Can you catch and release without a license in California?
Feb 5, 2021 13:41:04 #
One exception to requiring a license I experienced was in Glacier National Park in Montana. Surprisingly, you could fish in the park and the North Fork of the Flathead River as long as you fished from the Park side.
Feb 5, 2021 14:06:24 #
hemihappy
Loc: pawleys island s.c.
Guess what when you catch a fish even with the intention of releasing it, for a moment it is in your possession that is the rub you can't have a fish in your possession without a license. My advice Get one.
Feb 5, 2021 14:07:46 #
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Feb 5, 2021 14:26:10 #
captjim
Loc: Antioch Ca
Here is a good pier to fish from in the bay area that does not require a license. This is right on the edge of San Pablo bay. Good for stripers sturgeon etc. https://www.pierfishing.com/mcnear-beach-fishing-pier/
Feb 5, 2021 14:51:49 #
uncle Leo
Loc: St Louis Mo
JimH wrote:
if you areIt's a fishing license, not a catching license. If you put a hook in the water you need a license. Exceptions are private owned lakes or on the day that the state let's you fish without a license. There is an amnesty day each year where you don't need a license.
on private lakes and ponds
Feb 5, 2021 15:10:48 #
FS Digest wrote:
Hey all, I’m not much of a fisherman, but my great... (show quote)
Catch and Release is still fishing. Gotta have a license for fishing?
Feb 5, 2021 15:30:36 #
Boatnick
Loc: Carson City, Nv.
In Cali. if fishing in coastal waters from a pier or jetty you don't need a fishing licences.
Feb 5, 2021 15:49:41 #
Boatnick wrote:
In Cali. if fishing in coastal waters from a pier or jetty you don't need a fishing licences.
I knew a pier but even a jetty you don't need a licences??
Feb 5, 2021 16:22:19 #
craig42
Loc: Petaluma, ca
FS Digest wrote:
Hey all, I’m not much of a fisherman, but my great... (show quote)
No license needed for some jetties. At doran park in bodega bay California you can fish the jetty at the harbor entrance, the fish and game also give a little lee way as to where the jetty meets the land.
Feb 5, 2021 17:27:08 #
Feb 5, 2021 18:49:36 #
I think the bottom line is if you are going fishing or hunting buy a license
Feb 5, 2021 19:57:37 #
Fishing Fool
Loc: redding, ca
You can fish for free anywhere in California for one day a year!! You will have to check to see which day. Woohoo
Feb 5, 2021 21:18:59 #
Fishing Fool wrote:
You can fish for free anywhere in California for one day a year!! You will have to check to see which day. Woohoo
Its two days a year and someone posted here when the days are.
Feb 6, 2021 00:20:50 #
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