Fish House License After Feb 28

[miller27]

If I take my wheel house out on the lake after Feb 28 and take it back home with me (not leaving it on the lake unattended or overnight), does the house have to have a shelter licensed purchased from the DNR?

[slipbobbin]

No It Does not.

[Nutty Fisherman]

but it does need your DNR # or name and address or Drivers license #

[Zoob]

If you take it with you each night - you don't need a license on it, not just after Feb 28 - but all season long.

The shelter license lets you keep it on the ice, unattended, during ice season (rather, midnight to one hour prior sunrise).

Licensed or not, as Nutty said - you still need to ID it (DNR#, DL # or Name/Address - in 2" letters)

[Ed Carlson]

I believe also you must have it completely off the ice when not in use, not just to the shore and still resting on the ice. Otherwise they could still ding ya for it being "on the ice".

As I understand it, if in use and occupied and during the hours specified in the DNR Regs, the same licensing will hold true tell the end of the 2009/2010 ice season.

[Zoob]

Right-on, Ed. As of today - the only way a shelter can be on the ice, is if you're in it, using it. Otherwise, licensed or not - it has to be completely off the ice. If it is licensed, you can be in it, using it - past the midnight hour, too. Simply put, the shelter follows you.

It's these last few days of the season that makes pop-ups or pull-overs handy.

[waterbound]

Actually the law is the same now as it was all season. No fish house on the ice unattended between midnight and an hour prior to sunrise without a license. The thing is that none of the licenses are valid. You CAN STILL leave a house unattended any time other than the midnight to hour before sunrise time period. My advice though, is to make your portable portable and bring it with you when you go.

[Zoob]

My dark shelter license has these exact words on it:

* Expires Feb 28, 2010 (unless noted elsewhere)

then right below it, at the Res Dark Shelter line, it says

* "Effective 3/1/2009 to 04/30/2010"

So, according to the license, the shelter is still valid-licensed till April 30.

It's my interpretation that you can still be on the ice after midnight in the shelter -- as long as you're in it, using it, and haven't sunk to the bottom of the melting lake.

I guess- the simplest way I interpret it is "after Feb 28, the shelter follows you - to the shore, or to the bottom of the lake, whichever direction you go."

[Phil1]

does my port shack need a license and or my name address on it?

[MJ1657]

It does not need a license on it.

It does have to have name and address or drivers license # or DNR #.

[Zoob]

does my port shack need a license and or my name address on it?

License, no (unless you're in it between the hours of midnight and an hour before sunrise).

All shelters, no matter what - need ONE of these three things on it, at all times:

• First/Last Name, Full Address
• Driver License number
• DNR Number (on your fishing license)

Personally, I recommend using your DNR #. Makes you less vulnerable to someone going, "hey, he's in his shelter, lets go rob his house."

[waterbound]

You DO NOT need a license to use your house between midnight and an hour before sunrise. You DO need it to leave a house unattended between those hours.