter, or other outdoorsman should be very much of an environmentalist. We should all be aware of what the impact is of what we do and the products we use on the environment. It seems that in most cases going to extremes in either direction is not the best answer. And to have zero tolerance for environemental considerations is not the way to go. Neither is caving in to those who would ban something like this without reasonable science behind the ban.

DWS

By environmentalists I mean the extremists. I don't mean those who want to go to reasonable lengths to keep our water, air, and countrysides clean. I am a big supporter of keeping our water clean and making sure things don't harm our waters and air.

thats whacked up man. im not givin my soft plastics away. does this include soft plastic trailers?

could never get rid of soft plastics, its like drugs, they will always be there even if they were illegal

I can't recall where I read it but there were big holes in the research that supported the article. The fact that it was in Field and Stream made it highly suspect in my mind. While F & S was at one time a great magazine I have not bought one in years and it is likely to be years before I buy another unless they make major changes.