Got a ticket for fishing without a license, but I have a license...

That pretty much blows even if you manage to get it dismissed

By now the F&G should be able to access records on the water and see your name in a database

Which would save everyone a lot of time and trouble

That pretty much blows even if you manage to get it dismissed

By now the F&G should be able to access records on the water and see your name in a database

Which would save everyone a lot of time and trouble

I agree. It especially seems bizarre to live in the high-tech capital of the world, but yet they cannot (or, more likely, will not) look up license info in the field.

I've been on the water many times when my phone dies. What happens then? Will a paper copy work? Is that up to the warden's discretion?

I finally got this resolved today.

A while back, I submitted a form with some documentation showing that I actually had a license at the time, and pleaded "no contest". The letter I got today reduced the fine to $25, with the following comment:

The Court has read and considered the information provided and will accept the no contest plea and will grant the fine reduction to $25 based upon proof of a fishing license at the time of the offense.

Glad it worked out!

Sorry to say that still suck imo 

I can understand $10 processing fee but not that.

Sorry to say that still suck imo 

I can understand $10 processing fee but not that.

It seems that $25 is the minimum. Anyways, it's better than $485...

Unfortunate that it occurred and you had to deal with it, fully agree about the outcome.

“ it's better than $485...”

The fact you had the app on your phone should be enough evidence to convince a judge you were not given the proper amount of time to open the app.  At least I'd suggest that to the judge.  I'd also tell the judge what the DFG guys said; that it was easy to get dismissed and that you would call the officer to court to interrogate him on the matter if necessary to have this citation honored with the intention of the issuing officer that it be dismissed.  Tell the judge you would have not let the officer leave without pulling up the license if he had not told you that, and you would have had him wait until you could open the app. 
My opinion on how to give a judge the means to dismiss this, anyways.

In the meantime, I checked mine just now and I have the biometric enabled on my app.  My phone can read my fingerprint and just touching the on/off button lightly reads and opens the app to my license, no worries.  The physical license is kept in my lifevest with my ID since I never fish on the water without it.  (Something attached to me when on the water to make the identification of the body easier) 

BTW, the app works with the phone in airplane mode, meaning the info is on the phone itself, and doesn't need internet, cellphone, wifi or blutooth connection to view it.  But best of all, it didn't require a login password or finger print reading to open either.  Just opened straight to my license! 
To verify this was a fact, I powered off the phone, then restarted it to wipe any memory of the app being opened and closed.  Upon boot up, I logged into my phone, opened the app and it when straight to the license with an overlay saying that internet was not available.  The overly went away when I touched the screen.