I hate to even ask this.
If I have a Minnesota license and launch in St. Croix Falls to fish above the dam do I need a Wisconsin license?
September 12, 2013 at 12:27 am
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September 12, 2013 at 12:38 am #1194432
Still should be border water from what I know
September 12, 2013 at 12:48 am #1194436
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Though trasporting minnows across state line is a no no.
Yes and no.
If I transport “bait” from MN to WI to USE in the border waters, the WI DNR and the WI Dept of Ag won’t bother me as long as it was legally acquired bait.
It may or may not work the same way from WI to MN.
September 12, 2013 at 12:50 am #1194437Either way a MN license is good border to border.
Think of it like a drivers license being good in both states, but the need to follow the rules of the state your in.
September 12, 2013 at 1:13 am #1194444Not that this applies in your case, but if you are from MN and fishing a border water, you need a MN license. You can’t fish with a WI license. Same thing if you are from WI and fishing a border water, you need a WI license and can’t fish it with a MN license.
September 12, 2013 at 1:23 am #1194446We used the landing on the Mn side last year. It was pretty decent.
September 12, 2013 at 9:50 am #1194466If you are from MN launch and stay overnight on the WI side which daily and possession limits are you to go by, MN or WI? They are different between the two states.
September 12, 2013 at 10:18 am #1194467Quote:
If you are from MN launch and stay overnight on the WI side which daily and possession limits are you to go by, MN or WI? They are different between the two states.
Follow the rules of the state you are a resident or have the license in. Just because you stay on Wisconsin shores means nothing.
September 12, 2013 at 1:59 pm #1194504Quote:
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If you are from MN launch and stay overnight on the WI side which daily and possession limits are you to go by, MN or WI? They are different between the two states.
Follow the rules of the state you are a resident or have the license in. Just because you stay on Wisconsin shores means nothing.
Exactly.
I had a conversation with a MN CO about this, only the other way around.
If a WI resident would stay in Red Wing, could he still (on his 2nd day of fishing) have 12 walleyes in his possession?
The CO explained…if he was sure they were fishing on the Mississippi he wouldn’t cite them. Anything else and it would be a over limit ticket.
Disclaimer for the CO and ME: That’s one CO’s take. On the Croix we have different CO’s. They might handle it differently. Technically it’s breaking the law, but the CO is using his/her discretion.
September 12, 2013 at 4:20 pm #1194540Quote:
Not that this applies in your case, but if you are from MN and fishing a border water, you need a MN license. You can’t fish with a WI license. Same thing if you are from WI and fishing a border water, you need a WI license and can’t fish it with a MN license.
That law is convoluted and dumb.
September 12, 2013 at 6:57 pm #1194579Quote:
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Not that this applies in your case, but if you are from MN and fishing a border water, you need a MN license. You can’t fish with a WI license. Same thing if you are from WI and fishing a border water, you need a WI license and can’t fish it with a MN license.
That law is convoluted and dumb.
BUT if you’re from any other state you can fish with either….and I would have to recommend WI as they have more liberal laws. (for the same body of water).
That law is convoluted and dumb. Is there an echo in here?
September 12, 2013 at 7:01 pm #1194582I will have to say they (both) DNR’s are looking all all laws by species to see if they can compromise and make it easier for us under educated fisher-people to understand.
They’ve started with the cat/sturgeon laws.
Keep in mind trying to change laws in both states takes a long time, measured in years. But at least it’s being looked at.
September 12, 2013 at 7:33 pm #1194586If a MN resident lowers his limit by giving part or all of his limit to a friend, who doesn’t have either a MN or WI license, can he fish the second day, or are they both breaking the law?
September 12, 2013 at 8:04 pm #1194593Quote:
If a MN resident lowers his limit by giving part or all of his limit to a friend, who doesn’t have either a MN or WI license, can he fish the second day, or are they both breaking the law?
Pretty sure you can not lower your limit by giving it to someone else. MN rules read the fish is in your possession whether it is with you or not. Now there are ways to gift a fish to another person but not sure if that over rules the original rule of the fish being in your possession if it is with you or not.
September 13, 2013 at 12:53 pm #1194704Quote:
for us under educated fisher-people to understand.
They’ve started with the cat/sturgeon laws.
It is always good to teach the slower guys first, takes longer to sink in!!
September 13, 2013 at 2:58 pm #1194737The peanut gallery DID show up!
September 13, 2013 at 5:12 pm #1194785September 13, 2013 at 7:13 pm #1194820Possession law from what I under stand it is: In boat, freezer, fridge, or any other storage at your place of residence applies to you possession limit for your license held.
September 13, 2013 at 7:25 pm #1194823Do cooked fish count towards the limit? Wondering how the laws look at canned fish? You certainly can no longer identify or even count them once canned.
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