Looking for a 2nd full time job...
 

Well, I'm going to purchase my fishing license in a few minutes, anybody have any leads for a 2nd job??

Maybe the PGC is hiring-----:)

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I take it you live in PA and are referring to the '05 license hike.....I'm from PA and live in MD now but still fish in PA religiously. I can’t believe it’s gonna cost me almost $70 to get a PA fishing license this year, if you ask me that’s highway robbery. I don’t know where my money is going but there better be some monster fish in the creeks this year!!!

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$61 is almost $70? (non-resident + trout stamp)

For the price of other recreational activities it is dirt cheap.

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Good luck I'll bet it the same 6-10 inchers Rember when the trout stamp first came to be , they said how big the fish were going to be[:@][:@]

L-Pa

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LOL minnow fishing in Pa.

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I'm astounded that all these sportsmen have been crying rivers about Gary Alt, when we then have to refinance the mortgage to go FISHING!!

I'm already entitled to swim and recreate in the waters of the Commonwealth. I feel that since I take no fish from those waters (I throw 'em all back) that it is silly to spend that much money for the privilege of casting my rod into that same water when it's free to run the kayak in it or canoe through it.

I think a WV non-resident license may be cheaper than a resident PA license. They stock more and better fish, too.

I'll probably buy a week-long non-resident WV pass and take my little fishing getaway down there this season. My PA fishing will be relegated to pay-lakes, where I actually catch fish.

To me, the recent hike in Fishing license fees is attrocious.

Is the Fish and Boat Commission self-funded like PGC??

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Ohhh you bleeding hearts that don't want to pay for anything. Go spend you money on cigarettes and beer instead.

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Well I dont eat anything that is served to me with bones. I have bone-a-fobia. that leaves out fish.I always find one even with a professional fillet job. Then I get sick and puke.

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I did a project on PA fishing license sales and it turns out that the majority of the money brought in from licenses is put into the Fish Fund. This money helps improve stream quality/stream restorations, and among other things its put back into the hatcheries. I have no problem with the increased price, i think i paid around $31 for a years worth of fishing. One weekend of golf can be more that, so i'm not gonna complain. And for the size, yeah it has decreased but they still stock a good many nice size trout. You just gotta catch em.

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i just checked the stocking list in berks county, and the place where i go is going to get about 2000 trout less that it did last year. when the trout stamp first came out they put in about 11000 trout, now its about 7000. i might not get a lic. i think its cheaper to pay the fine if i get caught. i just dont like paying for nothing. the place i am talking about is the manautoney. i know i didnt spell that right, but the people who live around the pottstown area will know the place im talking about. peace

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I know it sounds like alot. But compare it to other acticities. If I take my girl out for a movies, dinner, & drinks. I could spend 70$ easy for one night, probably more. You get 12 months out of a license. And if we won't support game agencies, there are non-fishing/huntign groups that will, and thats not an option as far as I am concerened.

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Well not that I don't want to support my local agencies,but........

Resident hunting $20.00
Furtakers lic. $20.00
Resident Archery $16.00
Federal duck stamp $15.00
Pa migratory $3.00
Doe tag $6.00
Resident Fishing $22.00
Trout/Salmon stamp $15.00
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total $117.00

And that doesn't even include gear,shells/arrows and so on.

Sad thing is, I'll pay it every year.

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ARROWCHUCKER...Here are our resident prices in Ohio.

Hunting license $19
Deer tags (up to 3) $24 each
Turkey Tags (up to 3) $24 each
Trapping $19
Fishing $19
That's $201 if you buy all tags...FOR A RESIDENT.

I'll pay it too. LOL

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Wow, when I moved to Pa. from Va. in 1968 and was able to buy a lic. in 1969 the resident hunting lic. was 5.20.
Doe tag, 1.15
Archery, 2.20
Fishing, 5.20
Total 13.75 What a deal. :D
No furtakers,no duck stamp, no bear tag and no trout stamp,my how things changes. [&o]

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I now have to buy the Lake Erie stamp which makes it almost $70. I'm not worried about PA's dinky stocked fish, they have 1000's of miles of wild trout water that holds awesome fish. Most of those areas have been taken care of by the local TU chapters or other local clubs. I dont want to pay extra money so all those 1st day warriors can catch more 6" fish. I understand prices go up, but from $40 to $70 is a big jump.

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Good thing it's the garden state and we grow money trees. HA ! HA !

Resident firearm $27.50
Resident Archery $31.50
Resident Trapping $32.50
Doe Permit $28.00
Turkey Permit $21.00
Rifle Permit (every other year) $19.00
Pheasant & Quial Stamp $40.00
Resisent Waterfowl $5.00
Trout Stamp $10+
Striper Permit $5.00
Fox and Coyote Permit $2.00
Beaver And Otter Trapping Permit $more
Fishing Liscense $more and more and more

Thank Goodness there isn't a saltwater permit or liscense. OH ! $hit they are try to get it too. Already have one in MD, VA

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I was gonna come down there and chop one of those trees down at nightfall--LOL:D

I'm headed to Cape fear or Hatteras in July to do some surf fishing because there's no salt water license required in NC. But I hear that might change too.

I would love to get into some Tarpon or some big cobia's.

We have something like Tarpon up here in NW Pa, they're just babies though, I think they're called Shiners---LOL