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Topic: 2013 CA Fishing License  (Read 6169 times)

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   I think Cal FAG has gotten way out of control with these fees.      I remember the days when it was 3 dollars and no special stamps.  Ocean Fishing was free to all...      What is next?   Rock fish stamps for each  species? 

 We ought to have a statewide boycott.    Without the income they extort from license fees, I bet they'd change this real fast.   

      Not that it would ever happen,  but  I would give up fishing for a year just to make a statement.

   They are way over funded as it is.   I have a neighbor who, for years,  drives off to work in a full size SUV with  CA F&G  emblem on the side of it...    Our stamps pay for personal transportation and gas to every F&G employee ?
   
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   I think Cal FAG has gotten way out of control with these fees.      I remember the days when it was 3 dollars and no special stamps.  Ocean Fishing was free to all...      What is next?   Rock fish stamps for each  species? 

 We ought to have a statewide boycott.    Without the income they extort from license fees, I bet they'd change this real fast.   

      Not that it would ever happen,  but  I would give up fishing for a year just to make a statement.

   They are way over funded as it is.   I have a neighbor who, for years,  drives off to work in a full size SUV with  CA F&G  emblem on the side of it...    Our stamps pay for personal transportation and gas to every F&G employee ?
 


Ahh yes, the days before prop 13....

Your experience is different from mine.  Was your neighbor a warden?  If so, he was probably working from home.

The DFG I work for requires us to buy our own uniforms and some of our own field gear.  I had several of my studies cut short this year due to a travel restriction (ie, we couldn't even use state vehicles for official state business).

If you want DFG to spend less money, then ask the SJ valley water interest to stop suing the department.  The last time they sued DFG, they had to propose some asinine striper regulation changes that were inevitably shot down by the F&G commission... Cost to taxpayers... millions.
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I used to think the Lic. fees were way out of line,
but after building a list of all the fish avail to persue in Cali, and comparing it to the fish avail to persue in other states, It's clear to see why Cali. licenses are more expensive than other states.
It's funny, a friend of mine is from back east and says they (Colorado) have more fish and lic. fees are only $20.00 or so. I asked him how the Albicore bite was or the Steelhead, and he laughed and said "I get the point".
California has one of the most diverse collection of species to fish for in the country, we have both warm and cold, fresh and salt water species as well as brackish water.
As proven by the AOTY entries, these fish are also fairly abundant and can be cought with a little expertise.
$45.00 + is not that bad if you really do the math.
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I used to think the Lic. fees were way out of line,
but after building a list of all the fish avail to persue in Cali, and comparing it to the fish avail to persue in other states, It's clear to see why Cali. licenses are more expensive than other states.
It's funny, a friend of mine is from back east and says they (Colorado) have more fish and lic. fees are only $20.00 or so. I asked him how the Albicore bite was or the Steelhead, and he laughed and said "I get the point".
California has one of the most diverse collection of species to fish for in the country, we have both warm and cold, fresh and salt water species as well as brackish water.
As proven by the AOTY entries, these fish are also fairly abundant and can be cought with a little expertise.
$45.00 + is not that bad if you really do the math.

Thank you Eric.
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well put Eric and Adam.
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I'm not happy about it but I'm gonna shut up and pay it  :smt012

I realize the price of everything is up....but I'd like to get more than what the DFG has given us. All this public/private partnership is crap, I'd like to see the dept. start pushing the judicial branch for prison time for both buyers and sellers in illegal poaching ring cases and I'd like to see more wardens instead of mindless garbage like "we should spend millions to change the name of our agency". 
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It's the best $45 dollar spend for me when it comes to fun and entertainment.  Dinner and a movie for 2 costs at least double that and it's over in just a few hours.


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Censored by myself to my first post... after all this is not a political arena; :smt001 however, I left the rest so you could get the feeling of the post.  :smt006


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U add everything up and its quite a fee, but I tend to spend more on bait, beer, and gas on every fishing trip so a few more dollars definitely won't deter me one bit.

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I Bitch because I could buy more beer or Tackle. :smt003
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and less than most people spend at Starbucks in month.
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Boycott for a year?  After all I have spent on a boat and a yak and all the rods, reels, tackle, etc.?  I think not!  It will be the best 45.00 I will have spent all year. 
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$45 + whatever other fees... its about $100 for bucks
if you guys do 1 skydive it will cost you about $200.00 + $50.00 for the video and another $20 .00 for the shirt... it will be over in about 5 minutes.
45 bucks is not bad and if you do OK you may get dinner to take home.

Eric you are right on, I met this guy at SFO when I was coming back from Cabo and ask me if I came to the Bay Area to fish ( I had my rods in the case) He was here from Arizona to fish for Albacore and Rockfish, He said He wanted to get some salmon too. His license for non-resident was over 100 bucks and that was about 5 years ago.
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