fishing without a license

[Duffer]

i have 2 friends that want to come fishing with me they both dont have license and have been fishing alot on there own i have been telling them they cant go with me unless they have licenses. what is the concequence of fishing with out one. and would i be charged with anything if they fish in my house just cerious...i wont alow them in my house with out a license just cerious if it is possible for them to charge me. but i want to tell them what the consequences are though i thought u lost your equitment but im not sure?????

[walleyejon]

A temporary license is cheap compared to the consequences.If your friends are so broke they can't afford to get one of those, post a note, and I'm sure we can raise enough cash so everyone is legal. If they just want to go to see if they can get away with it, they aren't your friends. I know I sound like the voice of morality, but I learned my lessons the hard way.

[efgh]

What do your so called friends think the dnr uses for dollars to stock lake, do lake servays, make maps and so on. They get the bulk of there money from licines sales and contributions volintary and not vol. If you take them, and they get caught they probley will blame you. I;d tell them to suport the dnr and buy licines.

[SD Fisher]

Why don't you just play it safe and email your questions to the DNR. Print out their reply and show it to your license-less friends.

[Duffer]

yea the friend are a bunch of screwoffs i wil have to say. but i was just lookin for the concequences so i could say hey if u get caught this would happen since i didnt have a reg book with me i couldnt look it up. i know where the money goes i buy a license every year and support it one hundred percent.

[dsludge]

I won't fish with someone without a license. I've bought licenses for friends and family who wanted to go fishing. If you are their friend, you'll get them licenses before you fish with them. If they are your freinds, they will get licenses before they fish with you.

Support the resource.

Lucky to live here, so near.

dsludge

[Big Johnson]

You are in no trouble whatsoever if they don't have a license and are fishing in your house. It is a matter of personable responsibility. Just not a smart thing to do.

[Ed Carlson]

Well if they (The DNR/CO) know you knew they did not have permits your complicit and also can be charged as an accessory after the fact to a game violation. You knowingly allowed it to happen and by hosting them it can be argued you even encouraged it. Kinda depends on the mood of the Co...do ya feel Lucky?

So....Just how dumb can you look if asked Eh?

[Guest]

ED IS RIGHT AND THAT IS ALSO WHY WE NEED CONSERVATION OFFICERS.ALL THEY ARE DOING IS RAPING OUR RESOURCES. NOT TO SOUND LIKE A PERFECT PERSON OR HARD GUY,BUT IF I WAS THE STATE DNR OR CO,I WOULNDT SELL THEM A LICENSE FOREVER FOR DOING THIS KNOWINGLY AND MIGHT ALSO HAND THE HELPER A BIT OF A FINE AND BAND HIM ALSO.THE RULES ARE THERE FOR EVERYONE TO FOLLOW,AND WHAT A MESS WE WOULD HAVE IF WE ALL DID THIS. ENOUGH SAID,I WILL GET OFF THE SOAP BOX NOW.

[irvingdog]

Your soul and hopefully, your conscience, are the only things in jeopardy for associating with willing and malicious poachers.

Get some new buddies.

[Phred52]

I HAVE cancelled trips with unlicenced guests. Relation and non-relation. If they figure they can get along without buying a licence, then I figure I can get along without THEM. I have all the licences I need, why should I give them a "Free-ride"? The Laws are written for ALL of us, It's NOT a matter of chioce, It's a matter of A "committment" to OUR resources! If YOU know they're fishing without the proper licences, and thumbing their noses at the law, There's an 800 number you SHOULD call, or YOU'RE as guilty as they are. NUF-SAID

[Bob Horn]

I pay over $70. in lincense fees to fish the winter months in minnesota. If they can afford a carton of cigs, case of beer or anything like that they can afford a license. There only cheating us sportsman!!!

[Duffer]

i agree 100% with all of your posts thats the way i have always felt i wasnt looking for advice on what to do about it i was looking for the concequences that they would suffer if they got caught so i could say hey this is what could happen maby it would nock some sense into them. i also would never fish with any one with out a license never have never would. i was just looking for consequnces. i already know what is moraly right and it is not to fish with them and to try to stear them in the right derection.

so does any one know the concequences i cant find my reg book and seem not to find it on the dnr site.

[Bob Horn]

I`m sure it`s alot cheaper to buy a license then getting a ticket. Tell your friends to get some common sense on this one. Why do they thing there better than all of us that have to pay. Tell them to do the cool thing and buy one. This sounds like your trying to pull teeth out of a shark. I don`t know what`s so hard about this. If you want to fish by LAW you need a license.

[Ishmel]

If you get caught fishing without a licence you can be cited for "angling without a licence" as well as being "over possesion limit", because if you don't own a licence your possesion limit is 0 fish. I'm not sure what the dollar amount of the angling without a licence is, but I know if you get caught over possesion you can be charged in the thousands of dollars. In addition, because you are using your gear and your vehicle to commit a crime, they can, and probably will, be confiscated.

[Ryan Berger]

On a related note. I bought a licence when I was home in July, then went back to Iraq and misplaced it. Can I buy a licence for the next year and it be good? Or is there a way to get another copy of my one from this year? I need a licence for this next year anyways,, I am thinking it would be ok if I got it now but not totally sure?

any comments on this also appreciated,,, ty

[BDR]

Lunddock- $3.50 at any lisence agent

[muchowja]

I think that you can order one online as well for the same price.

[blkfrg]

If you know that they are willingly fishing w/o a license then they are poaching. You know what you should do to poachers, as a sportsman/woman, poachers are NOT your friends. Make the call. They will then learn what the consiquences of their actions.

[Captain B.R.K]

D - regardless if they are good friends or not, you gotta get a TIP out on em'. Yeah they might be POed when caught, but it will set a precidence for the future. Otherwise these same guys will continue to fish year after year without a license and get away with it.

It just doesn't sit well in my stomach to know guys are fishing w/o licenses and catching limits of fish!

Just my 2 cents D- you've got to do something about it than just show them a sheet of paper with our thoughts on it.

A hard lesson ------is a LEARNED lesson

[don of cambrige]

My 1 cent.

I have fished with people with no licence and no you can't get fined for the people that you fish with that don't have the proper licence..... You are not responsable for those people. And yes I agre with captain but some people don't have the money.. That is the life they had chose. You must rember the people way back did'nt need tags,stamps,licences.. Yes I buy my stamps, tags, licences every year. GOOD FISHING

[Guido]

??? what Don

[Northlander]

Cant afford a license? If it is true and they arent spending money on smokes, chew, beer or the lottery then someone should help them out. If they have money to spend on other non necesities than they deserve the fine they get and they are just poachers! I wouldnt hang out with them!

[don of cambrige]

IF THEY CAN'T AFORD TO FISH THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANY HOW! WE ALL PAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I DID'NT SAY IT WAS OK. BUT IF IT IS FOR FOOD THEN IT IS GOOD TO GO.. (BUT PROVE IT) OK' OK WAY OFF THE SUBJECT. HE CAN'T GET IN TROUBLE FOR HIS FRIENDS.. GOOD FISHING

[mntraveler]

I have a question relating to this, and maybe it'll help you. Can someone be in your licensed shack, not fishing, if you are fishing only two lines and they have no license?