04-12-2011, 07:06 AM
That just happens to bring me to another point! Why do out-of-stater's get charged so much? When if they were encouraged by lower daily fee's it might bring more people to the state, and more money along with them. Lower the yearly license and the daily license! Colorado, especially, isn't a desired fishing destination as it is, and the places that are attractive to outside fisherman are probably fancy gold medal waters close to expensive city's like aspen. If the daily fee was cheap enough to give visitors an affordable activity while visiting family or driving through it would probably cause hundreds of more purchases and increased business revenue all over.
$15 for the second rod! That's asinine! I'd pay that for a three pole stamp though. Two's just not enough.
Here's a message from gilbert the guppy circa 1976![inline IMG_1248.JPG]
OK, lower prices for non-residents might not help us residents..So why not give active duty member of our armed forces half priced annual licenses and up to four free day passes so they can take their spouse and children fishing when they come to visit colorful Colorado from not so colorful iraq and afghanistan?
It could give general advertisement for fishing licenses and make the wildlife people look good..
OK, were still not getting cheaper licenses, so, why not give discounts to women fisherman? Lets say, 25% off licenses, same priced habitat stamp. Maybe that's not helping, but how many more guys would buy licenses and pick up fishing if the news had a few good shots of an attractive woman fishing..
Lastly, but not the least. The Head water stamp. Colorado, being responsible for supplying almost all of the southwestern states with life giving water just doesn't seem to be getting anything in return..So lets say we start damming all the rivers that start in our Rockies to supply hundreds of miles of useless irrigation canals that circle around pointlessly, or build a few hundred more reservoirs, supplementing the lure of our ridiculously cheap non-resident licenses and shores of girls who know how to clean fish....Lets say 40% cost of all fishing licenses for all south western states, especially Utah Arizona and Nevada..
OK. Now our licenses our much cheaper, in fact in a few years I figure the annual license could be $2.50. After we start actually selling our water we might all be as rich as Saudis..This might take some legislation, and a war or two, but it will be worth it..
Although I've been thinking up all these great ideas, that doesn't mean I've had slow fishing days..In the past six days I've got two of the biggest trout of my life as well as two others almost as big. Not as good of luck on catfish yet, one good one and a small one. Lots of little largemouth, bluegill, perch and a few crappie.
Finally I got the fish I've been pursuing since the middle of the ice season, a near 19 1/2 inch Snake River! 20 inches is the master angler qualification, I probably could have stretched it but I didn't want it bad enough to cheat.
Here is the 19 inch cutbow from today
BEFORE
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AFTER
(next to the 12 incher you can barely see in the top picture)
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Snake River, three or four days ago.
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$15 for the second rod! That's asinine! I'd pay that for a three pole stamp though. Two's just not enough.
Here's a message from gilbert the guppy circa 1976![inline IMG_1248.JPG]
OK, lower prices for non-residents might not help us residents..So why not give active duty member of our armed forces half priced annual licenses and up to four free day passes so they can take their spouse and children fishing when they come to visit colorful Colorado from not so colorful iraq and afghanistan?
It could give general advertisement for fishing licenses and make the wildlife people look good..
OK, were still not getting cheaper licenses, so, why not give discounts to women fisherman? Lets say, 25% off licenses, same priced habitat stamp. Maybe that's not helping, but how many more guys would buy licenses and pick up fishing if the news had a few good shots of an attractive woman fishing..
Lastly, but not the least. The Head water stamp. Colorado, being responsible for supplying almost all of the southwestern states with life giving water just doesn't seem to be getting anything in return..So lets say we start damming all the rivers that start in our Rockies to supply hundreds of miles of useless irrigation canals that circle around pointlessly, or build a few hundred more reservoirs, supplementing the lure of our ridiculously cheap non-resident licenses and shores of girls who know how to clean fish....Lets say 40% cost of all fishing licenses for all south western states, especially Utah Arizona and Nevada..
OK. Now our licenses our much cheaper, in fact in a few years I figure the annual license could be $2.50. After we start actually selling our water we might all be as rich as Saudis..This might take some legislation, and a war or two, but it will be worth it..
Although I've been thinking up all these great ideas, that doesn't mean I've had slow fishing days..In the past six days I've got two of the biggest trout of my life as well as two others almost as big. Not as good of luck on catfish yet, one good one and a small one. Lots of little largemouth, bluegill, perch and a few crappie.
Finally I got the fish I've been pursuing since the middle of the ice season, a near 19 1/2 inch Snake River! 20 inches is the master angler qualification, I probably could have stretched it but I didn't want it bad enough to cheat.
Here is the 19 inch cutbow from today
BEFORE
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AFTER
(next to the 12 incher you can barely see in the top picture)
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Snake River, three or four days ago.
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