Proposed CA Fishing Tackle Lead Ban

[Fiskadoro]

In all fairness the case can be made against lead weights in shallow rivers and streams where waterfowl can get a hold of them and swallow them, and where fisherman fish the exact smae spot over and over for years. The idea of banning small lead weights in the Ocean is absolutely ridiculous. The only small weights I use in saltwater are egg shape sinkers either in the surf for Corbina, or for flylining bait with a little weight offshore. You loose a small egg sinker in the surf and it's buried in seconds. You loose one offshore it sinks to the bottom and it has absolutely zero impact to the environment. This is the nature of knee jerk environmentalism. If it was really about environmental impact they would not of bothered with saltwater fishing.