MLF Mille Lacs

I was wondering about this as I watched some anglers doing this.

https://majorleaguefishing.com/bass-pro-tour/mlf-issues-statement-on-inadvertent-minnesota-dnr-violations-at-stage-seven-on-mille-lacs-lake/

Thanks,
RVRDUX

I wondered about it too. Clearly a violation here and whoever is in charge of that on the MLF tour did not communicate it properly (or at all) to the participants ahead of the event.

Just curious, is MN one of the only states that only allows one line?

Jake Thelen wrote:

Just curious, is MN one of the only states that only allows one line?

Minnesota – land of 10,000 fishing regs!

I have to assume the guys cited were “Caught” on camera. Then some viewer sent the footage to the DNR?

-J.

gimruis wrote:

whoever is in charge of that on the MLF tour did not communicate it properly (or at all) to the participants ahead of the event.

I would guess that most of the participants are adults. More surprising to me is that one of the adult participants did not bring this up at the pretournament meeting.

Jake Thelen wrote:

Just curious, is MN one of the only states that only allows one line?

Yes. Out of all the regulations this one truly defies all logic.

Although a dumb MN rule I think the DNR should have thrown the book at MLF. They would to any normal fisherman caught. I get the two guys caught on camera got tickets. How dumb is MLF though to not know this going in.

I think it should be on the individuals. Either they knew,and took a chance, or they were ignorant, which shouldn’t fly, cuz we all know it wouldn’t if were one of us amateurs.

I wonder if any rigs were seized?
There were some sweet A$$ rides parked at Eddy’s this past weekend.

DNR has better things to do than this. Mail the tickets and go get real bad guys.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

I wonder if any rigs were seized?
There were some sweet A$$ rides parked at Eddy’s this past weekend.

I ran into Wheeler at Reeds on Saturday afternoon. Still had his rig.

Nobody is getting anything seized for being one line over. They got a fine just like one of us would have. It is stupid that the MLF or one of the guys didn’t know this and talk about it before things started though.

I also wonder about the law on docks. A video of a fisherman on mille lacs going on someones dock to try and untangle a smallmouth off of someones lift. Cannot find the answer, I always believes technically you would be tresspasing? It seems this MLF format needs tweaking

shefland wrote:

A video of a fisherman on mille lacs going on someones dock to try and untangle a smallmouth off of someones lift.

I don’t know what the rule is on MLF with this, but on the Elite tour they cannot physically leave their boat without penalty. I’ve seen a few of them dangle over the side of their rig to get untangled but as long as they don’t leave their boat they were not penalized. That was the “tour” rule. As for whether it was trespassing, it may be dependent on the state and whether its a private or public dock.

In Minnesota any dock, even one that starts out on private property, is not private property once it is past the OHW of the body of water the dock is on.
In other words any one can tie up to any dock but not go onto dry land.

gimruis wrote:

I don’t know what the rule is on MLF with this, but on the Elite tour they cannot physically leave their boat without penalty

I have seen one of the anglers do it in MLF and he got a penalty for doing so, doesn’t stop them from doing it though, if I recall it was no more than a fish landing violation.

I’ve been engaged in discussion on FB about the dock thing. I’m fascinated in the polarization of opinions on Ott’s decision to hop on the dock and climb down the boat lift. Trespassing? Respectful?

Lot’s of hard yes’s and hard no’s.

3Rivers wrote:

I’ve been engaged in discussion on FB about the dock thing. I’m fascinated in the polarization of opinions on Ott’s decision to hop on the dock and climb down the boat lift. Trespassing? Respectful?

Lot’s of hard yes’s and hard no’s.

By law what he did is legal.

Is it the right thing to do…that’s up for debate and has tons of arguments for each side whether it be simply impolite, or the effort to try to keep a hook out of someone’s dock/lift is nice, blah blah.

buckybadger wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>3Rivers wrote:</div>
I’ve been engaged in discussion on FB about the dock thing. I’m fascinated in the polarization of opinions on Ott’s decision to hop on the dock and climb down the boat lift. Trespassing? Respectful?

Lot’s of hard yes’s and hard no’s.

By law what he did is legal.

Is it the right thing to do…that’s up for debate and has tons of arguments for each side whether it be simply impolite, or the effort to try to keep a hook out of someone’s dock/lift is nice, blah blah.

But is it legal? I’m not sure. Can someone just go squat on a dock? For how long? If that’s the case, can anyone just hop in a docked boat as well, or how about a floating boat?

It is legal.
Ice fishing roads are the same.

Legal in MN. Bladepuller is 100% correct.

You can sit on that dock for as long as you want. Tie off to it and camp there all weekend. If the boat is floating un occupied, you can legally board it.

-J.

I think Bladepuller is inviting us up to the pond to tie up and camp on his dock. IDO GTG anyone?

John,
Watch out for the duck chit.

The_Bladepuller wrote:

John,
Watch out for the duck chit.

So bring my shotgun. Got it.