Jump to content
  • GUESTS

    If You  want access  to member only forums on FM, You will need to Sign-in or  Sign-Up now .

    This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member.

Trailerless Cars Parking in Public Access


Faner50

Recommended Posts

Cars/SUVs parking in the access area without a trailer really upsets me. Cove access had 7 trailerless cars parked (3 parallel parked) taking up at least 10 spots that could have been used for trailer parking. The lot was full. I live near lakes where you can only park at the access unless you are pulling a trailer. Maybe the State should put in a couple of "Park & Ride" lots for those with no trailers. There buddies with the boat could pick them up there then drive to the access.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I think the DNR or whoever would be walking a thin line. You might still have cars park in boat spots if the lot is too far away for them to walk(lazy people) or once the boat lot fills up, peoplo with trailors will be parking there. Tuff situation.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

I've parked at a public access without a trailer. It's not unusual at all. Frequently it's two buddies meeting at the lake for a day of fishing. Although I do park aways from the access if possible to leave those spots for the vehicles with trailers. As far as seven vehicles using up 10 spots goes, there must have been some real creative parking. Probably would have been even worst if they had trailers behind them. wink.gif

No matter what you do there will be those kind of folks who do things that just don't make sense. Take a deep breath and go fishing. Life is too short to waste fishing time being upset over how folks park. Over the years I think I've seen it all at the access. Although the most memorible was the time some guy lauched his new 1900 lund off the trailer about 30 feet from the water blocking the single access on a very busy weekend. Could have been upset but several of us helped the two guys who were in shock get the boat back on the trailer so the rest of us could get some fishing in.

Stuff happens.

Good Luck!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

K Dawg sent you some pic's just wanted to share some of are good times on the Big Pond!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Quote:

I've parked at a public access without a trailer. It's not unusual at all. Frequently it's two buddies meeting at the lake for a day of fishing. Although I do park aways from the access if possible to leave those spots for the vehicles with trailers. As far as seven vehicles using up 10 spots goes, there must have been some real creative parking. Probably would have been even worst if they had trailers behind them.
wink.gif

No matter what you do there will be those kind of folks who do things that just don't make sense. Take a deep breath and go fishing. Life is too short to waste fishing time being upset over how folks park. Over the years I think I've seen it all at the access. Although the most memorible was the time some guy lauched his new 1900 lund off the trailer about 30 feet from the water blocking the single access on a very busy weekend. Could have been upset but several of us helped the two guys who were in shock get the boat back on the trailer so the rest of us could get some fishing in.

Stuff happens.

Good Luck!


If you are meeting your buddy why dont you meet at nearby grocery store and park your car there and leave the spot for someone with a trailer? confused.gif

As far as it being not unusual, check the access out good because some are posted for vehicles with trailers only and I do forward the license number to the dnr for the cars that disobey. grin.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Tim, just checked my mail and there was nothing there. Don't know what's up?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

I've done that and do it when it works out. But it doesn't always work out. Even then I feel bad about using a business's parking space for hours when I'm not there as a customer. Gotta think of that angle as well. There are times they need that space as well.

Just thought I'd put it out there that it's probably not commuters eating up those spots. To be honest it can count the times the public lots have been totally full on one hand other than certain weekends. There's lots of public and private launch sites on Mille Lacs. If it's full there are other options out there at least.

I'll watch that marking closer as far for vehicles with trailers only. Are you refering to particular spots or the launch as a whole? I don't think I've noticed it other than particular parking spots.

Good Luck once you've finally found a spot to launch your boat. Sounds like the bite been decent at least. laugh.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I agree mille lacs has alot of opportunities to launch your boat, Its other lakes I was referring to that only have one or two access's. I live 1 mile from a pretty good size lake and dont even bother with it any more. It seems its always full and by the time the wife runs the truck home pick her up and reverse that to get home you have over 2 hours shot.

As far as the bite goes I keep wondering why I spend the money to go to mille lacs. Was out Saturday night and lets just say it was rough, white caps aplenty. Oh and flies also. shocked.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.


  • Your Responses - Share & Have Fun :)

    • Brianf.
      I'm not there, so I can't tell exactly what's going on but it looks like a large area of open water developed in the last day with all of the heavy snow on the east side of wake em up Narrows. These two photos are from my Ring Camera facing north towards Niles Point.  You can see what happened with all of snow that fell in the last three days, though the open water could have been wind driven. Hard to say. .  
    • SkunkedAgain
      Black Bay had great ice before but a few spots near rockpiles where there were spots of open water. It looks like the weight of the snow has created a little lake in the middle of the bay.  
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   Thanks to some cold spring weather, ice fishing continues strong for those still ice fishing.  The bite remains very good.  Most resorts have pulled their fish houses off for the year, however, some still have fish houses out and others are allowing ATV and side by sides.  Check social media or call ahead to your favorite resort for specifics. Reports this week for walleyes and saugers remain excellent.   A nice mix of jumbo perch, pike, eelpout, and an occasional crappie, tullibee or sturgeon being reported by anglers. Jigging one line and using a live minnow on the second line is the way to go.  Green, glow red, pink and gold were good colors this week.     Monster pike are on a tear!  Good number of pike, some reaching over 45 inches long, being caught using tip ups with live suckers or dead bait such as smelt and herring in 8 - 14' of water.   As always, work through a resort or outfitter for ice road conditions.  Safety first always. Fish houses are allowed on the ice through March 31st, the walleye / sauger season goes through April 14th and the pike season never ends. On the Rainy River...  The river is opened up along the Nelson Park boat ramp in Birchdale, the Frontier boat ramp and Vidas boat ramp.  This past week, much of the open water skimmed over with the single digit overnight temps.   Areas of the river have popped open again and with temps getting warmer, things are shaping up for the last stretch through the rest of the spring season, which continues through April 14th.   Very good numbers of walleyes are in the river.  Reports this week, even with fewer anglers, have been good.  When temps warm up and the sun shines, things will fire up again.   Jigs with brightly colored plastics or jigs with a frozen emerald shiner have been the desired bait on the river.  Don't overlook slow trolling crankbaits upstream as well.   Good reports of sturgeon being caught on the river as well.  Sturgeon put the feed bag on in the spring.  The bite has been very good.  Most are using a sturgeon rig with a circle hook loaded with crawlers or crawlers / frozen emerald shiners. Up at the NW Angle...  Ice fishing is winding down up at the Angle.  Walleyes, saugers, and a number of various species in the mix again this week.  The bite is still very good with good numbers of fish.  The one two punch of jigging one line and deadsticking the second line is working well.   Check with Angle resorts on transport options from Young's Bay.  Call ahead for ice road guidelines.  
    • CigarGuy
      With the drifting, kind of hard to tell for sure, but I'm guessing about a foot and still lightly snowing. Cook end!
    • PSU
      How much snow did you get on Vermilion? 
    • Mike89
      lake here refroze too...  started opening again yesterday with the wet snow and wind...  very little ice left today...
    • Hookmaster
      A friend who has a cabin between Alex and Fergus said the lake he's on refroze. He texted me a pic from March 12th when it was open and one from 23rd when it wasn't. 🤯
    • SkunkedAgain
      I don't think that there has been any ice melt in the past few weeks on Vermilion. Things looked like a record and then Mother Nature swept in again.   I'll give my revised guess of April 21st
    • leech~~
      As I get older it's really not just about sending bullets down range.  Some of it's just the workmanship of the gun and the wow factor. The other two guns I have really wanted which I'll never have now because of their price, is a 8mm Jap Nambu and 9mm German Luger.   Just thought they always looked cool!  
    • jim curlee
      I had a guy hit me with a lightly used 1969 BAR, he wanted $1650 with an older Leupold scope. More than I think they are worth, I made an offer, he declined end of story.   You know if you look at the old brochures, a grade II BAR sold for $250 in the late 60s, $1650 would be a good return on your investment.    Why would anybody want a 50 year old gun, they are heavy, have wood stocks, and blued metal.  I guess mainly to keep their gun safes glued to the floor. lol   You can probably buy a stainless rifle that you never have to clean, with a synthetic stock you never have to refinish, is as light as a feather, and for half as much money, perfect.   I'm too old for a youth gun, although I've shrunk enough that it would probably fit. lol   No Ruger 10/44s.   Jim      
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.