All MPRB Public Boat Launches Now Closed

  • carroll58
    Twin Cities, USA
    Posts: 2094
    December 3, 2013 at 7:19 am #1361388

    All MPRB Public Boat Launches Now Closed for the Season

    The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) has ended its Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) inspection program and closed the public boat launches at Lake Harriet and Lake Calhoun for the 2013 season. The public boat launch at Lake Nokomis was closed on November 26 due to ice on the lake.

    AIS inspections were a part of the Park Board’s 2013 AIS prevention program. During the approximately seven months that the three public boat launches were open, MPRB staff conducted more than 8,800 AIS inspections on fishing boats, sailboats and other water-related equipment.

    In addition to inspections, other AIS prevention measures included increased education and outreach efforts, improved lake usage data collection, and additional signage and trash receptacles to encourage proper bait disposal at launches, fishing docks, and high use shoreline fishing areas.

    Individuals interested in learning more about the MPRB’s AIS prevention policy, including 2014 inspections times and dates and public meetings notification, can sign up to receive AIS-specific email updates.

    Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board web link

    jerad
    Otranto, IA/Hager City, WI
    Posts: 616
    December 3, 2013 at 7:59 am #1368287

    So does this close the access to ice-fisherman as well?

    carroll58
    Twin Cities, USA
    Posts: 2094
    December 3, 2013 at 8:46 am #1368297

    Walk on Only, No Motorized vehicles on Mpls. lakes. Just like summer time, No Gas Motors.

    Personally, a lightweight portable is all I would use, cannot leave them overnight.

    jerad
    Otranto, IA/Hager City, WI
    Posts: 616
    December 3, 2013 at 9:35 am #1368312

    Regs, Regs, and more Regs. Glad I dont live up there.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    December 3, 2013 at 10:06 am #1368321

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    Regs, Regs, and more Regs. Glad I dont live up there.

    It’s just Minneapolis lakes anyway. Not like people are clamoring to get out and fish them. And it is not that they are so huge that they are not walkable. And you can use a shelter and a gas auger…I think.

    And I tell you what, you can fish Calhoun and even if they are not biting, the scenery is second to none! Sometimes limited cover and contours that stand out can be a good thing, even if some are man made. If ya know what I mean.

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    December 3, 2013 at 11:11 am #1368338

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    Regs, Regs, and more Regs. Glad I dont live up there.

    It’s just Minneapolis lakes anyway. Not like people are clamoring to get out and fish them. And it is not that they are so huge that they are not walkable. And you can use a shelter and a gas auger…I think.

    And I tell you what, you can fish Calhoun and even if they are not biting, the scenery is second to none! Sometimes limited cover and contours that stand out can be a good thing, even if some are man made. If ya know what I mean.

    I thought beavers hibernated in winter

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    December 3, 2013 at 11:49 am #1368343

    Sorry, I was dreaming about summer again. Man when I was young I lived a few blocks from there. Damn near killed myself rollerblading like a dog playing fetch in the summer who doesn’t have enough sense to stop.

    backlasher
    Fridley, Mn
    Posts: 195
    December 3, 2013 at 12:40 pm #1368348

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    limited cover and contours


    You will have to wait for those first nice warm days of spring now. Those heavy coats in winter hide all contours.

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    December 3, 2013 at 1:17 pm #1368360

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    limited cover and contours


    You will have to wait for those first nice warm days of spring now. Those heavy coats in winter hide all contours.

    Perhaps the cold brings down a lot of the weed growth

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