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Travel Bug Dog Tag Ghost Net!!!! What is a Ghost Net????????????

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Owner:
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Released:
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Origin:
Michigan, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Troll Bridge

This is not collectible.

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Current Goal

GHOST NET:  A KILLER

Goes everywhere there is water!!

 

TB Restart Date:  12/16/2021

About This Item

To travel the US and spread the word about Ghost Nets. What is a ghost net??? They are fishing nets that have been lost accidentally, deliberately discarded, or simply abandoned at sea. They travel the oceans of the world with the currents and tides continually fishing as they progress through the waters. As they are unattended and roaming, they fish indiscriminately, not only catching threatened species but undersized and protected fish as well. It is a real problem. In the old days the nets were made of twine and ropes. They would decompose after awhile. Now they are made of nylon which just goes on and on to fish for years and years. Do a web search and check out how widespread of a problem it is.

This bug wants to catch Travel Bugs that it meets. Place up to SIX bugs in the neat. Be sure and log each one into and out of the cache. When six are caught a release can be made. In the real world a Ghost Net doesn't release anything!

About This Item

Dying fish caught in a Ghost Net attract other fish which get caught too. Then they attract more fish. It is a bad cycle of death in a Ghost Net..

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Tracking History (62572.7mi) View Map

Dropped Off 11/25/2025 rangers5! placed it in Troll Bridge Texas - 4,552.58 miles  Visit Log

I picked up this trackable along the way. It traveled overseas with me educating people, and now I’m dropping it off here at a very beautiful place and somewhere where the learning can be applied. Keep it moving.

Visited 11/25/2025 rangers5! took it to Charles Rennie Mackintosh Southern Scotland, United Kingdom - 4,411.2 miles  Visit Log

This trackable was here. Obviously it cannot be dropped. So it keeps traveling and educating people.

Discovered It 4/20/2024 Dorset Scarecrow discovered it   Visit Log

Thank you for sharing your wonderful collection of geocoins and travelbugs

Retrieve It from a Cache 6/7/2022 rangers5! retrieved it from TB Lay-Over Illinois   Visit Log

Thank you for the learning about Ghost Nets! The trackable facilitated a great discussion within the family. Will keep it moving forward.

Write note 6/7/2022 rangers5! posted a note for it   Visit Log

Thank you for the education on Ghost Nets! It facilitated a great discussion in our family. We will keep it moving. Amazing to see how far the message has traveled! TFTT!

Dropped Off 5/1/2022 mandymk86 placed it in TB Lay-Over Illinois - 15.1 miles  Visit Log

Dropped off this TB! When we picked it up in MO, the wood tag was broken. I made a metal replacement tag for it, so that should last a lot longer. Happy travels!

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Visited 4/16/2022 mandymk86 took it to Leave the Light On For Jamie Illinois - 677.18 miles  Visit Log

A quick dip at our home cache before heading back out!

Retrieve It from a Cache 3/20/2022 mandymk86 retrieved it from North Side Resting Spot Missouri   Visit Log

retrieved from North Side Resting Spot, but the GC app wouldn't let me log it properly.

Write note 3/20/2022 mandymk86 posted a note for it   Visit Log

Retrieved TB, left a new TB. Looks like the proxy tag is broken, will try to repair or replace.

Dropped Off 3/5/2022 Frootloopy65 placed it in North Side Resting Spot Missouri - 643.22 miles  Visit Log

Dropped it off

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