How many of you guys would buy a Beachmaster on eBay for $50?
Bet the license will cost less, and it'll last longer than the first bluefish that swims along.
Listening to you people complain about a lousy fee that'll run less than the cost of an inflated plug is almost comical.
I don't like it any more than you do, but it's inevitable. Big Brother calls the shots. The days when states could thumb their nose at Washington are over, and have been for 40 years. You either toe the line or lose billions in funding (remember how DC shoved the .08 OUI limit down the throat of every state, and the 55 mph speed limit back in the 70s). Suck it up. What most of you spend on fishing in a year could buy licenses for a whole Boy Scout troop.