Anyone Hunt Rivers or Lakes ?

[fibberjibber]

Hello everyone! I live in Wisconsin and am wondering if anyone lives up here that has experience and plan to do some river or lake detecting this summer. I have snorkel gear. I have never learned to dive but would like to someday. I have NO experience MDing in water. I do have an updated AT Pro so I can, theoretically, be submerged to a point. I am young, healthy, and a happy guy unless something goes wrong with my coffee maker in the morning! I live almost an hour north of Milwaukee so days, afternoons work if you are close by or weekends if I have to drive. If you live close enough to partake, I will be grilling the brats and chicken at my house after a day on the water. If not, I will buy the beer
-Eric

 

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[Jason in Enid]

Plenty of good stuff to find in lakes and rivers. You won't need to snorkel though. The best spots are where people would cross the rivers or swim beaches on the lakes. Most of the goodies will be wading depth and shallower.

 

[Bumpstick]

I would be willing to go out with you when the water warms up.
Send an E-Mail and we can try to get together.
I dig up mostly other peoples trash and Pieces of led;
It helps clean up the environment.

 

[Bum Luck]

Did the DNR ruling change?

It made it illegal to MD in any water, river or lake.

 

[fibberjibber]

As I understand it, it is only the waterways controlled by the DNR. I dont think that applies to private lakes. Additionally, I do not know if anyone is doing work with the DNR, etc with a permit. Just fishing- you never know what pops up Bum!

 

[logger1]

The way I understand the rule is, if your standing in water its controlled by the dnr, maybe private lakes are different. As for creeks/streams and rivers I think there all controlled by dnr, they want you to get a mining permit from them just to pan for gold in creeks. Just from what I was told, maybe wrong as there rules seem different depending on who you talk to.

 

[Bum Luck]

As I understand it, it is only the waterways controlled by the DNR. I dont think that applies to private lakes. Additionally, I do not know if anyone is doing work with the DNR, etc with a permit. Just fishing- you never know what pops up Bum!

DNR controls ALL water, except your bathtub (coming soon in an administrative ruling).

ALL water, even private field ponds.

The only permit you can get is for searching for a specific item you lost.

 

[tannerhatley]

We must destroy the DNR then. MUHHAHAHAHAH!

 

[skywalker827]

I could be wrong, but my understanding of that rule was anything within state parks. Or within land such as public hunting type areas. Not local waters, like city beaches and water ways.

 

[NowandThenTreasures]

Curious if anyone has experiences, running into a problem With the DNR while MD in shallow water in Wisconsin? (Other than State Parks of course)
If so, please share!

 

[agflit]

This is what I do...and heres the straight scoop...

" ANY navigable waterway"...that means WI DNR has jurisdiction of just a tad over 99% of ALL WI waters. Get a permit ..FOR THE SPECIFIC ITEM YOU LOST.

If you don't....they WILL cite you, and impound your gear, your boat, your vehicle...it's a nightmare. Do NOT take the chance. Enter the water with a MD..and no proper permit..may as well go to Ho-chunk....the odds are better.

Bubs

 

[NowandThenTreasures]

I wonder how many "specific item" permits have been sought out and issued by the WI DNR over the course of a year?

 

[pgfhgs]

I wonder how many "specific item" permits have been sought out and issued by the WI DNR over the course of a year?

Likely nobody gets a permit, several on here hunt lakes and rivers but always where the city or county beach is, kind of a vague loop hole if you will?