03-12-2014, 06:13 PM
How 'bout, I did the AIS thing online last week, got my 2014 Certificate, then put my boat in the shop [laugh].
I agree that the written Certification isn't quite enough positive action against AIS. But it's what we got, and it is what it is. I'll comply with it, and do it annually 'cause I've had the experience with, "hey the forms box is empty.....well we can get one from the guy at the ramp. Hey, that guy at the ramp aint there." 6 hours later, Aw come on officer, there were no forms in the box, the guy usually on the ramp with more forms wasn't there. He was ? Am I really supposed to go looking in the outhouse for him ? OK, good idea. I'm going straight home and get online. Just a warning this time? Great, Thanks. But you see my boat here almost every weekend, you have done 3 safety inspections, 4 fishing license verifications, 3 or 4 inspections of my live well and days catch. I have NEVER had ANYTHING out of order with all that stuff before. Why don't you go out in the lake and ticket a few of those power squadron fellas that like to run at 50 MPH just 20 feet off my anchored boat, or cut too close behind me when I'm slow trolling 2 lines and they ALWAYS hook up at least one of them .[mad]
Maybe not exactly word for word, but I had that conversation with a WB DNR Ranger about 3 years ago. Been doing the online AIS Cert ever since.
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I agree that the written Certification isn't quite enough positive action against AIS. But it's what we got, and it is what it is. I'll comply with it, and do it annually 'cause I've had the experience with, "hey the forms box is empty.....well we can get one from the guy at the ramp. Hey, that guy at the ramp aint there." 6 hours later, Aw come on officer, there were no forms in the box, the guy usually on the ramp with more forms wasn't there. He was ? Am I really supposed to go looking in the outhouse for him ? OK, good idea. I'm going straight home and get online. Just a warning this time? Great, Thanks. But you see my boat here almost every weekend, you have done 3 safety inspections, 4 fishing license verifications, 3 or 4 inspections of my live well and days catch. I have NEVER had ANYTHING out of order with all that stuff before. Why don't you go out in the lake and ticket a few of those power squadron fellas that like to run at 50 MPH just 20 feet off my anchored boat, or cut too close behind me when I'm slow trolling 2 lines and they ALWAYS hook up at least one of them .[mad]
Maybe not exactly word for word, but I had that conversation with a WB DNR Ranger about 3 years ago. Been doing the online AIS Cert ever since.
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"OCD = Obsessive Catfish Disorder "
Or so it says on my license plate holder
Or so it says on my license plate holder