I live on Gray’s Bay on Lake Minnetonka and spend lots of my time on the lake all season long. I love to walk the dogs, skate, swim, fish, water-ski and enjoy all aspect of the lake. I take pride on keeping it clean and always pick up trash when I see it.

My favorite time is walking on the lake almost every day during the winter months with my two yellow labs. As I walking my labs they are being labs sniffing and hunting for the next best smell they can find. They always seem to pick up on the fishing holes (Auger holes) as they can always find something there. It disappoints me to frequently find trash, beer/pop cans and fast food containers right near the holes. It really bothers that there are people out there that really don’t care about keeping our lakes clean for the next generation. Are they really that oblivious and ignorant? Don’t we want our children and their children to be able to enjoy the lakes like we do?

Don’t get me wrong! I’m an avid “fisherwomen” and have been fishing my whole life. I LOVE seeing all the fish houses and people enjoying the winter months on the lakes but, it pains me to think they are not respecting our beautiful lakes and water ways. PLEASE KEEP OUR LAKES CLEAN AND PICK UP YOUR TRASH! I know most of you feel the same way I do and hope if you see someone not respecting our community to respectively ask them to pick up their mess.

Thanks for reading this.