New AIS regulations?

  • bob58
    Posts: 32
    October 24, 2018 at 11:24 am #1805560

    I purchased a new boat license. On the tear off tab it reads I must
    drain my boat and pull the drain plug while transporting the boat.
    Nothing is said about drying the boat for five days.

    mark-bruzek
    Two Harbors, MN
    Posts: 3875
    October 24, 2018 at 11:41 am #1805562

    Was there ever anything mentioned that MN would have a 5 day dry period?

    That would never go over in MN, mass uproar…

    Tuma
    Inactive
    Farmington, MN
    Posts: 1403
    October 24, 2018 at 12:19 pm #1805569
    mark-bruzek wrote:

    That would never go over in MN, mass uproar…

    chased x2

    pool2fool
    Inactive
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 1709
    October 24, 2018 at 12:30 pm #1805570

    I know they changed the slogan to clean/drain/dry and some of the newer signs at launches (observed one at the canoe launch on nokomis last week) suggest the 5 day dry period, but I don’t believe the dry period is technically part of the law.

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    October 24, 2018 at 12:39 pm #1805572

    Sounds like a great way to slash fishing license sales. You’d only be able to fish one body of water in any 5 day period.

    Huntindave
    Shell Rock Iowa
    Posts: 3092
    October 24, 2018 at 12:41 pm #1805573
    bob58 wrote:

    I purchased a new boat license. On the tear off tab it reads I must
    drain my boat and pull the drain plug while transporting the boat.
    Nothing is said about drying the boat for five days.

    5 day dry period just means I need 6 boats to keep in rotation. Heck yes!

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    October 24, 2018 at 2:15 pm #1805585

    I’m with Dave on this one waytogo

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    October 24, 2018 at 2:21 pm #1805588
    mark-bruzek wrote:

    That would never go over in MN, mass uproar…

    Wright county.

    Regional inspection station

    $1,000 fine

    Closer than you think

    Articles about it always include “it’s a good thing!”

    pool2fool
    Inactive
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 1709
    October 24, 2018 at 2:42 pm #1805594
    FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mark-bruzek wrote:</div>
    That would never go over in MN, mass uproar…

    Wright county.

    Regional inspection station

    $1,000 fine

    Closer than you think

    Articles about it always include “it’s a good thing!”

    I’ve yet to read anything from the DNR that indicated they thought that program was a success and could be a model for the way forward in this state. It was still technically in a “pilot” stage this year as the 2017 pilot was only 3 weeks in October. The DNR has been quoted as being “not enamored” with the project. Now that they have a year of data to look at, we’ll see what happens going forward.

    There have been articles that show both sides as well. This one comes it mind. The DNR specifically questions the intelligence of doing this on lakes that are already infested, acknowledging that the process should be reversed — exit inspections instead of entry.

    Swede
    Posts: 27
    April 19, 2019 at 3:46 pm #1851946

    Here is a link to the latest on The Wright County AIS program.
    http://www.co.wright.mn.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1057
    It is dead for now. They may try to spin this in the future, so watch for other clever ways they will try to privatize the lakes.
    See the full board discussion in the video replay, the boat inspection topic starts at 1:49:50

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