Portable fish house license

[mojoputter]

New to the portable fishhouse world, and after reading the reg's on fish house licenses, it appears all I need to dispay is my address and my MN drivers license number, does that sound right..?

[Spearing Machine]

Pretty close...All shelters placed on the ice of Minnesota waters must have ONE OF THE FOLLOWING

1) complete name and address

2) driver’s license number

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.

[timjones]

Just use your nine digit DNR number. That is all you need to have. That way you are not giving out any personal information.

[masoct3]

I believe he is asking about portables...meaning clams and such. You do not need a license unless your unit stays overnight I believe.

[knoppers]

yes you don't need a license, but you need to put your info on the outside. like said, I put my DNR number only on the house.

[Hardyboy]

use your DNR number and yes you must have it or your DL number or your name and address. 2 inch letters as stated above.

[Westsidefishing]

even on a portable house???

[knoppers]

yes

[Westsidefishing]

what is the best way to put your DNR # outside of portable?

[knoppers]

like this

I printed out my DNR number, then laminated it, then slid that into the pocket, that most houses have on the front, or door, as shown.

that is not my new laminated number, but my old way of using a marker, the moisture fades the marker, thats why I had it laminated, now its good for years

[toughguy]

Knopper that pic brings a tear to my eye. BRING ON THE ICE!!!!

[Westsidefishing]

Thanks, I was thinking along the same line too.

[shizzy]

I simply printed out the numbers on my computer in 2" and cut and taped them together to fit and slipped them in to the sleeve on my Eskimo. 2 or three seasons and they are still fine.

[curtistodd]

Ive always been told you only need to display info if you leave your house unattended. Ive never had any problems, and I havent displayed anything the last 3 years.

[bikeoutback]

Ive always been told you only need to display info if you leave your house unattended. Ive never had any problems, and I havent displayed anything the last 3 years.

What you have been told is incorrect. From pages 61 of the 2010 regulations:

Shelters (fish houses and dark houses)

The following regulations apply to all shelters used on all Minnesota

waters, unless otherwise noted elsewhere in this booklet.

• 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.

The rest about requiring a license for shelters left unattended overnight is on pages 61 and 64 in the regs manual.

I did the same as everyone else and just printed it off my computer and slid it in a ziplock back into that sleeve next to the door. I've never been asked or hassled the previous year when I didn't have it but it's a regulation that I'm aware of so I'm following it. I've heard rumors in the past of people getting warnings on lakes and CO's returning the next weekend and ticketing them all and it's over $100... I've got better things to do with $100 if I can keep it by printing a $.02 piece of paper. Also I use DNR number to limit amount of personal info on my ice house.

[tsande00]

Yep, many guys don't have labels up but it is absolutely the law (as shown above). it took me literally 2 minutes on a computer and I was legal. I put the paper in a plastic sleeve used for 3 ring binders and taped off the open edge. I'm going on my second year and it looks like it did the day I put it in there. I too just put my 9 digit DNR number, it's the shortest form of ID you can legally have on your house so why bother with an address?

[Random guy]

I took a silver paint pen after mine. Put a piece of tape on it to stay straight and wrote the numbers on. Wokred good but they never come if and if you plan on selling it later its a bad deal. I can't get the dump to take mine after I'm done with them.