What do you think I am? Can you figure me out? Don't leave 
me out there, please.
We were out for a Sunday afternoon drive and stopped at the Boynton Inlet. Also known as the South Lake Worth Inlet, this area is a great place to have a picnic, fish and watch the boats going out the Inlet to the ocean, or attempting to come in. This is a tough inlet... very narrow and has scared the bejabbers out of me more than once. Take a look at a small boat exiting the Boynton Inlet.
But, what is more frightening to me are the numbers of wildlife that will become entangled in discarded fishing line, or injured by lures, sinkers, kite string, balloons, plastic six-pack rings and plastic bags.
Years ago, while heading out the Boca Inlet we saw a beautiful pelican on pilings by the bridge struggling for its life because of a plastic 6-pack ring around its beak. Because of the current we could not stop. We placed a call to the Florida Marine Patrol to please come and rescue this bird. I have never forgotten that bird. You can watch this video of a pelican caught in line.
See this sight just once and you will always think twice about any seemingly insignificant piece of trash that you may toss aside.
Surely you’ve guessed by now what this is..
This is a fishing line recycling receptacle placed on docks and piers for waste fishing line. Monofilament fishing line can be recycled to make underwater habitat structures. Florida has a Monofilament Recovery and Recycling Program, as do other states.
If you’re heading out to do some boating or fishing please
remember that our oceans are not over-sized trash receptacles.
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