Great news regarding fishing license.

[rossman]

Originally Posted by lowprofile

It matters for those of us in and out of the state or country often and don't get to buy a license the first 1-6 months of the year. It's nice to know I can buy a license in December and not have to buy one again in February or March.

That is a good point but unfortunately the net result in your scenario wold be a loss in revenue to the state which may not be palatable. If this bill gets passed and signed by Governor Moon beam it is a small victory for California sportsmen. I think it a total misconception that the current licensing plans is a major contributor to the decline in recreational fishing in California. And to expect that there will be success similar to Texas is a total fantasy. Texas is a state of sportsmen first of all and secondly, as a resident I can buy an all water resident license for $40. Actually 22 bucks because I'm a senior. The current licensing scheme in California is one of the trivial many problems, not the significant few.

[jorluivil]

I could care less about this.

However, if anything will come out of this its the fact that we are likely to have more people out fishing with an expired license. Why? Well, its is much easier to remember that your license expires 12/31 and not 5/17 or 8/13 or 9/43 or 10/31 or 13/12, right? While I agree that this is a win for those who may be overseas and do not buy their license at the beginning of the year its an even bigger win for the CDFW.

[socal.beach.bum]

Just buy a lifetime license like me, expires the day I die 😇

[Mr. NiceGuy]

Yay.

The calendar based system is annoying for those who buy their licenses later in the year, effectively jacking up their price per day for fishing.

Regardless of the alleged and proven benefits supply side economics, I can't help wondering if the state will now jack up fees to make up for their "shortfall" of revenue by no longer being able to sell half-year licenses for full year prices?

Their ravenous thirst for ever-increasing budgets never wanes.

Originally Posted by Mahigeer

-- but we still have a ways to go. Before reaching the Governor’s desk, SB 187 must pass the State Assembly. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.

Uh-oh. Good luck. I'll bet a margarita and a dollar that the only thing that passes is a bill that sucks more tax money, expands the bureaucracy, buys votes and makes things more complicated for the rest of us peasants who get exploited.

Cynical you say? Moi? That's probably a fair bet too.

A visionary classic about Jerry Brown from the old days:
https://youtu.be/jN-_UOvwNA8

[chuckt]

oh now, other than all the fishing gears, another thing to forget, renewing fishing license. I guess, there will be more ticket for fishing with expired license.
They should go a step further by adding option of 3/6 months license, so I would buy it during summer months.

[Dave Legacy]

This will be handy for my wife. There's been quite a few years where she hasn't gotten a license, because it was late-ish in the year when she free'd up to do some fishing. She wouldn't want to spend the annual cost for only a third of a year.

I fish all year, so it's never really bothered me.

[jorluivil]

If you were to gather data on when most annual fishing licenses were purchased I would guess that a fair majority of them were purchased in January. Using myself as an example, my license expires 12/31 so unless I decide to fish on Monday 1/1/18 I will likely purchase my license during the last week of December 2017. If I follow that same principal I will likely be buying my 2019 fishing license the second to last week or 2018, 3rd to last week of 2019 for 2020, 2nd week of December 2020 for 2021 and the 1st week of December 2020 for 2021. In essence, it will take several years of me purchasing a license before I see any benefit to it.