Waiting for the Ice

[wayne johnson]

yOU FIRST HAVE TO BE A LICENSE CAPT. before state will give you your ice guide license. The game wardens do ask for both capts. license and ohio guide license, plus your ohio Ice Guide license.
and they do check. Capt. Mike johnson license coast guard and ohio licensed guide and licensed Ohio Ice guide. Matt here what it says must have original or notarized copy of U.S. coast guard license to apply for ohio ice guide license, at a fee above your ohio charter license and coast guard license. Thank you Capt. Mike

[Lakeerieguy]

Not true about needing to a "Coast Guard Licensed Captain" to be an ice guide. This is the wording out of Matts link he posted .


"If you are only aplying for an ice fishing guide license, the information regarding the boat and Coast Guard license can be
disregarded; unles, you are using an airboat. If you are using an airboat to transport people to/from your ice shanties, a
Coast Guard license wil be required. Either way, you wil ned to know the number of ice shanties and the general area of use"

Dale

[Madd Matt]

yOU FIRST HAVE TO BE A LICENSE CAPT. before state will give you your ice guide license. The game wardens do ask for both capts. license and ohio guide license, plus your ohio Ice Guide license.
and they do check. Capt. Mike johnson license coast guard and ohio licensed guide and licensed Ohio Ice guide. Matt here what it says must have original or notarized copy of U.S. coast guard license to apply for ohio ice guide license, at a fee above your ohio charter license and coast guard license. Thank you Capt. Mike

Mike,

I am not belittling anyone that is a Lake Erie Ice Fishing Guide.

However, you do not have to first be a licensed captain "UNLESS" you are using a boat.

If you want to be a licensed Lake Erie Ice Fishing Guide and are only using snowmobiles and shanties, the ONLY requirement is that you list the number of shanties being used and the "general" area you will use them.

Again, Mike, you are licensed boat captain and experienced Lake Erie charter captain. I was in no way discrediting the Ice Guides on the Lake. I just think that it is VERY important the people not just accept the fact that someone is a licensed Lake Erie Ice Fishing Guide by the ODNR as credential of them having any knowledge of ice safety.

If anyone wants to check the ODNR website feel free. It is clear that all requirements for being a licensed captain first are all exempted if you are not using a boat as an Ice Guide.

Lake Erie is dangerous enough when it's soft. People don't need to have a false sense of security because someone has a piece of paper that anyone can get for $50. Ask questions. Find out if your Ice Guide is knowledgeable and has numerous years of ice fishing on Lake Erie. Go with someone that you have vetted and know is safe.

I'm not a guide. So I am not self promoting anything. Just hoping that everyone is safe on the ice this year.

-Matt

[Madd Matt]

Ohio Revised Code Section: 1501:31-3-11 Fishing guides.

(A) First-time applicants for an Ohio fishing guide license shall submit their coast guard license or a notarized copy of same along with their ap-
plication and fee. Applicants for a fishing guide license renewal must submit their coast guard license or a notarized copy of same only when their coast guard license has been renewed after obtaining their previous year’s fishing guide license. This paragraph shall not apply to fishing guides who use their licenses only to guide fishermen to ice shanties.[/COLOR]

[wayne johnson]

THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THINGS UP, and I agree with your concerns, hope everyone a safe season, and maybe someone can break the state record. Good Luck Capt. Mike Johnson