To "Up North", why would you clean the mower deck with the bag still attached? Take the bag off so you can clean the deck AND the chute properly.
Its a safety feature, the mower won't run unless either bag or plug is attached (magnets). ☺
Why would you want to be able to run the mower whilst cleaning it?
If it's anything like my mower it has a hose plug, plug the hose in turn on the water and the mower and it pretty much cleans itself. I can run mine without the bag however so it isn't getting soaked.
As to picking up the clippings I don't as a rule. I pick them up only if the lawn has gotten too long and they would be obviously visible, they really don't seem to rot down where I am, just making huge piles of nasty anoxic slime (we have a lot of lawns way too much to dilute into the compost)
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