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Just go with Dan Schmidt at Flag Island he will get you accross the border!!! I heard through the grape vine that he was taking groups this winter into canada CRAPPIE and walleye fishing with out calling in to the US or Canada. I guess the guys told the border officers they caught the 40 CRAPPIES they had in US waters! LOL Unless a person has a remote border crossing permit for Canada and a NEXIS for US (still have to call in) your breaking the laws! Unless you use one of the callin stations "jims corner, Jerry'S or Grumpies". Be smart the fines are expensive. Good luck

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I was up fishing crappies with Dan this winter and he always reminded us to call in before we took off in the morning. Not saying you got bad info WW just saying I didn't hear that when I was up there.

Oh and the fishing was great as usual!

Tully

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Tully

Lets just say the info was very reliable! Customs didn't push the issue I guess because it would be rather hard to prove that the guys were in canada, but anyone local knows that catching 40 Crappies in US waters is near impossible!

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Last year we hammered the crappies in the "upper" US. This year we couldn't find them. Later found out they were hammering them just around a point from us. Doh! At least we caught a ton of walleyes.

Tully

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I was kinda surprised to see my question ressurected. Here's how our trip went last year. My buddy who had the dui, made the trip up with Chris Ford's guide service (by the way, we were very happy with his service and willingness to exchange fishing info on the way up)and he met us at the cabin. We had agreed that we would call in to cross the border remotely from Cyclone Island and if they let him in we would fish in CA, and if not we'd stay in the US. We called in every day for 7 days and every day they allowed him in, legally. On the way home, we stopped at Jim's Corner and called CA again and they allowed him to cross back to the US with no problems. I think once you get to Oak Island legally and you call them and answer their questions like you've done it 100 times before you won't have any problems and as long as they give you that number and you did not lie to them to get it, you are good to go. As far as the RABC goes, another buddy applied for one with a dui and he was denied. Hope this helps.

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