NYS ice fishing Regulation changes

[jimmyclaude]

So the seven device / line change is welcome to clearing up the confusion of what's a tip up and what's a hand line, But The rumor of you no longer need to name and address your traps... can't find it anywhere.


Can I get a ruling here? 

[Huntyeraws]

So the seven device / line change is welcome to clearing up the confusion of what's a tip up and what's a hand line, But The rumor of you no longer need to name and address your traps... can't find it anywhere.


Can I get a ruling here? 

Pg. 4 of the 2015-2016 Fishing Guide under "Highlights of Changes" http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/fishguide15.pdf

• A total of seven ice fishing devices/lines is
allowed for ice fishing (statewide) with a
total of 15 ice fishing devices/lines for Lake
Champlain. Names and addresses are not
required on ice fishing devices.

[cporter]

I don't agree with the no name and address change, It makes it harder for DEC to send some one a ticket when they leave a set tip up on the lake after they leave.

[hunts2long]

I have heard that the NO NAME was an error and will be changed next year....I know I am not taking my names off because if you drill close to my holes, I want you to know who is hunting you down...lol....h2l

[Captain1978]

7 lines in the water total, any combination of rods, tip up and tip downs, with or without signalibg device. No information required on device. ...... I will keep my info on mine... Just in case I forget to pjck it up.... I let a fellow ice fisherman know he left a tip up on the ice just last week. I caught him before he left. But if I didbt, his info would have helped me to get it back to him.

[big_guy_13021]

Here weeee gooooo again..I bet there's at least 20 pages with this talk

[trapper2000]

So the seven device / line change is welcome to clearing up the confusion of what's a tip up and what's a hand line, But The rumor of you no longer need to name and address your traps... can't find it anywhere.


Can I get a ruling here? 

if your  not smart enough to read the  rule book then  then make sure you put your name and address on them and  have a  permission slip from thehome before you attempt  to fish alone!

[deadsmelthead]

Ding, Ding,Ding...............................................

[deweyicefish]

I put my trap tags on my tip ups...& I use 2 jig poles...

[trapper2000]

I took all my  trap tags  off  and  use  my dec  back tag number  now ......you don't want  some  anti to find your trap and  come to your house to protest  or messing with your  home when your not there ......

you  don't need to put your name  and  address on traps anymore  either  just  you  dec  id  number ....it's in the book too



you  guys  know  the state  prints those  books  for more  reasons the cleaning fish on or  lineing  kitty liter boxes  right??

[Loudmouth879]

you  guys  know  the state  prints those  books  for more  reasons the cleaning fish on or  lineing  kitty liter boxes  right??

They use to mail one to me every year since I have a lifetime license but they stopped doing that a couple years ago to save money  Now I have to use that dang inter web thingy to find the regulations or just ask on here and cause a ruckus 

I hear they are changing the muskie length again

[trapper2000]

loud  you can print one  off  line  or  get one free where ever  licenses are  sold  ...wal mart  ot  your  town clerk

[jschmitt]

I don't agree with the no name and address change, It makes it harder for DEC to send some one a ticket when they leave a set tip up on the lake after they leave.

Your kidding me right.  You want people to get fined?  If that is really what you meant, and I hope it isn't, im pretty sure you sound like a deputy I once knew. Must be rough to want bad things to happen to others. Frankly I don't think anyone wants to leave a tip up on the ice when they leave at the cost of them.  Maybe I took you wrong but there seems to be a lot of people that like jonny law to get involved in everything. I say the fewer money grabbing lawdogs the better.  Maybe I mistook ya though....

[trapper2000]

I don't agree with the no name and address change, It makes it harder for DEC to send some one a ticket when they leave a set tip up on the lake after they leave.

I  always  leave  mine  with  your  name and  address on them   

ya  can't  make  this  stuff up man ......

[don519]

I have my name on everything that way someone else can't say its theirs if the walk by and pick it up or if I drop it I can hopefully get it returned to me if your not doing anything illegal you don't have to worry about getting tickets fines or even hassled by the DEC most of the wardens I've come across are real decent and fair and for the 10-15 minutes of your time they'll even give up some info on some good spots    if you ask

[Loudmouth879]

loud  you can print one  off  line  or  get one free where ever  licenses are  sold  ...wal mart  ot  your  town clerk

I like searching this inter web thing for information... heck why waste gas driving somewhere when i can get everything I need through this screen thingy thats on my lap

[TipUpDave!]

Yeah, same here, fish with a group and I label everything just so I remember what is mine.

[deadsmelthead]

Your kidding me right.  You want people to get fined?  If that is really what you meant, and I hope it isn't, im pretty sure you sound like a deputy I once knew. Must be rough to want bad things to happen to others. Frankly I don't think anyone wants to leave a tip up on the ice when they leave at the cost of them.  Maybe I took you wrong but there seems to be a lot of people that like jonny law to get involved in everything. I say the fewer money grabbing lawdogs the better.  Maybe I mistook ya though....

I said the same thing to myself.. I accidently left a trap on the lake once, got halfway home turned around and went back.. It was right in the hole i set it in lol.. That would be about the dumbest thing to get a ticket for..

That said, my other thinking was if someone is going to go through the trouble of leaving a tip up out unattended for a day, i doubt they are gonna go through the trouble of putting their names on the traps lol..

[bfelins]

I always thought it was to keep guys from putting out more than legal.  Kinda hard to say you have five out there when there are seven or eight out there with your name on it.   N.Y. only state I fished  that that rule.

[cporter]

Your kidding me right.  You want people to get fined?  If that is really what you meant, and I hope it isn't, im pretty sure you sound like a deputy I once knew. Must be rough to want bad things to happen to others. Frankly I don't think anyone wants to leave a tip up on the ice when they leave at the cost of them.  Maybe I took you wrong but there seems to be a lot of people that like jonny law to get involved in everything. I say the fewer money grabbing lawdogs the better.  Maybe I mistook ya though....

More than once I've come across a SET tip up frozen into the ice from the day or days before.... On a separate occasion, I took a sled ride out on the Sacandaga during the Walleye Challenge a few years ago and saw a flag with not a person in sight, back through the same bay an hour or so later, same flag, no one around. So yes, I think they should get a ticket, just like me if I forgot my fishing license, kept 300 perch in one day or had no insurance on my machine.

[cporter]

Your kidding me right.  You want people to get fined?  If that is really what you meant, and I hope it isn't, im pretty sure you sound like a deputy I once knew. Must be rough to want bad things to happen to others. Frankly I don't think anyone wants to leave a tip up on the ice when they leave at the cost of them.  Maybe I took you wrong but there seems to be a lot of people that like jonny law to get involved in everything. I say the fewer money grabbing lawdogs the better.  Maybe I mistook ya though....

Just to clarify, I wouldn't be the one turning them in, I would much rather return the pieces