Two Rods Question

Cory1 · #1 02-28-2015, 07:23 PM

I was thinking the other day on the regulations permitting 2 rods through the ice but only one in open water.

Anyone have any thoughts on this or information from those who make the rules?

Also just for fun, what if your on the ice and have a tip up in and are casting into open water next to you? Would that be illegal, or would the open water constitute as "a large hole".

Thanks,
Cory

EZM · #2 02-28-2015, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Cory1

Also just for fun, what if your on the ice and have a tip up in and are casting into open water next to you? Would that be illegal, or would the open water constitute as "a large hole".

Thanks,
Cory

Now that ..... my friend .... is a conundrum.

I wonder what a SRD guy would do ...... his head might explode.

waterninja · #3 02-28-2015, 07:57 PM

We had a thread similar to this couple years ago. On a lot of aerated lakes (Salter for eg.) you can stand by the hole with a rod in it and still spin or fly cast from the edge of the large open water. Never did get it sorted as I recall.

Cory1 · #4 03-01-2015, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by waterninja

We had a thread similar to this couple years ago. On a lot of aerated lakes (Salter for eg.) you can stand by the hole with a rod in it and still spin or fly cast from the edge of the large open water. Never did get it sorted as I recall.

If I can make it out to lower K again and see a CO I'll be sure to ask as there is plenty of open water from the inflow and seems to be a popular place for the CO's from what I've heard.

Question stemmed from when I was there there were people fly fishing and I was wishing I brought a full length rod, but then wasn't sure what the regulations were on the matter.

JohninAB · #5 02-28-2015, 08:16 PM

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Now that ..... my friend .... is a conundrum.

I wonder what a SRD guy would do ...... his head might explode.

My head would not explode. To me it is against the law but that is my opinion only, not a legal interpretation.

Habfan · #6 02-28-2015, 08:23 PM

I think the law states, if fishing in open water, only 1 line may be used ? So if your casting into open water why would you be allowed to set up another line regardless ? Great question tho !!!

Mike_W · #7 02-28-2015, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Habfan

I think the law states, if fishing in open water, only 1 line may be used ? So if your casting into open water why would you be allowed to set up another line regardless ? Great question tho !!!

But you are only fishing open water with one line and ice fishing with the second. I say legal IMO

Now if you cast both into open water that would be illegal.

calgarygringo · #8 02-28-2015, 09:08 PM

Wow buddy way too much extra time in your engineering classes though it is a good question.

EZM · #9 02-28-2015, 08:25 PM

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My head would not explode. To me it is against the law but that is my opinion only, not a legal interpretation.

Only because your head is a little thicker than most of your colleagues.

Who Da Fisherman · #10 02-28-2015, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by EZM

Now that ..... my friend .... is a conundrum.

I wonder what a SRD guy would do ...... his head might explode.

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Originally Posted by EZM

Only because your head is a little thicker than most of your colleagues.

Stop it! Can only wipe the screen clean so many times lol.
The way I see it is 2 for the ice season and 1 for open season, best of both worlds.......not sure the CO would see it that way though.
My thinking would be either you are fishin one season or the other but not both.
WDF

thumper · #11 02-28-2015, 10:18 PM

B.C. is even more fun:

If you are alone in the boat, you can have 2 rods in the water. If there's more than one person in the boat, only one rod each is permitted.

You can't use barbed hooks in a river, but you can in a lake.

You can't use water bugs that you catch in a lake as bait in that lake. But you can take them to the river and use them there.

H380 · #12 03-03-2015, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by EZM

Now that ..... my friend .... is a conundrum.

I wonder what a SRD guy would do ...... his head might explode.

Don't know about the exploding part , but bet you'd get 2 different answers from 2 different officers .

DiabeticKripple · #13 03-03-2015, 05:34 PM

id say you are angling with one rod into open water... legal

you are using a second rod to ice fish... legal

so its legal

bucksman · #14 03-04-2015, 10:31 AM

you will get 2 different answers from 2 different officers, i did, although i was not fishing in the open water at the time. swan lake has aerators and i see guys fishing in the open water with 2 lines because they figure they are still ice fishing because they are standing on ice, officer disagreed with them... so a month later i was fishing off shore because the ice had melted back enough and asked a different officer if a guy could use 2 rods if i was standing on the ice and he said hed be ok with it as there was still ice on the lake(ice was a little thin for my liking) but it was a gray area and another officer might disagree, im assuming it depended on what side of the bed he woke up on that day. im not about to test it out

barbless · #15 03-02-2015, 06:31 PM

Not so serious here! How much ice off a lake would constitute open water? If you can stand on the ice half way across a lake, drill a hole and drop a line but can still cast far enough to drop a jig in just over the edge of the ice, what then? Your line is still against the ice!! How about the person that can use a chain saw and cut out a 14 x 25 hole in the ice and a single 6" hole drop a jig down the 6" hole and then cast a banjo minnow in the big one?

Good question though. Wonder what the CO would really say? Hope they could see the humor in it!!

niwrek · #16 03-02-2015, 06:40 PM

I put ten lines in all the time .......just incase I see a co.... this way there is no question about the ticket