specific licenses for specific fish? nah, let's just make it so that the license allows you to fish for anything... why make law enforcement tougher?

Check.

Just a thought.

don't post much
 

Hi everyone,
I don't post much, because I don't get to fish enough to say anything worthwhile, but thought I'd jump in on this one. This quote from the providence journal says the money would already be earmarked for the state's general fund. In my opinion, the license would be of absoulutely positively no benefit to anyone on this board. Here's the quote:
"But the proposal is drawing criticism from more than just recreational fishermen. The director of the state Department of Environmental Management, Jan Reitsma, has warned budget writers that the move runs counter to both the governor and department's positions.

Reitsma says one key problem is that the money raised would go into the state's general fund, rather than a dedicated account to pay for fishing habitat improvements, as freshwater license fees do. "It may be a good thing if it can pay for better fisheries management," Reitsma says, "but we're not going to support it if it's going elsewhere."

This is from the director of the DEM

But I still don't support the ideas of saltwater fishing license.

Jchar,
I was just trying to get feedback on the license issue. NOT supporting Rhode Islands effort.

We asked some questions of John and he seems to be answering some of it on another post. See "Saltwater license".

I guess one has to search around for the answer on these threads sometimes.

John must have tired of my rhetoric.

I'll let the big boys handle it.

Good luck all