New Year, New Regs

  • nhamm
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    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    January 1, 2014 at 9:21 pm #1356491

    Ok, maybe not new regs but new translation of the single tackle configuration from the top. I received this email very soon after contacting the MN DNR and look forward to trying out some new tactics this year to put some more fish on shore or in the boat!!

    Quote:

    You can use more than one live bait on a single tackle configuration. All the bait used with the single tackle configuration must be legal to use (example can’t use game fish, gold fish, or carp, etc.). Just a reminder that the single tackle configuration can include up to three single or multiple hooks (example three treble hooks), can be bare hooks. All hooks must be on a single line and attached to the end of a fishing line. The total length of the single tackle configuration from the first hook to the last hook cannot be more than nine inches. Single tackle configurations cannot be used on designated trout streams/lakes.

    Pat Watts
    Enforcement Policy/Legal Analyst
    Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources
    [email protected]
    651-259-5058

    mark-bruzek
    Two Harbors, MN
    Posts: 3869
    January 1, 2014 at 9:38 pm #1375969

    Just remember it is 9″ total length, hook to hook.
    This was basically written so us walleye folk could still legally pull crawler harness’ and quick strike rigs for pike.

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    January 1, 2014 at 10:06 pm #1375973

    It was written for those purposes, but it did have some grey areas, and with my compliments to the DNR they gave us fisherman the advantage rather than restricting it even further, kudos to them!!

    katmando
    Ramsey,MN pool 2, St.croix river
    Posts: 691
    January 1, 2014 at 10:33 pm #1375978

    Quote:

    This was basically written so us walleye folk could still legally pull crawler harness’ and quick strike rigs for pike.

    hey now! Dont forget us some of us cat guys like using double hook harnesses for them really small baits we use

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    January 2, 2014 at 6:30 am #1375993

    Been doing that for a year after being told it’s OK from a CO.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    January 2, 2014 at 6:32 am #1375995

    …and treble hooks for stink bait!!

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    January 2, 2014 at 7:14 am #1376010

    Quote:

    Just to add a little more gray area, this is directly from the DNR website:

    Alabama Rig is Illegal

    What is grey about this, doesn’t seem a bit controversial to me. Too many hooks, not attached to a single line, and all are lures, not bare hooks.

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    April 14, 2014 at 6:59 am #1403956

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    Likewise, minnows excel when baitfish are the main course, but Christensen has a trick up his sleeve for tipping with little fishes. He says that when walleyes are gorging on small minnows, he tips each of the hooks on a Lindy GS300 3-hook rig with a small fathead.
    – See more at: <a href="http://www.lindyfishingtackle.com/lindy-land/ultimate-guide-to-better-spinner-rigging-for-walleyes/#sthash.TdkKY76V.dpuf
    http://www.lindyfishingtackle.com/lindy-land/ultimate-guide-to-better-spinner-rigging-for-walleyes/#sthash.TdkKY76V.dpuf<br />

    Good to see some more exposure on the subject. Nothing else its a good way for bait shops to sell more bait, you lose 2-3x the minnows on 1 fish, or snag
    Not sure why font is blue, and not enough coffee to care right now.

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