Environmental Groups Still Using Lead Lies to Threaten Recreational Fishing
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 2:36PM 
Anti-fishing groups use the loon as the "poster child" for their campaigns.
If you’re a freshwater angler and you think that your right to fish isn’t being threatened also, I have news for you:
You’re wrong.
The same folks who want to implement Catch Shares in our ocean fisheries and establish “marine protected area” where no fishing is allowed, are coming after you as well.
Only their approach is a little less in-your-face and a lot more sinister.
With the iconic loon as their poster pinup, they want to take away your right to fish in fresh water by starting with a ban on lead. And not just weights either. They want to eliminate jigheads, spinnerbaits, and anything else with a lead component.
The latest evidence: The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is looking for a lead campaign manager. Get the job description here.
Here’s a key part of that description: Campaign Manager will work with states and agencies to put lead-free regulations into effect.
And here’s an interesting coincidence: ABC joined the usual cast of anti-fishing characters --- Environmental Defense Fund, Ocean Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, etc. --- in supporting President Obama’s creation of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, which set up a massive bureaucracy for “zoning” uses of marine waters.
“Since the fishing industry is already leading with producing non-toxic sinkers, and waterfowl were the only birds really in need of a lead-free zone (loons and other birds do ingest lead shot), so to speak, this smacks to me as totally unnecessary and, therefore, more nefarious,” says a confidential source.
