Deadline To Remove Fish Houses In Central, Southern Minn. Is Monday
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- It's a sign that spring is right around the corner. Here's your annual warning to get your fish house off the lake in the next few days.
Anglers have until the end of Monday to remove fish houses in the southern two-thirds of the state.
Anglers in northern Minnesota get an extra two weeks.
The Department of Natural Resources can ticket you and destroy your shelter if it's not off the ice. Conservation officers also ask that you pick up any trash.
"Some of the things people leave behind are downright disgusting, and anything people leave on the ice has the potential to be an eyesore at best and an environmental concern at the worst," said DNR Conservation Officer Garrett Thomas. "The message is simple: Don't leave anything behind when you leave the ice, and make sure to dispose of it properly. It's not any different than the lessons we've been taught since we were kids."
You can still use your fish house after the removal deadline, but if it is on the ice between midnight and an hour before sunrise, someone needs to be inside it.
The DNR reminded anglers that ice is never 100% safe.