getting permisson - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Goose · 03-09-2005, 06:02 PM

Every year I encounter the problem of obtaining permission to some hunting and fishing grounds, I find it difficult especialy hunting, I guess its a liabilty issue. I've fished a stretch that only fools would walk....beleive me I often walk all day, just not on loose rocks.

If I do get my foot in the door I'll definantly offering some of the catch or kill, another thing I've done is ask before the season when the crowds aren't there yet the problem with that is many are summer homes. Didn't dress like grub fisherman and borrowed the mini van from the wife. Even with all that I get rejected. Other then bo tox,,,what else can I do??

tynan19 · 03-09-2005, 07:01 PM

Money Talks. What you have done is about as good as it gets. Introduce yourself explain what you will be doing and let them know you will be fishing alone. Pretend it is a job interview, make youself presentable. Botomline some will let you and some won't. Just keep trying. Good luck.

TunaCell · 03-09-2005, 07:18 PM

Most permission to use private access I know of is attained through either conncetions through work or firends. And to be honest with you, most of what you can gain isn't worth the trouble anyway.

nightfighter · 03-09-2005, 09:26 PM

Goose,

I have twenty four properties that I have had permission to fish on or pass through to MLW. Used to have five others but those were sold and I couldn't convert new owners, yet...

I call on them every year, as if it were the first time, to gain their permission for the coming season. For the most part, they appreciate that someone asked. Granted, half of those properties are or have been owned by someone known to the family somehow, but I have converted a few owners by telling them about the migration, especially the fall run. They like getting fish for dinner too. Often have to leave it in a cooler, with my biz card, just so I can get the cooler back.

Some I don't use, but still get the permission, in case an abutter gives me the business.

I also ask if they have a dog, as I do not ever want to be the one accused of getting the dog barking and waking them at 0400. It just helps me choose where not to go in the wee hours. If you pose such questions, they will get the point that you are serious about your fishing, about their privacy (ie. sleep) and that you are not the one who is going to have ten loud beer drinking buddies trashing their waterfront and keepin them up.

Last thought. Watch the real estate transactions. I have gotten permission from new owners, basically because I lied and said the previous owner had let me fish the property for years and I hoped that the arrangement might continue!

Karl F · 03-09-2005, 09:46 PM

Private Property... fishing access.. maybe 'cause it's just what I do for a living, but, I have a couple of places, that some good old fashioned booze has got me in thru the front gate

The sad part is, is that I remember when it was just an "old dirt road" that nobody cared if ya drove down to the shoreline on... Like my Mom used ta say.. "Things change... and not always for the better."

justplugit · 03-09-2005, 09:59 PM

So Karl, that was your metod of madness to get that 12 wheeled Winnebago on the beach.

fishweewee · 03-09-2005, 10:15 PM

Find a farmer with an agricultural deer management permit (many states have them now).

This is a year-round hunting license.

Karl F · 03-09-2005, 10:16 PM

JPI, that's easy, they'll sell anybody a sticker, as long as they got green money, and are willing to drive the thing on the sand.

Why does grilled striper, and steamers always taste better on the beach?

Columbus Day weekend a few years ago... what a feast!