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1st of all... I didn't say that the flags couldn't be seen.... I said that you could not properly attend them. BIG difference. I also said that was MY opinion. Now.... since you're getting a little attitude and you want FACTS and not OPINIONS.... maybe you should pick up the phone and call you're local DNR office instead of posting in here... If I was ACTUALLY questioning the legality of something I was doing... I would want to get the info right from the source....... not a group of guys that I do not know........Again... just my opinion.........
Please define properly attending a trap. What's the difference if it's 10 feet away or 300 feet away? As long as the spool has enough line and you're watching it, that to me counts as attending a trap.
I also believe this gets into an issue of someone hogging a whole area of a lake........ I don't personally know TIBS or anything about how he fishes... but from his response to someone giving an opinion... I can only imagine that he doesn't want anyone fishing anywhere near him. With that being said... now that he is stretching out his tip-ups at least up to 450 feet......that is taking up a LOT of space on a drop-off, ledge, rock bar... whatever he happens to be fishing that nobody else can fish......... again... just my opinion and inferences...
Early bird catches the worm.
That JUST isn't right.......
You could also set up in the center of your spread if it's 100 yards long that way you aren't more than 50 yards from either end which would make more sense to me.
Thanks for chiming in... as far as setting up in the middle... I imagine that he is setting up there... the issue comes in when he is attending to a tip-up on one end of his 450 foot line of tip-ups....then he is obviously more than 100 yards away from the far end one. anyhow... I can see I am obviously out numbered here... and I'm NOT looking for a fight... so I am going to chime out of this one from here on out....... good luck on finding the info that you're searching for... I hope it is accurate for your sake.......
Kind of a hot topic. I work on DNR Warden equipment and I have asked at least 4 different wardens this exact same question and I got 4 different answers....I even tell them that the other wardens gave different answers than thiers and then they fall back to the old "it's up to my interpetation of the rules" answer. I know this doesn't help exept to say I would ask the warden that covers you area and make sure where he/she stands on the subject as others have stated. I would also not take that as gospel for other areas of the state.
as the reg book reads there is no special regs for ice fishing or open water like other states have. so in my interpitation you need to be within 100 yrds of your line but like stated above it is up to the descetion of the warden that is writing your ticket. but that is just my thought and i have never personaly asked the wardens in my area.
but don't be surprised if people fish between them...They would where I fish... Paul
One day I watched a Warden trip a tip-up flag. I also believe in understanding the rules fully and that we have the right to challenge the law enforcer when they are not following the rules themselves.