2010 Fishing Regulations

[lovebigbluegills]

The 2010 fishing regulations book has made it's way into circulation. The bait shop I frequent had quite a few copies on Saturday when I stopped.

I've gone briefly through it, and the only change I saw that affected me is:

-All shelters placed on the ice of Minnesota waters must have either the (1)complete name and address, (2)driver's license number, or (3)the nine-digit Minnesota DNR number on the license of the owner plainly and legibly displayed on the outside in letters, and figures at least 2 inches in height.

Basically, the same thing we (people with portables) had to do a few years ago.

[Zoob]

Am I mis-reading something? That seems like the same wording that's in the 2009 regs. Licensed or no - a shelter needs one of those three items, in 2" lettering on the shelter.

What am I missing?

[jwmiller33]

Ya I am pretty sure that exact rule is in the 2009 regs. Perm or porty, you have to label it with your info

[RebelSS]

NOTHING has changed on these regs...you have always had to have one of the three forms of ID on your porty. The ONLY thing that changed back the other year is no longer having to buy a license for a porty. This subject just keeps coming up......

[ozzie]

yep nothing has changed on this rule....you have always had to display one of those bits of info and still do but the last 2 years or so we have not had to purchase a shelter lic. unless you plan to leave it unattended on the ice overnight.

[lovebigbluegills]

My mistake, I wasn't thinking clearly at the time. For some reason, I got the license and the marking mistaken in my head.

On a side note, my DNR number has been on my portable since I bought it.

[eyebjim]

Anyone see what date the fishing opener for walleye is this year?

[Zoob]

Yar, I've just looked at the dark-shelter licensing as a license to leave it on the lake when I'm not there.

[lovebigbluegills]

Anyone see what date the fishing opener for walleye is this year?

May 15, 2010 thru February 27, 2011.

[mojoputter]

So on my portable, which I just bought used from a friend, I need to have my name and address displayed on the side somewhere..? I'm new to owning a portable, always have just sat out in the fresh air on a bucket.

[croixflats]

Yep, or one of the 2 options I would go with the DNR# so stangers cant track your home down to see if anyone is home.

[eyebjim]

thank you

[rugbymn]

Another one of the new regs said that artificially lighted lures were now legal as long as it didn't use a battery containing mercury.

At least that's how I understood it, but like many other DNR regs, I'm sure it's open to interpretation and debate.

[Zoob]

So on my portable, which I just bought used from a friend, I need to have my name and address displayed on the side somewhere..? I'm new to owning a portable, always have just sat out in the fresh air on a bucket.

Yup - if you're in a dark-house (ice shelter), you need to have one of the three, in 2" letters (I just went to a hardware store and bought those letterings for mailboxes, stuck them to cardboard and slipped it in the sleeve to hold it on the shelter).

I'd also recommend just doing the DNR# that's on your license (it's the 9 digit thing on your fishing license, and its your permanent number - just like a social security #, so it doesn't change each year).

[Phred52]

rugbymn, That's also an old rule, 3 years if I recall correctly. Phred52