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ND fish house must float!!!

Pallansch

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is reminding anglers that unoccupied fish houses left on the ice this winter must be made out of materials that will allow the structure to float.

Agency officials say fish houses that do not float must be removed if the angler leaves the ice.

Fish houses also can't be placed closer than 50 feet to another house without consent of the occupant of the other fish house.

Fish houses have to be removed all waters by midnight, March 15, of each year. They can be used after March 15 if they are removed daily.

The Jamestown Sun.

Meanwhile in North Dakota, hahahahahahahahahahahah!

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Basically it's a law to keep people from leaving old buses, campers, water tanks, etc on the ice unattended and falling through if the weather changed rapidly. Listening to a ND Game and Fish spokesman today on the radio this has been an issue in the past and understandably you wouldn't want the above mentioned at the bottom of a lake or reservoir.

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leech~~ Grand Master

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Any house that is spray foamed will float, I think its a great idea.

More people will get even more stupid and try getting out on the ice sooner than before

Hopefully it's "closed cell" foam and then it may. Open cell will get water logged.
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Who cares about floating fish houses! Did anyone notice 50 ft distance between houses grin . I want to see that enforced in MN.

No kidding.

I read fishouse blah blah blah 50 feet. Woohoo!

We definately need that. Or maybe change it to 50 feet between permanent fish houses.

Plus add 50 feet between a portable and an occupied permanent house or 20 feet between a portable and an unoccupied permanent.

That way you could use a portable on a spot near another house when no one is home.

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IMHO there is a subtle, but significant, difference between "float" and "bob"

Many shacks will bob; very few will TRULY float.

Splitting hairs. The point is to keep things off of the BOTTOM of the lake/resevoir.

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True, I just thought the idea of making a fish house float was funny. I'm not sure even a fish house spray foamed would float, unless the floor was sprayed. Anyone willing to test it? I will volunteer my time to video tape it. Bahahaha

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