Just dont get it

jmartin · 04-02-09, 12:07 PM

Here in the great state of Va I have to buy a trout stamp to Bass fish Local lakes just because they have Trout in them. Now here is why it gripes me. Trout fishermen fish 4 pound test and a hook so small that I couldnt even find it in my bag. I on the other hand use 20 pound line and generally throw DT-crankbaits or Bombers half the size of the trout the state stocks or a wide variety of Plastics. So unless a trout is Smoking Weed or Eating Willies Brownies

I just dont see the reasoning behind this. Just wanted to vent...

Jerry

OrygunBasser · 04-02-09, 12:50 PM

Just our governments doing everything that they can do to make a buck!

Get used to it, it will only get worse and never get better!!!

At our local lake, you have to pay a $5.00 fee to park at the ramp whether you have a boat or not!

I think that the only thing I can think of that does not require a permit is digging or collecting night crawlers!!

JB · 04-02-09, 12:55 PM

its 24 bucks to park at the ramp in indy

MississippiBoy · 04-02-09, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JB

its 24 bucks to park at the ramp in indy

Holy CRAP!!! How much is it to actually launch a boat?

In Mississippi, it depends on whether the lake is MS Dept. of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks, or if it's a Corps of Engineers lake. The MDWFP lakes are $11 per person in the boat. I think shore fishing is $5 each.

bcklash · 04-02-09, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by JB

its 24 bucks to park at the ramp in indy

You have got to be kidding -- April fools day was yesterday

jcw1503 · 04-02-09, 01:46 PM

Man most the lakes around here are free or the big ones are 1-5 dollars max....but i haven't been to all of them...$24, thats crazy!!!!

cassidyta · 04-02-09, 01:49 PM

Wow, that even beats my costs JB. Most of my lakes are about $5 to park, then between $6-10 to fish, and between $5-10 to launch.

Bassboss · 04-02-09, 01:51 PM

Wow! That is confusing! I use that just the states way of making more money! But than again.... the trout could be smoking weed!

JB that's crazy! I didn't even know you had to pay to park, launch, etc!

JB · 04-02-09, 02:02 PM

thats just for indiana launch permit, ohio is free, just had to rattle the cage on the forum to get everyones mind off the posting ho's LOL

aikenyounggun · 04-02-09, 02:13 PM

wait you have to buy certain stamps to fish ponds???? thats kind of confusing..... but 24$ is outrageous..... most of the ones around here are no more than 5$ and most are only 2 or three and you can a DNR pass for most of the ramps where you just pay a straight fee and that pays as many days as you want ti

MississippiBoy · 04-02-09, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JB

thats just for indiana launch permit, ohio is free, just had to rattle the cage on the forum to get everyones mind off the posting ho's LOL

Ok, that's fair...but if you start throwing peanuts, you better learn to sleep lightly...see you in Tennessee.

bamabassman · 04-02-09, 04:49 PM

oh.........now ya done gone a done did it jb. rattle chains? just you wait bub. just you wait. mb is right sleep lightly in your tent,or whatever you are in at kentucky lake pal.

MallenManson · 04-02-09, 08:58 PM

That stinks! Glad they don't require a trout stamp here.

MIbasser · 04-02-09, 10:31 PM

Jmartin, it's just like a regulation here in Michigan. No drop shotting in a downed river mouth or lakes. I guess guys would snag salmon in rivers where they would run for spawing.

As for parking! That's a bad subject. $50 for Lake Lansing (5 minutes away), $24 for State Parks, $24 for DNR launches, $20 Metro Park, $24 Metro Park boat launch.... I have a very expensive window!!! Then add more for the "other" ramps.

MIbasser · 04-02-09, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MallenManson

That stinks! Glad they don't require a trout stamp here.

THEY DO!!!!!! You have your reg fishing license (restricted $15 and then your trout stamp ($13) if you want to fish trout/salmon....

chase_cooley5308 · 04-03-09, 02:08 AM

in the state owned lakes ive fished here in MS its never been over 5$ to park at the ramp....

MallenManson · 04-03-09, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by MIbasser

THEY DO!!!!!! You have your reg fishing license (restricted $15 and then your trout stamp ($13) if you want to fish trout/salmon....

Right. But you don't have to buy a trout stamp just because you're fishing water with trout in it. Or do you???

Bender · 04-03-09, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by MallenManson

Right. But you don't have to buy a trout stamp just because you're fishing water with trout in it. Or do you???

No, but I get one every year just in case I ever get to go for steelhead. I get annual passes for all the ramps that I can, which are 3 for $96 total I think.

Can't you guys in other states get annual passes so you don't have to pay every time?

cassidyta · 04-03-09, 10:33 AM

Not here we can't. Most of our lakes and resevoirs are owned by the city. I can get an annual pass for each city, but my lakes spread across 5 cities and they run about 100 each.

Brute · 04-03-09, 10:47 AM

At my home lake (Lake Tarpon) it is free to use the boat ramp.

It just costs $5 to park your truck after unloading.

My wife bought me an annual pass for $100 that is good at any lake in Pinellas county.

Brute

MallenManson · 04-03-09, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Bender

No, but I get one every year just in case I ever get to go for steelhead. I get annual passes for all the ramps that I can, which are 3 for $96 total I think.

Can't you guys in other states get annual passes so you don't have to pay every time?

Whew! I was startin to get worried!

The Doc · 04-03-09, 11:23 PM

It's only $15 for a North Carolina license, but Ft. Bragg has it's own license that cost $25 a year. I wouldn't be so peeved about it if they used the money to clean up the lakes around here, but any given day you can find people catfishing on some of the lakes that leave their beer cans, nightcrawler cans, chicken liver cans, and all their other trash just lying around. I take a trash bag with me when I go and pick the $#it up, but you can only do so much...

Love of the Sport · 04-03-09, 11:53 PM

Most places around here are 100% free and only 1 or 2 dollars at private launches.

cassidyta · 04-04-09, 12:01 AM

The Doc, That money is going into barracks to keep them off of dateline.

The Doc · 04-04-09, 02:28 AM

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The Doc, That money is going into barracks to keep them off of dateline.

I lived in the EXACT barracks that they showed on dateline till my wife finished school. The housing here isn't any better, but they are building and remodeling finally. My house is only 700 square feet! I hate it. Next deployment I'm saving my money and buying a house. Should be pretty easy considering the market is way down

04-02-09, 12:07 PM	#1
jmartin BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bridgewater Va Posts: 304	Just dont get it Here in the great state of Va I have to buy a trout stamp to Bass fish Local lakes just because they have Trout in them. Now here is why it gripes me. Trout fishermen fish 4 pound test and a hook so small that I couldnt even find it in my bag. I on the other hand use 20 pound line and generally throw DT-crankbaits or Bombers half the size of the trout the state stocks or a wide variety of Plastics. So unless a trout is Smoking Weed or Eating Willies Brownies I just dont see the reasoning behind this. Just wanted to vent... Jerry __________________ "Body Piercing by Springfield"

04-02-09, 12:50 PM	#2
OrygunBasser BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lakeside, Oregon Posts: 159	Just our governments doing everything that they can do to make a buck! Get used to it, it will only get worse and never get better!!! At our local lake, you have to pay a $5.00 fee to park at the ramp whether you have a boat or not! I think that the only thing I can think of that does not require a permit is digging or collecting night crawlers!! __________________ You may practice catch and release as a religion but that doesn't mean that the next person has to bow down to your god!

04-02-09, 01:46 PM	#6
jcw1503 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 617	Man most the lakes around here are free or the big ones are 1-5 dollars max....but i haven't been to all of them...$24, thats crazy!!!! __________________ The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive yet attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope....

04-02-09, 01:49 PM	#7
cassidyta BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,928	Wow, that even beats my costs JB. Most of my lakes are about $5 to park, then between $6-10 to fish, and between $5-10 to launch. __________________ If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes.

04-02-09, 01:51 PM	#8
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Wow! That is confusing! I use that just the states way of making more money! But than again.... the trout could be smoking weed! JB that's crazy! I didn't even know you had to pay to park, launch, etc! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

04-02-09, 12:55 PM	#3
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	its 24 bucks to park at the ramp in indy

04-02-09, 02:02 PM	#9
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	thats just for indiana launch permit, ohio is free, just had to rattle the cage on the forum to get everyones mind off the posting ho's LOL

04-02-09, 02:13 PM	#10
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	wait you have to buy certain stamps to fish ponds???? thats kind of confusing..... but 24$ is outrageous..... most of the ones around here are no more than 5$ and most are only 2 or three and you can a DNR pass for most of the ramps where you just pay a straight fee and that pays as many days as you want ti __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

04-02-09, 04:49 PM	#12
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	oh.........now ya done gone a done did it jb. rattle chains? just you wait bub. just you wait. mb is right sleep lightly in your tent,or whatever you are in at kentucky lake pal. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

04-02-09, 08:58 PM	#13
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	That stinks! Glad they don't require a trout stamp here. __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

04-02-09, 10:31 PM	#14
MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	Jmartin, it's just like a regulation here in Michigan. No drop shotting in a downed river mouth or lakes. I guess guys would snag salmon in rivers where they would run for spawing. As for parking! That's a bad subject. $50 for Lake Lansing (5 minutes away), $24 for State Parks, $24 for DNR launches, $20 Metro Park, $24 Metro Park boat launch.... I have a very expensive window!!! Then add more for the "other" ramps.

04-03-09, 02:08 AM	#16
chase_cooley5308 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: waynesboro MS Posts: 37	in the state owned lakes ive fished here in MS its never been over 5$ to park at the ramp....

04-03-09, 10:33 AM	#19
cassidyta BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,928	Not here we can't. Most of our lakes and resevoirs are owned by the city. I can get an annual pass for each city, but my lakes spread across 5 cities and they run about 100 each. __________________ If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes.

04-03-09, 10:47 AM	#20
Brute BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Clearwater, Fl Posts: 38	At my home lake (Lake Tarpon) it is free to use the boat ramp. It just costs $5 to park your truck after unloading. My wife bought me an annual pass for $100 that is good at any lake in Pinellas county. Brute

04-03-09, 11:23 PM	#22
The Doc BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ft. Bragg, NC Posts: 270	It's only $15 for a North Carolina license, but Ft. Bragg has it's own license that cost $25 a year. I wouldn't be so peeved about it if they used the money to clean up the lakes around here, but any given day you can find people catfishing on some of the lakes that leave their beer cans, nightcrawler cans, chicken liver cans, and all their other trash just lying around. I take a trash bag with me when I go and pick the $#it up, but you can only do so much... __________________ In the absence of orders, find something and kill it. Unk, 82nd ABN WWII

04-03-09, 11:53 PM	#23
Love of the Sport BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Baton Rouge Louisiana Posts: 236	Most places around here are 100% free and only 1 or 2 dollars at private launches.

04-04-09, 12:01 AM	#24
cassidyta BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,928	The Doc, That money is going into barracks to keep them off of dateline. __________________ If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes.

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