MN regs??

[trapsht]

I'm curious about tip-up fishing in Minnesota. 2 lines per person right?? So if you're fishing two rods are you not allowed to use tip-ups? If this is the case, then how do people fish tip-ups? Do you just place 2 tip ups and watch them all day? Just wondering if I should bring my tip-ups to Mille Lacs with me.

[jbell1981]

I use one tip-up and one rod.

[toughguy]

During mid day I'll usually fish 2 tip ups if I'm on a good northern lake and nothing else it biting. During dusk I'll move to one of each or 2 regular lines. After dark I'll fish 2 regular lines only. (Never had that much luck with northerns after dark) I've only fished Mille Lacs once so I'm not sure what most guys do there. I would probably fish at least one regular line at all times on Mille Lacs. After all, you are there for the walleyes.

My advice: Bring as much dump on a trip as possible. There is nothing worse than wanting to use something you left at home.

[slick814]

Basically, you can use two lines, whether it's 2 tip-ups, 2 rods, or a tip-up and a rod, but that's it.

I'd say bring the tip-ups just in case you decide you want to use them. Better to have something you decide not to use than not to have something you wished you had!

[hovermn]

Okay, now here's the question of the week. Lets say that you're sitting on the ice right next to open water. You have a tip up set up on the ice, and casting into the open water. Are you allowed two lines? What makes ice fishing, ice fishing (2 lines) and soft water fishing, soft water (1 line)

With a hovercraft around this time of year, I can actually do this. Also, there are places with running water flowing into a frozen lake that one can get right up to the edge. Bass Lake in Ely is one of these places. 3 ft from the edge there was still 18" of ice.

Anyone think they have the answer?

[hovermn]

The regs say that the lines must be through the ice. Okay, that's fine, but that means that you're fishing through a hole. What if the open water is just a small section surrounded by ice. It's still a hole, a LARGE hole, but a hole nonetheless. Any ideas?

[Troublehook]

that may be a risky loophole.

[Scenic]

This would be one of them grey areas that I would not even attempt to challenge. Yes you might be able to do it however you may want to keep in mind that the laws are defined as “through” the ice. Not over the ice or whatever. Before you did this I would probably look in the legal definitions to see what a hole is designed as. That hover craft licensed as a boat? Then if you are sitting in a boat are you ice fishing?

You may be charged depending on how the warden views this and he may decide to ticket you for it. You could take it to court, fight it and maybe even win it or maybe not. But how much money do you want to spend fighting it. Attorney fee’s, loss of wages, travel expenses and court costs. Do you want to be watched every minute you are out there later in the year? Are you willing to gamble with your fishing rights just to walk on that grey line? I know I am not.

[hovermn]

Your right on the gray area, that's kinda why I brought it up. I can't see myself doing it, it's just one of those things that I thought would spark up a few funny comments. The hovercraft is a boat, and I run the risk of getting fined everytime I take it through the parking lot from the parking space where I launch and load to the landing. Boat's are NOT ATV's, but I could license it as such