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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | A friend of mine in the DNR just sent me an note saying as of July 1st when transporting your boat your plug must be pulled. This is because of the VHS and zebra muscle scare right now. I guess law enforcement will be looking for it. |
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| I always pull it when I am putting on my transom saver, and straps.
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | What??? Pull the transom plug or the livewell plugs?
I pull the transom plug in my boat maybe once or twice a year and that is only when it rains hard enough to put water in the bottom of the boat. I can see doing that if the boat leaks or you somehow get lake water in it, but what if your boat doesn't leak and the bottom of the boat is dry? Whats the point?
A problem I have is forgetting to put the transom plug back in when getting to the landing. It is rather embarrassing when one has to run the bilge pump to get the water out. I hate it when I do that.
Anybody else ever forget to put the transom plug back in? 
Edited by Herb_b 6/23/2010 1:10 PM
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| My transom plugs never been out of my boat... ever. But the stuff is spreading and I don't wrong them for doing what they feel they must to slow it down or prevent it. |
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Location: Minneapolis | Herb_b - 6/23/2010 2:08 PM
Anybody else ever forget to put the transom plug back in? :)
Been there. Done that! |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | Herb, you need to drain both. If you're livewell is dry you're fine, but if you had water in it you've got to pull the plug. |
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Location: Eau Claire | I used to have to put a post it on the steering wheel of my truck to remember to put the plug in the boat, now it's second nature. I pull it out after every trip on the water. |
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| I only pull it a couple times a year after forgetting a time or two. It is much easier to leave it in and then there are no worries.
Glad I don't live in Mn. |
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| Yep, if you're driving away from the access at a lake with invasive species and your plug is still in or water is draining out of your boat they'll pull you over. You can't pull away from the access area until all the water is drained. Pulling the plug takes 2 seconds, not a big deal folks. Also, you should be draining your motor and livewells as well as pulling the plug. Again, takes 2 seconds to put the motor down after you pull the boat out of the water. |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | My plug doesn't like to come out or go back in so easily. Seems I need a new plug.... |
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| "Until all the water is drained" that means what exactly? We all know there can still be water sloshing around even with the plug pulled. Maybe they can construct a steep incline ramp at every landing that we have to drive up and stop on for a minute. I wish they would get tougher on those ducks and other aquatic animals. I am fairly certain the milfoil in the Burnsville REI pond didn't come from a boat. |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | Guest, you're right that the ducks do spread their fair share of millfoil. I don't think they have been know to spread zebras or VHS though. Those are transported through bilge water or moored boats/docks. This is a very cheap and unintrusive way of limiting the spread of these 2 nasties. Trust me when I say that there are many lake shore assn's that are trying to restrict our access MUCH more in order to combat zeb's. |
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| I have a plug with a ring on the end. I thread the hook on my transom strap through the ring on the plug. I don't forget to put it in any longer. |
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| Rangers don't have plugs because they never leak ! |
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Location: deephaven mn | and they never take a wave over the bow, or over the transom when backing your
boat away from dock with wind blowing in |
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| "and they never take a wave over the bow, or over the transom when backing your boat away from dock with wind blowing in "
Too much anger  |
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Location: Otsego, MN | Just pull them it takes 2 seconds to do it, a simple little thing to do to protect our water. |
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| You can't pull away from the access area until all the water is drained. Pulling the plug takes 2 seconds, not a big deal folks.
After fishing a week where it rained almost everyday one year, I left vilas county and had pulled the plug and still had water coming out when going thru Wausua going up the hills, guess it wasn't all out at the boat landing  |
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Location: deephaven mn | bturg - 6/25/2010 11:00 AM
"and they never take a wave over the bow, or over the transom when backing your boat away from dock with wind blowing in "
Too much anger ;) t
not anger turg, sarcasm, and awareness for others |
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Location: Illinois | sarcasm is anger's ugly cousin
Gotta learn how to say gooooooosfraba! |
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Location: Grinnell, Iowa | So in two weeks when I go to Canada I have to pull my plug just to haul it through the state of Minnesota eventhough it hadn't been on Minnesota waters??? Just makin sure I am understanding this correctly... I don't want to get pulled over just because someone assumes I'd been fishing Minn. waters. |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | Yes. |
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| Not so fast... Out fishing in Wright County today and a DNR watercraft inspection officer at the boat ramp said Pawlenty hasn't signed this into law and it could very well be later this year if at all this year.
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Location: MN | I was told today by the weed guy on tonka that it dosent go into effect till aug1. Then he asked if there were any muskies in tonka. |
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| Article in Sunday's Pioneer Press said Thursday July 1st. |
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| Here's a link to some MN Conservation Officer weekly reports and there is a blurb in there about one of the officers doing some Invasive Species education and mentioning the law with the assumption from the wording in there being that it's already in effect.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/enforcement/co_report/report.html?distri...
Edited by esoxcpr 6/27/2010 1:41 PM
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Whether it is a law or isn't a law, please pull it and do your part to help... Call it preventative maintenance.
I pulled mine for the first time this weekend and forgot to install it...the lower portion of the boat got a cleaning on the interior...below the floor, though...
I plan on installing a small chain to attach the plug to so I can pull it and it will just dangle there as a reminder to put it back in, plus I would be less apt to lose it...
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Location: North Central IL USA | I always pull my plug ( and that's not code for anything). As far as forgetting not to put it back in; when I’m back there taking off the transom saver and the transom straps I put the plug back in.
Edited by gregk9 6/29/2010 9:47 AM
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | Does this apply if there is no water in the bottom of your boat or do have to pull it regardless if there is water or not in the bottom of your boat? Pulling the plug on a dry boat seems silly.... |
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| this could make hanging around a launch more entertaining than it already is! Maybe there will be a new reality show "Boat Launch". |
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