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exact same thing happened to me last weekend. my big hub shanty has my name on it. i was in my flipover i just got. never thought about the labeling. been a few years since i labeled the other one.
This is just an FYI for those of you fishing from portable shanty's....Fishing on Lake St. Catchnothing Saturday (Its been really slow this year, as noted by my hilarious wordplay) and a very polite, friendly and thorough warden comes by. He asked for bait slips, licenses, counted our tipups and made sure my kids were actually participating so they could count toward the number, etc etc. Before he left he asked if our shanty's were labeled with our names and numbers. Its a portable that only goes up when I'm standing there fishing, and since I was under the impression only hard sided shantys that get left out on the ice overnights needed to be labeled, I told him it was not. He said its a very common mistake, and he even carries a sharpie with him because lots of people misunderstand that law. So I scribbled my name on the side, and he was happy. I was thrilled not to get a ticket and happy to write my name on the side. I didn't avoid it for any reason, and it only took 10 seconds with minimal effort to do it, so I should have done it when I bought the portable anyway. So heads up...if you're someone that doesn't have your portable shanty labeled with your name and address, grab a market and start scribbling.
Should your tilts have name and address also? I know some states do require that Not sure about VT
Was the Warden Wes Butler? If so, he's a great dude. I've known him for years. This has been happening to alot of people this year too, I've known a few that got slapped with a fine. Label your shanties and always have your baitslip on you!
Thats a good question. I know some of mine do, but you just made me realize I never did it on my newer ones. I guess I better do it just to be safe.
Them mailing return address labels you get from time to time in the mail are quick easy way to tag them tilts
My Clam has a plastic slot to put a name tag in. I filled out a piece of cardboard and slid it in and it's waterproof.
THanks for posting, is this a new law, I've been checked many times, we've never had our names on our shanties...I'll add mine now just to avoid hassle. NY used to require we have names and addresses on tip ups, that was a PITA but they did away with that silly law thankfully. (it was bad, you had to have each persons name...so if you took a friend fishing....you had to scotch tape their name on "their" tip ups", it was a dumb law) :-)
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.
I got checked 15 years ago by a known chucklehead warden on Willy. He asked about my lack of a name and address on theshanty. I explained it was portable. He explained the law and asked me if I would make it proper in the next 2 minutes? Huh,I popped out a business card and put it in the window. I believe he has since retired. The one and only time I thought awarden was unreasonable. I've been checked at least 10 times over decades of fishing all over N. America. We were checkedat Holiday harbor this weekend, young warden was great.