Fishing license question for anyone in a similar situation to me
Jan 5, 2021 20:44:55 #
Tommy G
Loc: Colonial Beach VA.
Would recommend checking with game and fish commission or what ever you have there! I live on the tidal Potomac in Va. and had to check with VMRC to get it straight.. Below the RT 301 bridge is salt water! Any creek or bay off the main stem is fresh water even though it's tidal!!We have a reciprocity agreement with MD. but I have to stay in the main stem of the river on the maryland side! If I walk across the street to fish in monroe bay I need a fresh water license! It's confusing as hell so I buy a statewide license to cover that! I still need to buy a trout stamp and a national forest stamp to cover those as well!!Call the place and find out for sure!! Tight lines from VA!
Jan 5, 2021 23:48:55 #
Ya,that beer thing surprised us once too. Thank goodness we loved the fishing more than beer ,we left it in the cabin being in a hurry to fish. Warden checked our licenses and told us beer was not to be in the boat. Lucky for us, but than I forgot to by that lottery ticket. Darned fishing, sometimes you're lucky sometimes not.
Jan 5, 2021 23:58:22 #
captjim
Loc: Antioch Ca
Tommy G wrote:
Would recommend checking with game and fish commis... (show quote)
Tommy G, California may have the most expensive basic license, but at least it goes every where. I fish a tidal zone as well and I am really glad it is all one state and license!
Jan 6, 2021 08:03:09 #
Colt M4
Loc: NW Florida panhandle
In Florida, it's NOT whether the water is salt, fresh, or brackish that drives the type of license - it's the fish you have in your possession. ex: I live way up on a fresh water river that runs into a saltwater intra-coastal waterway/Gulf of Mexico. If I catch a Red Drum in the fresh water in my back yard, I better have a saltwater license. Salt and freshwater species transit both waters. There is never a clear line between salt and fresh water. So, in Florida, you purchase one license that covers both - or be 65+ years old, as I am, and fish free!!!
Jan 6, 2021 08:55:36 #
Colt M4 wrote:
In Florida, it's NOT whether the water is salt, fr... (show quote)
Is that only for residents or all old farts.
Jan 6, 2021 10:50:23 #
Colt M4
Loc: NW Florida panhandle
Yea, it's only for old farts that are FL state residences. Kinda nice here in the Sunshine State. The state is open, we're vaccinating, people are working, etc.
Jan 6, 2021 14:49:13 #
Tommy G
Loc: Colonial Beach VA.
For sure! I got a buddy so lives in Watsonville California and he tells me about that scene out there! Lots of regs to stay abreast on!! Read that fishing laws book carefully!! They get alot of freshwater fisherman here on migratory androminous fish in the tidal regions fishing for shad and herring!!You have to register with the VMRC if you just buy a freshwater license! If you buy a statewide license you are automatically registered!!They write alot of non registered tickets
Jan 6, 2021 17:08:33 #
Justoldjim
Loc: JUNCTION CITY, OR.
FS Digest wrote:
So I literally live on a state line so I often find myself fishing in both states even in the same day, do I really need to buy a license for both states? I know legally you need a separate license but do you think I would really get in trouble for fishing in the wrong state when I’m minutes away from being in the one I have a license for?
Sorry if this is a weird/confusing question or if this is the wrong place to ask
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by -BigBassBoi-
Sorry if this is a weird/confusing question or if this is the wrong place to ask
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by -BigBassBoi-
In Oregon fishing the Columbia River you need a license for the side of the river you leave the river on
Jan 7, 2021 15:35:17 #
Juancy1954
Loc: 76048 Granbury TX
If you are fishing in a body of water that have shore in both states, normally you can fish both shores from the water. If the body of water is completely enclosed inside the state line, you need a license. Buy the license for the state you catch most of your fish.
Jan 7, 2021 15:57:46 #
Justoldjim
Loc: JUNCTION CITY, OR.
better check that out wiht fish and game I think at least some states you need a license in the state you are landing the fish
Jan 7, 2021 17:25:23 #
Justoldjim wrote:
better check that out wiht fish and game I think at least some states you need a license in the state you are landing the fish
I agree Jim, the minute you step on land with fish, you better have a license for there. Unless of course there's a reciprocal agreement between the 2 states.
Jan 7, 2021 18:47:25 #
This is really pretty simple for me, if I had any doubt about what fishing or hunting license I needed for a area I would talk to the Game Wardens .
Jan 8, 2021 09:08:49 #
photobra
Loc: North Riverside,IL (Chicago)
I have one for Illinois and Indiana. I have seen the ranger take away a person, another all their gear, and this year I was asked to show it. I had to have a paper copy. Would not allow me to have it on my phone as proof (Il).
Jan 8, 2021 09:35:33 #
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