Hey good morning folks. Now I dont know about you, but, I know sometimes its a pain to get a boat inspection done so you can fish a body of water, particularly those in Franklin County. But, one thing that I was not aware of, because I have called a couple of field inspectors in East Idaho before and I was always told that they do not do inspections except at the set up inspection stations. Well, this morning I was reading an article in the Post Register on the Quagga Muscle - https://www.postregister.com/news/local/...1fa68.html and low and behold, the paper and State actually gave out a link to have your boat inspected. I about fell out of my chair because I have never heard of this before. Has anyone else?
So, here is the link from the paper article - https://invasivespecies.idaho.gov/waterc...n-stations
As I read it, it is free of charge just like the other inspections you get at the inspection stations. I know for one, I am going to request one next spring when I get back on the water just to see how long it takes to get one done so I can plan for my trips to the Preston area.
I am still pretty suspicious if this will actually work and if I get turned down, I sure will follow-up with the paper on another article on not being able to get an inspection and also with the State. Here's a great opportunity for us all to get our monies worth out of our stickers.
The other interesting thing is that with all of the shouting and screaming to keep the inspection stations going at Franklin and the need to protect the waters owned and operated by the canal companies in the Preston area, if you read down in the above article and look where all of the boats were found to be infected, not a one, I repeat, not a one was found to have come through the Franklin inspection station. Now there could be many reasons for that, afraid to use that station do to reputation of being hard nosed on boats coming into the state for one
, but, for one reason or another they did not find one boat and that area is not a whole lot different than the Malad station except it does sit on the Interstate and does allow a wider distribution of boats there.
And the other interesting fact in the State's own website, is that there was only one watercraft inspected coming into the State that was found to be viable. That means that the muscles and other species the State found could not reproduce because they all were dead. So, boaters are/were doing what they were supposed to be doing prior to heading into Idaho - https://invasivespecies.idaho.gov/waterc...n-stations.
Don't get me wrong, I do support the boat inspection program, but, it sure would be nice if the State made it a little easier for boaters within the State didn't have to get inspected anyplace within Idaho as long as the boat didnt leave the State. In other words, force the Canal Companies to comply with State law and not their own law as long as we are in compliance with State Law. Sorry, I'm heading down the wrong path so Ill stop my soap box. I'm just glad its working and also that there is a way to request an inspection to be done without going to an inspection station.
Good luck and let's make use of it
So, here is the link from the paper article - https://invasivespecies.idaho.gov/waterc...n-stations
As I read it, it is free of charge just like the other inspections you get at the inspection stations. I know for one, I am going to request one next spring when I get back on the water just to see how long it takes to get one done so I can plan for my trips to the Preston area.
I am still pretty suspicious if this will actually work and if I get turned down, I sure will follow-up with the paper on another article on not being able to get an inspection and also with the State. Here's a great opportunity for us all to get our monies worth out of our stickers.
The other interesting thing is that with all of the shouting and screaming to keep the inspection stations going at Franklin and the need to protect the waters owned and operated by the canal companies in the Preston area, if you read down in the above article and look where all of the boats were found to be infected, not a one, I repeat, not a one was found to have come through the Franklin inspection station. Now there could be many reasons for that, afraid to use that station do to reputation of being hard nosed on boats coming into the state for one
, but, for one reason or another they did not find one boat and that area is not a whole lot different than the Malad station except it does sit on the Interstate and does allow a wider distribution of boats there.And the other interesting fact in the State's own website, is that there was only one watercraft inspected coming into the State that was found to be viable. That means that the muscles and other species the State found could not reproduce because they all were dead. So, boaters are/were doing what they were supposed to be doing prior to heading into Idaho - https://invasivespecies.idaho.gov/waterc...n-stations.
Don't get me wrong, I do support the boat inspection program, but, it sure would be nice if the State made it a little easier for boaters within the State didn't have to get inspected anyplace within Idaho as long as the boat didnt leave the State. In other words, force the Canal Companies to comply with State law and not their own law as long as we are in compliance with State Law. Sorry, I'm heading down the wrong path so Ill stop my soap box. I'm just glad its working and also that there is a way to request an inspection to be done without going to an inspection station.
Good luck and let's make use of it