Pacemaker Fishing Forum

More info: https://www.countmyfish.noaa.gov/

For those of you that do not have boat's or a boat with a qualifying boat license, please take a look and get yourself a license if you are going to fish the salt.

Perhaps Capt. Mike can weigh in and offer some advice......

If you get a personal MD or VA saltwater license you're covered in both states. If you own a boat and buy the boat license it comes with a personal license that covers you in both states and the Potomac. If anyone comes aboard on a fishing trip they need to register with the state you're fishing in (free). If you bluewater fish and have the highly migratory species license you're covered. The final option is to go directly to NOAA and pay $15.00. When Curly and I were checked by the Coasties in Wash. Channel they told is it wasn't required there, but  I wouldn't bet on that being the case. It's purpose is to help fisheries peeps get better information by contacting people who actually fish rather than throwing darts at a phone book. They want to count anadromous species (mainly stripers), all of which come up the Potomac into DC to spawn. Don't know if the DC license says anything about including NOAA.