MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
Thanks guys , I have a buddy that live in Sibley and his health took a crap at a young age , I am planning on taking him to Spirit lake to fish . I am also giving him a portable ice house and some gear so his daughter can take him out .
How many hoops do u have to jump through if u are in ia and use ur dad's side by side that's never been registered. What would I need to do to register it?
If it's a farm ATV you would get $100-$150 ticket. Last year I was using my Farm ATV that I used for 10yrs. Been checked for fishing license a few times before no problem. Last year the DNR couldn't find anything to ticket my buddy and me for and kept digging through our gear checking our fishing license then realized that I didn't have a sticker on my 4 wheeler. He asked about it and I told him it was used on the farm. Out comes the ticket pad was $100-$150 for not having the sticker. It was a $15 sticker. I asked why I needed it to drive on a lake, because I wasn't causing wear or tear on any trail or road and wasn't operating on a road. He just turned and left. Then a guy in the parking lot came over to me and said that his buddy just got nailed a few days before and that he had just got his sticker earlier that morning. I mean I don't disagree that I was at fault, but I never knew you needed a sticker to drive on a frozen lake. A warning would have been advised IMO. I mean kinda sad I was fine to drive around to the farms, and spray road ditches with it but a frozen sheet of ice was gonna cost me more to drive on with the state 🤔 They were hounding everyone that came off that day though. I believe that because the ATV was a farm use item, there wasn't tax or registration fee on it when originally purchased. Luckily since I had purchased it for way less then what it was worth new from my uncle it wasn't to bad. If you want to get the sticker to drive on the lake I believe if I understood them correctly you have to get it registered and inspected. I had to have a law enforcement officer come and check my vin number and inspect it before the court house would even let me register it. It was a bunch of crap so the State could sell me a $15 sticker. I see what u are saying but the key happening, u were not using for the "farm". I have one for farm use only also but buy a orv sticker just to save the hassle. Also we have to wear helmet.
I don't disagree I was wrong. But technically I was not using or on any trail, road, or doing any damage to public property which is what the the "fee" is for covering. Hence why I thought a warning would have been good.
But thats the problem here in Iowa, 8 out of 10 times i have had extremely positive DNR experiences. But you get the "ONE" guy that was absent the day they talked about issuing warnings in DNR school.... Issuing a citation to someone who had ZERO knowledge he was breaking the law, because he is is just doing things the way he has always done them, and meanwhile there is a new wrinkle or twist in the law/regulation is not law enforcement in my book. All your doing is sending a guy home who probably has every other liscence/sticker/ permit sold in the state home with a citation for a hundred dollars or more and feeling like a criminal.
Don't ride double unless it is designed for 2 people. $195 ticket. Put your passenger on a sled, where they are really safe! NOT
Thanks for the heads up on that , I may leave the sleds at home and just walk