Yeah, every place south of Jersey has one now; we had one in N.C. when I fished down there recently. I think it sucks too,but in all honesty, someone does have to pay the staff at fish and wildlife. Someone has to pay for regs enforcement (remember, if they don't the poachers will steal all the stripers) someone has to pay for management surveys, and someone has to pay for state boat ramps and other facilities. It's only fair that the people who benefit should help pay, and that's us.
h2q - I disagree, this state has its head so far up it's @ss, I can't imagine how they'd re-appropriate the $62.5M ($25 * 2.5 million salt water fishermen) but they will.
F*** THE SALTWATER LICENSE -- I'd rather the poachers poach.