Cell phones at work!

[Thumper]

Last week I went to a local lake and set up a couple of tip ups. Looking around I noticed one individual had three tip ups and was jigging another pole for pan fish. Within minutes a C.O. walked on the ice past me directly to the multi pole individual, and after some paper work left with two tip ups. He then checked the rest of the lake. My guess is some one put his cell phone to use.

[SpikeRoberts]

Nice!

[rap]

how many rods can u use where your at? i usually jig with one rod and put out 3 tip ups.... but it's legal here

[Steve Foss]

Good on that cell phone user.

Rap, where you fishing? In N.D., four lines are legal for ice fishing. In Minnesota, It's two (I'm assuming that's where the guy who got busted was fishing). In Wisconsin, it's three. Don't know about other Midwestern or other states.

While I follo the regs, I wish Minnesota would lighten up on that. I fish alone a lot, and two tip-ups isn't enough to get me pike fishing in Minnesota, unless I can string together a few buddies so we can cover enough spots.

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[Guest]

Here in NY it's 2 hand lines and 5 tip-ups. Each can have up to three point tips on them.
Makes for plenty of action.

[perca]

In Vermont on Lake Champlain it is 15 tip ups or one hand line and 14 tip ups. As an aside, VT is the only state that allows "pickeral shooting" in the Spring for northerns, pickeral and eyes. And some folks wonder why the catch on these species is down.

[cwmn]

I am happy to here that the guy got nailed, I hate people that do that. I have dropped a few dimes in my day but it only brought out a CO once. One time I called and the DNR said they didn't have anyone to send and suggested I call Washington Co. sheriff, the sheriff said it wasn't thier job, imagine that, it's not thier job to enforce the laws.

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Have a good one!
CWMN

[rap]

ya i'm fishing in nd... i like putting out three tip ups at different depths while fishing for any specie. i hope nd never goes down to two lines...

[Guest]

In MN what number would you call to catch a law breaker like that?

[SpikeRoberts]

Turn in Poachers (TIP)
Statewide toll-free: 1-800-652-9093
24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Turn In Poachers, TIP Inc. is a private, non-profit organization of conservationists concerned about poaching problems. TIP Inc. provides all reward monies for the program. The division cooperates with the TIP program, which was instigated to encourage the public to report natural resource violations. The information and the person reporting can be kept confidential. Persons reporting violations are asked to obtain as much information from observation as possible, and to report all violations as soon as possible. If an arrest is initiated, the person reporting the violation may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000, depending upon the seriousness of the crime. The reward amount will be determined by an impartial panel. Since its inception in 1981, this program has been a deterrent to the senseless waste of wildlife and is extremely beneficial to the DNR Enforcement Division.

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[Dave]

This reminds me to enter the TIP number into my phone's memory. Thanks!

[Steve Foss]

Rap, I know what you mean. Three is just enough, four is great. Man can you cover water with four. Don't know where you fish in N.D., but I lived in Grand Forks for years before I moved to Duluth/Superior. Two grreeeaaat pike lakes are Devils Lake, of course, but the best for number and size (to 15) that's emerged in the last few years is Laretta, a couple miles northwest of Michigan, N.D. Was good for perch too, until the big ones got fished down, but there's tons of pike in there. In March, try shallow water under the ice in Laretta or better yet in Rose, which is a little lake abouty 10 feet deep connected to Laretta. Good pre-spawn fat pike in there. Sorry, no walleys, but I've had such fast and hot pike action on tip-ups in Laretta that I couldn't catch my breath.

On another note, does anyone know if the various DNRs monitor these sites? Sounds like it'd be a good thing to do. Of course, in these hard budget times I imagine it would be hard to explain to your boss that your job duties should include surfing the Net.

Good luck out there.

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Steve ([email protected])

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[Guest]

Here in VT on lakes other than Champlain you can still use 8 lines with no more than 2 being jig poles. Sure you can cover a lot of water, but it encourages people to spread far and wide(even though they are according to the rules, to be placed in such a manner that the person can respond promptly to a fish that has taken the bait). What you end up with alot of times is a shanty full of four drunken slobs who blanket an entire bay, barely notice 15 min. after a flag goes up, yet still manage to get [PoorWordUsage]ed at you for fishing in their territory, even though their tipups are spread so far apart you need binoculars to see most of them.

[Guest]

My brother got ticketed for that. He and 3 others were tip up fishing/playing cards. They had spread 8 tip ups around the house, but 2 of them were too far away from the house (200 feet). They were taking turns every 15 minutes running out in pairs and checking the tip ups. The CO waited until all 4 of them came out and did a check, then came over and ticketed all 4 of them.

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