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FishingCop

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While at Cabella's today, I looked at their warning flare selection - single use, individual flare - $20. Gun and a few reloads - $60.

Anyone know where I can find a small, personal flare device (looks like a thick pen, about 6" long, spring loaded, shoots a small red flare up - not too high, not too large) used them in Vietnam for personal help - not the big ones that have parachutes attached and float down for 6-8 minutes - just the small personal ones - anyone out there know what I'm talking about and/or know where I can get them???
 
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If your flare cartridges for your gun are out of date, will the DNR give you a ticket?

I am heading to Lake Erie in June and want to make sure I am legal... I heard the DNR at Presque Isle Bay are real sticklers..
 
Wal-Mart sales marine emergency flares in a three pack. You unscrew the end cap which conceals a pull chain. They were about $15 the last time I bought some.
 
Not only the DNR, but also the US Coast Guard will ticket you if your flares are out of date....The Cost Guard is sometimes not as nice as the DNR....but at least you can see the coming a mile away... :LOL2:
 
Outdoorsman said:
Not only the DNR, but also the US Coast Guard will ticket you if your flares are out of date....The Cost Guard is sometimes not as nice as the DNR....but at least you can see the coming a mile away... :LOL2:


Okay, I only wanted a small one, but, is there a regulation size/type that must be complied with? How many, what size, how long do they need to burn, etc?
 
Outdoorsman said:
Not only the DNR, but also the US Coast Guard will ticket you if your flares are out of date....The Cost Guard is sometimes not as nice as the DNR....but at least you can see the coming a mile away... :LOL2:


Ok thanks! I'll get some new cartridges..
 
so its a law up north that yuns have to have flares?

good thing not here, there'd to be many drunk rednecks catchin their boats on fire :LOL2:
 
Loggerhead Mike said:
so its a law up north that yuns have to have flares?

good thing not here, there'd to be many drunk rednecks catchin their boats on fire :LOL2:


only required in Lake Michigan here in Illinois (probably all the Great Lakes)
 
cyberflexx said:
If your flare cartridges for your gun are out of date, will the DNR give you a ticket?

NO, not necessarily. You can have all the out of date flares and cartridges you want, as long as you ALSO have the minimum amount (here it's three) that are still in date. Nothing wrong with having extras. If I have a need to use one, I'll start with the out of date ones first. Save the current ones.
 
Loggerhead Mike said:
so its a law up north that yuns have to have flares?

good thing not here, there'd to be many drunk rednecks catchin their boats on fire :LOL2:


In Michigan its only on the great lakes and st. Claire. Yes the dnr or the coast guard can give tickets and/or escort you off of the water.
 
Actually you don't need any flares. You do need daytime visual distress signals, which a flag covers that. Nighttime visual distress signal are only required if you go out between sunset and sunrise, and a flashing SOS light covers that.

This is taken from the Coast Guard Aux checklist for Lake Michigan

VISUAL DISTRESS SIGNALS:
Recreational boats 16 feet and over used on coast waters or the Great Lakes are required to carry a minimum of either:
1) three day and three night pyrotechnic devices,
2) one day non-pyrotechnic device (flag) and one night non-pyrotechnic device (auto SOS light) or
3) a combination of 1) and 2).
Recreational boats less than 16 feet on coastal waters or the Great Lakes need only carry night visual distress
signals when operating from sunset to sunrise. It is recommended, but not required, that boats operating on inland waters
should have some means of making a suitable day and night distress signal. The number and type of signals is best judged
by considering conditions under which the boat will be operating.
 

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