Ottawa denying launching to out of Staters

[My Way]

Michigan waters are opened to motorized boaters again...

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[itsbob]

Herkimer,I can't answer your question if you would be exempt to come from out of state to fish off Ottawa county.The people that would know,would be the sheriff dept.Give the Ottawa sheriff dept a call and explain your situation and see if you would qualify to launch your boat out of Ottawa.If you do call,let us know what they say regarding their rules.Off topic here,I've seen that picture of the soldier carrying the donkey several times lately.Was thinking,if the platoon was really walking through a mine field,wouldn't all the men be walking in a line so they would be less likely to step on a mine?

[Walleye Wizard]

Herkimer,I can't answer your question if you would be exempt to come from out of state to fish off Ottawa county.The people that would know,would be the sheriff dept.Give the Ottawa sheriff dept a call and explain your situation and see if you would qualify to launch your boat out of Ottawa.If you do call,let us know what they say regarding their rules.Off topic here,I've seen that picture of the soldier carrying the donkey several times lately.Was thinking,if the platoon was really walking through a mine field,wouldn't all the men be walking in a line so they would be less likely to step on a mine?

itsbob No matter what he is under a stay at home order by the governor of Indiana

[Hoytman86]

I'll be the "jackass" and say again that the order does NOT say to quarantine for 14 days ONCE YOU GET TO OHIO. If you have been working from home in an adjacent state for a month and not going to stores, work, church etc, you have met the requirement. Ask yourself this. Why on earth would the state want you to come in before you quarantine?

Shutting down to out of state is asinine. I get the concern, but I'd be more concerned about someone from Marion (2,132) or Cuyahoga (1,653) county Ohio than anywhere in Indiana, save for Marion County (Indianapolis). The same goes for Kentucky (3,192 positive statewide), West Virginia (939 positive statewide) or Wisconsin (4,620 cases statewide, nearly half of them coming from Milwaukee County).

Of course the locals can keep up the hypocrisy and ***** about someone from Adams County Indiana, with all of 7 confirmed cases, taking their kids fishing. Somehow THAT person poses a greater threat because they're from another state than the local's buddy that lives in Cleveland and hasn't been quarantined.

If you are worried, then you can stay home. Calling people jackasses because they are not sheep is just ignorant. That's not to say that there aren't people who won't be safe but Ohioans aren't any more or less likely to be idiots than anyone from any other state.

[millerstym]

OK you said it " Quote "
The numbers of just the area you referenced are way to high to be risking kids or anyone as far as that goes. Not 1 walleye is worth that.

[Mix’n it up]

I agree Hoytman86. If you’re worried then stay home. The fear mongering has made people lose their minds. Let people get outside and enjoy the weather before they all go insane

[Congo]

If you are worried, then you can stay home. Calling people jackasses because they are not sheep is just ignorant. That's not to say that there aren't people who won't be safe but Ohioans aren't any more or less likely to be idiots than anyone from any other state.

If you are worried, then you can stay home.
Agreed 100%


Calling people jackasses because they are not sheep is just ignorant.
Agreed 100% but that is not the case. Fake News


That's not to say that there aren't people who won't be safe but Ohioans aren't any more or less likely to be idiots than anyone from any other state.
Those whom are not being being safe or, "any more less likely to be idiots", are the ones who need to be carried across the mine fields because they don't understand the danger
Nobody is not a reference to anybody being a jackass because they want to fishing. Come on

[Hoytman86]

You are missing the point. And if you think that turning away fisherman from less impacted areas in other states while not doing the same for hotspots within Ohio is a good idea "because the governor said so" then you are a sheep. It's a half-measure that does nothing to prevent the spread of the virus. It also does nothing to address ohio residents that feel they are entitled to do whatever they want to because they aren't traveling from another state.

The hysteria around this thing has gotten out of control and people continuing to misrepresent the order is the main reason for that. Everyone keeps saying "you have to quarantine for 14 days once you get here" which is completely wrong. It's people saying things like "they're turning people away at the Catawba ramp" when in reality that happens often because the parking lot is full and it has nothing to do with the virus.

The problem that I have is that the people who are applauding these measures are the same ones that are out fishing regularly. There are guys on Facebook talk about how stupid people are for traveling to Erie "for a fish", then the next day posting that they caught a 4 man limit with 3 of their buddies.

[Eyezcrazy]

I believe the Governor is doing what he can to slow the spread in Ohio. It’s not only the time in their boats it when they stop at the stores or gas stations. This is how it is spread state to state. As for you calling people sheep for following the order...I guess we have no need for any laws if that’s the case. I mean, everyone should just do what they want because we all have our freedoms? Why have legal limits for alcohol? We are all adult enough to know when to say when. Why are us sheep even listening to any of these rules of law. Your sheep argument doesn’t hold water.

[Tangled Lines]

Actually, it does hold water. If an order or law doesn’t make sense, yet people willingly go along with whichever Governor’s order and condemn those that protest. For example, I am an Ohio native that resides in TSUN. Our governor has declared that we cannot buy paint in a 50,000 square foot store. We CAN order the same paint on line and pick it up at the same store. Or we can purchase from a store under 50,000 square feet. Please, someone explain the logic. Our governor can’t, her response is basically, “because I said so”. Therefore, there are protests. To do so is a right guaranteed by the first amendment, which does not include a clause modifying it because of a pandemic. As far as fishing/boating is concerned, the launch ramps can be easily modified so that people maintain their distance. In over 50 years of boating, I really don’t recall being very close to other people launching their boats, although I admit I never had reason to pay attention to such things.