07-19-2013, 06:43 PM
[quote FishingLunatic]
1-Overfishing if that 2 pole permitt is included for that cheap. [/quote]
I don't buy that.
[quote FishingLunatic]
3- For those who say fishing is like 9 cents per day...Yeah, most of us can't fish 7 days a week, let a lone for a significant amount of time...[/quote]
How much money do you spend to go to a movie? If you go fishing 1 day, then you've pretty much got your money's worth. Forget the number of days per year on average. All you have to do is go one or two times.
[quote FishingLunatic]...and almost everywhere has some kind of additional fee, whether it be a day use pass or several days pass on camping trips. Also to go anywhere decent requires lots of gas money and of course the food/water necessities that come with it. They make their money on other ways besides the fishing license and second pole permits. [/quote]
Who? Who makes the money? You're combining multiple agencies. The UDWR sells you the license, which gives you the right to fish. If you go to a State Park, then you may have to pay them. Different agency. Gas money certainly doesn't go to the UDWR or the State. That's a private entity. I have that problem when I go to the movies as well -- I have to pay parking, I have to buy treats, etc. Should the UDWR be subsidizing your fishing trips by lowering your fishing license fee to help with your gas? No.
[quote FishingLunatic]
Would I stop fishing cause it went up $8? No but its pushing the limits. It's taking advantage of what they know they can do and get away with it[/quote]
Like everything else, costs go up. This is life. Sure, it sucks. Is the DWR gouging us? I don't think so. I guess what it comes down to is priorities. Sometimes we have to give something up in order to continue doing something else. I gave up golf a couple years ago. For me, fishing is worth some extra cost. That might not be acceptable for everyone (higher fees) -- so a few may give up on fishing. i guess that could go back to your first issue; overcrowding.
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1-Overfishing if that 2 pole permitt is included for that cheap. [/quote]
I don't buy that.
[quote FishingLunatic]
3- For those who say fishing is like 9 cents per day...Yeah, most of us can't fish 7 days a week, let a lone for a significant amount of time...[/quote]
How much money do you spend to go to a movie? If you go fishing 1 day, then you've pretty much got your money's worth. Forget the number of days per year on average. All you have to do is go one or two times.
[quote FishingLunatic]...and almost everywhere has some kind of additional fee, whether it be a day use pass or several days pass on camping trips. Also to go anywhere decent requires lots of gas money and of course the food/water necessities that come with it. They make their money on other ways besides the fishing license and second pole permits. [/quote]
Who? Who makes the money? You're combining multiple agencies. The UDWR sells you the license, which gives you the right to fish. If you go to a State Park, then you may have to pay them. Different agency. Gas money certainly doesn't go to the UDWR or the State. That's a private entity. I have that problem when I go to the movies as well -- I have to pay parking, I have to buy treats, etc. Should the UDWR be subsidizing your fishing trips by lowering your fishing license fee to help with your gas? No.
[quote FishingLunatic]
Would I stop fishing cause it went up $8? No but its pushing the limits. It's taking advantage of what they know they can do and get away with it[/quote]
Like everything else, costs go up. This is life. Sure, it sucks. Is the DWR gouging us? I don't think so. I guess what it comes down to is priorities. Sometimes we have to give something up in order to continue doing something else. I gave up golf a couple years ago. For me, fishing is worth some extra cost. That might not be acceptable for everyone (higher fees) -- so a few may give up on fishing. i guess that could go back to your first issue; overcrowding.
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