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Going fishing? Pack your passport (USA TODAY)

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 Going fishing? Pack your passport (USA TODAY)

Posted in Boating (RSS)

"Rick Ungar's charter fishing service promises a great time on Lake Erie. But there's a catch — and it's not freshwater fish. It's the Homeland Security Department's new anti-terrorism rules. When the 2008 charter season begins next month, U.S. citizens paying to fish on Lake Erie will have to bring either a passport or two other IDs if they plan to cross the northern border's invisible watery line. When they get back to shore in the USA, they'll have to drive to a local government reporting station and pose for pictures. They won't be posing with their fish, but for Customs officers via a videophone connection"

Entire Article Here at USATODAY.com Online.

Posted on Friday, March 28, 2008 by Team-VMBA