Picking up strange trash

I was out enjoying the glorious weather on the ocean on Sunday when I saw what looked like a giant buoy. Then I noticed it had moved. I paddled over and discovered it was a large raft of pink and white party balloons.

No problem, I figured: I'll pop them and stuff them in an empty bait bag or something. Then I realized that all the balloons were full of sequin glitter. Great. Deck space is essential when crabbing, so I hopped out of the kayak and swam around to tie them on behind my tankwell.

Paddling around with my festive decorations worked fine until I started getting more crabs and putting them in the tankwell. Pop! I looked back to see a crab leg had poked one of the balloons and the back of my kayak was covered in glittery sequins. As I pulled the rest of my limit the sequins got all over, and when my friend helped drag my kayak up from the shorebreak there was a trail of sequins leading back to the water.

Another balloon popped in the back seat of my car. Sequins everywhere!

I finally corralled the balloons into the trash can at home and my daughter stabbed them with a sheath knife. 

I'm going to be finding these annoying sequins in unexpected places for a long time to come, but as I clean them up I will think of warm November sunshine on a peaceful ocean, sacks full of meaty dungeness, and time spent with my friends.

Party on👍👍 with good memories

Reminds me of the song, "like a rhinestone crabber..."

Love the positive comment at the end of your report, and it kinda sounds like a comedy skit. Glad you had a good day, and kudos on the cleanup.

Attitude of Gratitude 

Imaginative story!

Comes home with glitter and crabs????

Come on bro we all know where you went 

Glittery Balloons he says     


Good job cleaning up our ocean 

That reminds me of the time we were staying at Ceasars in Reno with some fishing buds. We were due to get up at 4:30 AM to head out to the lake. One of my buds shows up at 4:15 to the hotel room reeking of booze and cheap perfume. He had glitter all over his face from strip club boobies. Everytime I looked at him as we were fishing at Blockhouse that day his glittery head was nodding off.

Good for you for trying. Balloons and glitter are disgusting. Useless pieces of decoration that we end up eating.

Thanks for cleaning up! The most common pieces of trash I find while fishing are empty bags of bait and fisherman stuff. Booooooo!!! Pack it in Pack it out 

Just think of all the great karma you get for doing the right thing. I love plucking trash OTW. Just for the karma.

Too funny, I had to bump it.  Wish I could see pics of the sequins everywhere  How long did you keep finding them for 

I finally got my car detailed this year, so four years? 

Balloons should be illegal.

Balloons should be illegal.

I was about to comment but then noticed I already did...5 years ago!

Nooooo!  Balloons are awesome.  But the release of certain types is already prohibited (PC 653.1)

dayum, CDM!  Miss ya boy.