Our license fees remain one of the cheapest recreational dollars going.

I bought my first license in the early 1960s. It cost $5.50 (freshwater only - the marine lic. was free). The average family income was approximately $6,000/year.

Today the average family income is approximately $60,000. In other words in terms of real dollars even with the proposed increase the combination lic. costs about the same as it did 50 years ago. And if we consider that the marine fisheries were support by general fund dollars and now we are looking to fund a significant portion of those activities with users fees one can argue that our licenses are getting cheaper!

Curt