Are Slammer Tip-Ups legal to use in the state of Minnesota??
Yes!! You must leave your bail open and/or line spool in freespool mode. You can not use your Slammer Tip-Up in the conventional way according to the “directors” of the Minnesota DNR. We have yet to hear of ANYONE IN MINNESOTA receiving a ticket or going to court over the use of a Slammer Tip-Up. We have heard that Conservation Officers are telling people that they can’t use them. The State of Minnesota has a rule that makes “spring devices that impale, hook, or capture fish” illegal to use for fishing and has classified the fishing rod held under compression and used in conjuction with a Slammer Tip-Up – a spring. Wouldn’t this make downriggers and possibly ALL FISHING POLES illegal to use also? 97C.325 RESTRICTIONS ON TAKING FISH.(a) Except as specifically authorized, a person may not take fish with:(4) spring devices that impale, hook, or capture fish. (c) The commissioner may, by rule, allow the use of a nonmotorized device with a recoil mechanism to take fish through the ice. Unfo
