Ryan, I am not sure I understand your point about not buying licenses at the local sport shop. Are you thinking that it is a waste of their time because they don't make any money on licneses? I know they don't make money on them, but are usually glad to have people buy licenses and whatever else they pick up in the shop.

If a shop owner does not want to bother selling me a license, then I don't want to bother buying my bait and tackle there either.

I did once run into a guy who acted like it was a pain in a*s to sell me a license, and that day it was the only thing I bought there. What he didn't think about is that during the season I stopped at his little shop a couple times a month to buy bait, hooks, floats, lures, whatever I needed that day. I still do becaue I like the shop.