#952465 - 03/01/16 09:41 PM
Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
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River Nutrients
Registered: 08/26/02
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Loc: Sequim
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Pulled this info out of a WDFW press release...... With a new season of outdoor adventures about to begin, Washingtonians might want to consider purchasing 2016-17 fishing and hunting licenses before current licenses expire at midnight March 31. The cost of fishing and hunting licenses remains the same as last year, and most annual licenses include a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) vehicle-access pass. That pass allows people to use and park at more than 700 WDFW water access sites and 33 wildlife areas throughout the state. More licensing information is available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/.
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#952478 - 03/02/16 07:08 AM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
[Re: bushbear]
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 04/20/09
Posts: 1270
Loc: WaRshington
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Yes yes, buy them now. We'll tell you what you're paying for later......
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#952486 - 03/02/16 08:59 AM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
[Re: bushbear]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 04/06/11
Posts: 224
Loc: S River central
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so excited!
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#952494 - 03/02/16 10:52 AM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
[Re: bhudda]
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ExtenZe Field Tester
Registered: 11/10/09
Posts: 8060
Loc: Vancouver, WA
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Can't wait ! I'll take two !
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#952516 - 03/02/16 12:48 PM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
[Re: bushbear]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 08/12/13
Posts: 108
Loc: Arlington, Washington
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I will be buying my new British Columbia license online as soon as I get home. I hear it is the land of real opportunity for a fisherman.
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#952541 - 03/02/16 03:52 PM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
[Re: bushbear]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 05/30/02
Posts: 211
Loc: Ravenden, AR
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Don't worry WDFW's got all the stocker trout you can catch, and if you have an itch for some steelheading. I hear tye lake in Monroe is has a good sized run right now
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#952572 - 03/02/16 09:01 PM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
[Re: bushbear]
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Smolt
Registered: 09/20/06
Posts: 92
Loc: Renton
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No license for me this year. I have a few buddies who primarily fish on my boat that won't be buying one as well. They'll be fishing with me in SE AK. Looking at the forecast, I don't expect think I'll be missing much!
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#952577 - 03/02/16 09:24 PM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
[Re: bushbear]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 05/30/02
Posts: 211
Loc: Ravenden, AR
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i'll be waiting til I see what the seasons are in the local rivers before picking up a new set of tags and even then it won't be til the night before I need them. truthfully if the dept is conservative with seasons and limits i'll be more inclined to support them for another year.
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#952585 - 03/02/16 11:01 PM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
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Ornamental Rice Bowl
Registered: 11/24/03
Posts: 12767
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This is the time of year we could all ban together..... not purchase our licenses so it stings the state..........& get our word across to them. But NO.......we are all to greedy to hold out as there would be less pressure on the water.......for those that bought the licenses. Just sayin...........food for thought. Good luck,
SZ Sorry, I need a license to catch me a DAM springer.
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#952589 - 03/03/16 04:07 AM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
[Re: bushbear]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 04/25/00
Posts: 5078
Loc: East of Aberdeen, West of Mont...
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Once you retire, got to have something to do......fish is what I do. Really pissed me off, when they closed the Chehalis and the Wynoochee, late October to December 16th, 2015. Took away my places to go, anchor and watch the tip of the rod.....thanks to "all the high water", made the "no fishing" easier on me.
Oh I know, have other things to do......pull weeds, clean house, do the grand pa bit, but fishing is what I enjoy doing.
I'd probably buy a license, if there was NO FISHING......lol
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#952683 - 03/04/16 05:03 AM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
[Re: bushbear]
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Returning Adult
Registered: 04/17/13
Posts: 289
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Well, with the comments so far I guess I'll have a lot more room to fish this year with so many not buying licenses. There is a lot of fishing to do besides salmon and steelhead. Glad to not have so many on the water. Bob R
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#952727 - 03/04/16 03:58 PM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
[Re: FleaFlickr02]
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Returning Adult
Registered: 04/17/13
Posts: 289
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It's true to say there's more to fish for, Bob. It's fairly safe to say that you will NEVER encounter enforcement participating in any fishery not involving salmon and steelhead, so no need for you to buy yours either!
Yes, I am all talk, and I will, provided I'm breathing, buy a license. Actually, I have been checked more often when NOT fishing for salmon or steelhead. On the coast fishing for surfperch, trout fishing, crabbing, one or two salmon fishing. I would NEVER count on not seeing enforcement, I've never received so much as a warning in 38 yrs. here. These folks that think that not buying a license will influence the state, I've NEVER heard that sentiment voiced while in LOTS of meetings with the state, I guess they are like you, all talk and then buy a license. Tell the state about it, not just voicing rhetoric on a forum. Put your mouth where the state is, here you are just preaching to the choir. Bob R
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#952729 - 03/04/16 04:24 PM
Re: Time to get your 2016/17 licenses
[Re: bushbear]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 05/30/02
Posts: 211
Loc: Ravenden, AR
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There's not really a point to saying that I wouldn't buy a license at a meeting. A handful of people not buying in won't affect the wdfw budget a bit.
Also if I were to state "we" (as in sporties) wouldn't buy a license because of dissatisfaction with the dept's management, they wouldn't worry too much either. The dept knows full well that sporties can't agree on anything for that to be much of threat. If, and that's a big if, enough people didn't buy or even poseponed buying tags while sending in emails to the director expressing the concerns. That would at least get some attention.
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