I’ve dumped my shrimp heads back into the creek to feed the crabs and other fishes, but this was not real cool…someone dumped their shrimp heads in the mud beside the floating dock at low tide. The smell and flies…well, you can imagine.
This gives a nice black eye to all shrimp baiters, deserved or not.
/try to find some deeper water next time!
“I am constantly amazed at the stupidity of the general public.”
~my dad
Equipment:
190cc Sea Pro w/130 Johnson
1- 18 year old ( has decided being with parents isn’t cool)
1 - 15 year old (still does not mind hanging with the 'rents)
1 - wife (The Warden)
I always throw fish carcasses, shrimp heads/shells, crab, etc back into the water after cleaning them. I’ll even go through the inconvenience of if I have to put stuff in a ziplock and freeze it if I can’t get to the water immediately, I feel like I’m at least helping the marine food chain. Something living in the water will eat that stuff.
Does a lot more good there than in the trash can, garbage disposal or fertilizer.
I always throw fish carcasses, shrimp heads/shells, crab, etc back into the water after cleaning them. I’ll even go through the inconvenience of if I have to put stuff in a ziplock and freeze it if I can’t get to the water immediately, I feel like I’m at least helping the marine food chain. Something living in the water will eat that stuff.
Does a lot more good there than in the trash can, garbage disposal or fertilizer.
I don’t usually have a lot to discard, but I give my stuff back to the little critters too. I also have some frozen fish heads taking up freezer space. All this guy had to do was walk an extra 15 feet and he could have dumped his shrimp heads in deep water.
“I am constantly amazed at the stupidity of the general public.”
~my dad
Equipment:
190cc Sea Pro w/130 Johnson
1- 18 year old ( has decided being with parents isn’t cool)
1 - 15 year old (still does not mind hanging with the 'rents)
1 - wife (The Warden)
I beleive putting the heads back in the water contribute to the shrimp disease as when people around here had shrimp ponds the shrimp that died in the ponds contributed to the problem greatly, from the bacteria I think. I’m lucky enough to live where I can just bury them in the garden. Takes a lazy #*# to pour em out beside a public landing
I beleive putting the heads back in the water contribute to the shrimp disease as when people around here had shrimp ponds the shrimp that died in the ponds contributed to the problem greatly, from the bacteria I think. I’m lucky enough to live where I can just bury them in the garden. Takes a lazy #*# to pour em out beside a public landing
You can’t catch fish on a dry line
What’s the difference between fish, crabs, etc eating a live shrimp vs a shrimp head that was attached to the tail hours before?
I’d prefer to give it back to the water where it does more good than buried in the dirt.
Black gill is a parasite attaching itself to the gills(lungs) of shrimp…When the shrimp die,the parasites become free swimming in search of live hosts. contaminated heads definitely contribute to the spread of blackgill…how much compared to a predator eating and digesting the shrimp??? Dont really know but suspect that many of the parasites would be digested along with the shrimp…
As far as stopping the blackgill,I suspect disposing of contaminated heads will not have much impact.
quote:Originally posted by bonecrusher
quote:Originally posted by Marsh-picker
I beleive putting the heads back in the water contribute to the shrimp disease as when people around here had shrimp ponds the shrimp that died in the ponds contributed to the problem greatly, from the bacteria I think. I’m lucky enough to live where I can just bury them in the garden. Takes a lazy #*# to pour em out beside a public landing
You can’t catch fish on a dry line
What’s the difference between fish, crabs, etc eating a live shrimp vs a shrimp head that was attached to the tail hours before?
I’d prefer to give it back to the water where it does more good than buried in the dirt.
