Shelter Liscense Regs.

[BigGrassBass]

I only fish out of my portable and I take it with me every time I leave the ice. Do I need a shelter liscense? The regs in the book are a little difficult to understand.

Thanks,

BGB

[Jameson]

no

[MJBaldwin]

Not unless it is overnight on the ice then you need one.

[Maverick]

Not unless it is overnight on the ice then you need one.

Over night on the ice and left unattended. You still need your name and address, DL number or you DNR number on the shelter.

[TubaDr]

In Minnesota you need no liscense for a portable shelter. You can not leave it out unattended day or night. I would say make sure if you are out after dark that you make it very visable, I had an old Canvas Craft shelter with no refective markings on it. It had very heavy canvase and no light would get through it so the guy that ran over the shelter and myself that night didn't know it was there until it was too late.

[DaSwede]

In Minnesota you need no liscense for a portable shelter. You can not leave it out unattended day or night. I would say make sure if you are out after dark that you make it very visable, I had an old Canvas Craft shelter with no refective markings on it. It had very heavy canvase and no light would get through it so the guy that ran over the shelter and myself that night didn't know it was there until it was too late.

You don't need a license, but you do need showing on your portable:

a. Your DNR #

or

b. DL #

or

c. Name and address

You need one of these things in two inch lettering. Doesn't matter if it is day or night. One of those three things needs to be showing.

[TubaDr]

Funny.... I didn't have any questions from the DNR last year. I talked to three different officers and none said a thing about a lack of markings. Maybe it was because I was with the shelter.

[tsande00]

Funny.... I didn't have any questions from the DNR last year. I talked to three different officers and none said a thing about a lack of markings. Maybe it was because I was with the shelter.

Doesn't matter if you are with the shelter or not...still technically need one of the three.

From my experience most officers don't make a big deal out of it, but it is absolutely the law and don't let anybody convince you differently. NO reason to risk it. Easiest thing to do is print out your 9 digit DNR number and stick it in the plastic outer sleeve of the portable.

[DaSwede]

Yep...and it doesn't matter if you are with it or not, it still needs it. It's really easy to just make one. A lot of the portables have a plastic slot that you can slide it right in to. I just use my DNR# so I'm not giving out too much info.

[ozzie]

Funny.... I didn't have any questions from the DNR last year. I talked to three different officers and none said a thing about a lack of markings. Maybe it was because I was with the shelter.

If you are saying that you don't think you need the DNR# or DL# or address on the house you are mistaken and if they didn't say anything then you got lucky. I have had the pleasure of being checked by the DNR at least once a year for the last 5 and they always look for the identifying numbers.....and when they weren't on (friends house) they gave us a warning and the other time they gave us a few minutes to add the number with a marker before they would ticket us!!

[JimBuck]

Yeah, I've been checked the last few years as well. You need to have one of the 3 on your house in 2 inch letters.

[TubaDr]

What is my DNR#???? My fishing liscense Number has more than 9 digits. Just wondering I'm new to all of this. That is why I'm confused.

[JimBuck]

It is the number on the top left corner of your license. It reads MNDNR#:000-000-000.

[TubaDr]

Cool I missed that number.... I was looking at the driver liscense #. Like to try to do things by the book but some times it hard to get that answers if you don't know the questions.

[peterson99]

What about ID theft why would anyone put their DL# on their shack? I am sure there is a mathematical equation that you could find that would convert your DNR# to your DL#.

Before the feds took over DL#, this use to be the MN formula.

Unique MN ID Lookup http://www.highprogrammer.com/cgi-bin/uniqueid/dl_mn

[TubaDr]

Thats a good point. Back when I lived in IA the drivers liscense number was you social security number... that is frightening.

[silverbulletguy]

Sounds about right for Iowa.

I tried the paper in the clear sleeve. It kept wanting to slide out so I got adhesive numbers and stuck them on the side of the sled. They might get covered with snow but they are still there. One CO saw them and said good idea. Easier sticking them on sled vs. canvas.