Label your portables

[Bigunit]

How much is the fine for not identifying ou shanty?

[WVBoy]

How much is the fine for not identifying ou shanty?

I think I recall somewhere 80-100$ but dont quote me..

[stick eyes]

I don't see why the state cares if you have your name on a portable..when I got warned last weekend I asked the warden why...he said so if they find your shanty they can check to be sure you did not drown...asked if that had ever happened...NO was the answer..more gov. BS...

[FishinDJ]

I have had this issue come up twice this season. The first was on Colchester Pond with my hub shelter. I have a laminated sheet with my name and info but had forgotten it in the car and was just told to remember it next time. The second time was on the CT River with my flipover. This time I had the sheet with me but not in the window where I usually put it (it was stuffed in my backpack). The warden just said to make it visible and was on his way.

[4x4Dad]

Job justification . Nothing more .

[dave b.]

This is not a new rule, been on the books as long as I can remember. I think it is page 27 of the fishing digest. Section f2.13 tents and portables are considered shelters and must be labeled just like the hard sides are. I tried to copy and paste the section from the online guide but I couldn’t get it work.

[LittleFishin]

"Tents or portable shelters are considered
to be fishing houses if used for ice fishing
and must be labeled with the name and
address of the owner.
A fishing house shall not be placed on
the ice before November 20, and it shall
be removed with its contents and any
surrounding debris before the ice becomes
unsafe or loses its ability to support the
fishing house out of the water, or before the
last Sunday in March, whichever comes first"

Page 34 of the new Fishing regulation guide for VT

[Champlain Islander]

Seems like a chicken chit thing to ticket someone for in my opinion. I personally know a couple of guys that did get a ticket for it (not in the Islands district) and that was in the beginning when the rule was not really defined to include portables. At the time I thought it was an over reach on behalf of the warden who only wanted to empty his ticket book rather than to make it a teaching moment. Some of the posts earlier on this thread show that at least in those districts the warden was someone who was doing their job but also showed a little bit of common sense and empathy for the sportsmen. Lately I have fished almost every day in a very popular bay in South Hero and have yet to see a warden come out and check anyone and on the last weekend there must have been a hundred people out there enjoying the fishing. I always welcome being checked since at least to me it means they are doing their job. 

[EyERipLip]

I’m pretty sure they just want to know who is responsible if your shanty should sink or blow away and end up on someone else’s property. Wouldn’t say it’s unreasonable. Not everyone brings their portable shanty home seen plenty left out on the lake as permanent so why would u not label it like everyone else has to. if you don’t break the laws they don’t write you tickets.

[pokholes]

Chipped a portable out of the spring ice on Waterbury 8or so years ago had the owners name on it, made it easy to return.
They lost it in high winds and were happy to get it back.

[filetandrelease]

I was told the same thing on sat. I believe that technically this was always the law. (all fish houses need to be labeled, never distinguishes between portables or not) This was the first I've ever been told as well... must be just starting to enforce it this year.

pg 51 NY syllabus

[KayakerB]

I got questioned on Magog 2 years ago. I had my name, address and phone number laminated and pinned to my Eskimo shelter with 4 huge safety pins. Warden said it was not legal and said I needed to write my name with a sharpie on the tent.  Said the pins were not permanent as it could be removed.  Warden gave me a warning and moved on. I was thinking of having a vinyl cutter make my info in reverse so I could place it on the backside of one of my windows on the shelter. I have a patch with my name and number on it sewn to a door. I have not been checked and told this was unacceptable yet. I have a couple shelters and don't want to write on the tent itself so I can sell them in the future

[Champlain Islander]

I don't recall seeing anything other than that the owners information needs to be on a shanty. I question what that warden said. My fish trap has a plastic window which holds a card with my information. According to what your warden said mine wouldn't be legal either since the card "could be removed". I can understand why someone wouldn't want to mark it right on the wall since people do sell them.

[EyERipLip]

X2. Never had mine written on the physical shanty. Seemed to be good enough for any warden I ever spoke to.

[aquarium234]

I got questioned on Magog 2 years ago. I had my name, address and phone number laminated and pinned to my Eskimo shelter with 4 huge safety pins. Warden said it was not legal and said I needed to write my name with a sharpie on the tent.  Said the pins were not permanent as it could be removed.  Warden gave me a warning and moved on. I was thinking of having a vinyl cutter make my info in reverse so I could place it on the backside of one of my windows on the shelter. I have a patch with my name and number on it sewn to a door. I have not been checked and told this was unacceptable yet. I have a couple shelters and don't want to write on the tent itself so I can sell them in the future

I would have explained to the warden, my shack isn't permanent.......so it would be impossible to put a permanent label on it....I don't see how a laminated copy wouldn't be considered permanent. Sounds like that warden was just having a rough day and venting.....