Great question! In my view, we are getting screwed badly here. We're paying a boat registration fee, a trailer license fee, a fishing license fee, and a ramp fee. Have they forgotten anything else?? We are paying W/B taxes (10%) on all sporting goods and a special tax on boat gas which is supposed to pay for ramps. Also, the Ports are funded by property taxes! In my case, about $250 per year- for nothing.