Ma. salt water fishing lic

[macojoe]

$10 + $1.85 Convenience fee = $11.85??

Its not a convenience to me!!!

I say all boycott getting a lic, what they going to do, jail us all?

[Mr. Sandman]

Let's face it, 12 bucks is not a lot of money in the face of 4-5 buck fuel this summer. But it is the point of the matter.

Saltwater fishing has been a right for everyone and now it is not. Thank you Obama Admin. (I don't want to hear your pro Obama whining)

Many people will not have a lic and claim ignorance and past history and there will be very few summons written for no lic.

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

Let's face it, 12 bucks is not a lot of money in the face of 4-5 buck fuel this summer. But it is the point of the matter.

Saltwater fishing has been a right for everyone and now it is not. Thank you Obama Admin. (I don't want to hear your pro Obama whining)

Many people will not have a lic and claim ignorance and past history and there will be very few summons written for no lic.

I agree. I paid for mine last week and by the time I'm fishing, I'll have forgotten that I had to pay for it. My big problem with paying for saltwater fishing is where the funds are allocated. If they were used for improving access or building fishing piers, etc... I have no problem with paying. Heck, if the money went to improving access for anglers, I'd gladly pay more than $12. It's a shame in MA (and RI for that matter) that there are so few places for people with limited physical mobility to fish from shore. In Florida they use license fees to make fishing more accessible to people, while here we pay but have less access.

[Mr. Sandman]

The way the web site is set up it is easy to select "$10 saltwater fishing donation" instead of " $10 saltwater fishing license" . The only way you can "undo" this is to cancel the entire transaction you can not edit your cart.

You should not be begging for donations (in the same amount as the lic) on the same page as paying for a mandatory lic. This state is just in-your-face-rude.

Oh, and yes you have a convenience fee on the donation as well.

[SeaMule]

Fishbones--Let me know when you got it all figured out. You should have plenty of time on your hands to fight with MADMF since your big toe will not be able to fit in a wading boot until September!

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by SeaMule

Fishbones--Let me know when you got it all figured out. You should have plenty of time on your hands to fight with MADMF since your big toe will not be able to fit in a wading boot until September!

I guess I'll just have to fish from the yak. Wanna join me on the bay this spring?

[Mr. Sandman]

Originally Posted by fishbones

I'd gladly pay more than $12. It's a shame in MA (and RI for that matter) that there are so few places for people with limited physical mobility to fish from shore.

To that end....After 3 years of fighting the system, this fall the state got approval to build a dedicated fishing pier in Oak Bluffs (next to the ferry dock). The town was initially against it but enough fishermen came out in force and pressured the decision makers to finally see the good in this. It has a budget up to a million bucks...just for fishermen. It will be open 24/7 and have handicap and children access areas and a bathroom nearby. This money came from the states existing fishing access budget. Oh...and after lots of discussion...it will be free.

The state of MA actually has a good number public fishing access points and is looking forward to expanding them 1 or 2 per year. More is definitely better.

This lic though does nothing to improving access. It goes to producing a list of names and phone numbers of fishermen that will then be disturbed during the dinner hour to ask how they did fishing. And to support the website (that already existed)

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

This lic though does nothing to improving access. It goes to producing a list of names and phone numbers of fishermen will then be disturbed during the dinner hour to ask how they did fishing. And to support the website (that already existed)

That's my problem with the money the state collects. We already pay taxes that should be used for that. I may be wrong, but it seems that there are less and less places for people to fish from shore in MA each year. Parking lots are closed, fences are put up, etc... It's a shame because there's a lot of money generated by fishermen that goes to the state besides the license fees.

And that's great news about the pier in Oak Bluffs. It's too bad there aren't more towns looking into fishing piers.

[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

To that end....After 3 years of fighting the system, this fall the state got approval to build a dedicated fishing pier in Oak Bluffs (next to the ferry dock). The town was initially against it but enough fishermen came out in force and pressured the decision makers to finally see the good in this. It has a budget up to a million bucks...just for fishermen. It will be open 24/7 and have handicap and children access areas and a bathroom nearby. This money came from the states existing fishing access budget. Oh...and after lots of discussion...it will be free.

The state of MA actually has a good number public fishing access points and is looking forward to expanding them 1 or 2 per year. More is definitely better.

This lic though does nothing to improving access. It goes to producing a list of names and phone numbers of fishermen that will then be disturbed during the dinner hour to ask how they did fishing. And to support the website (that already existed)

I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that the fishing pier is being paid for by federal money from the excise taxes we pay on our fishing equipment.

[Mr. Sandman]

I thought it was too but I specifically asked that very question and the response I got back was that it was not from the excise tax.