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Ernie · Jan-06-11 12:56PM

Got this from the Fly board....I guess VA does not want visitors to fish in our waters.

Please check these links and take a look and offer your comments to VDGIF on this issue.

See the links:

<http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/regulations/comment-funding/expand.asp?V-065> http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/regulation ... AC=020-065

http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/regulation … -20-65.pdf

Residents annual and lifetime to go up $5 each, NON-RESIDENTS to go up $50-$63 each. That will make the trout fisherman in VA license cost

Virginia Nonresident Licenses to Fish

Nonresident License to Freshwater Fish- $35.00 to $85.00

Nonresident License to Freshwater Fish in Designated Stocked Trout Waters- $35.00 to $85.00

Nonresident License to Freshwater and Saltwater Fish- $47.00 to $110.00

Nonresident License to Freshwater Fish for Five Consecutive Days- $15.00 to $65.00

Nonresident License to Freshwater and Saltwater Fish for Five Consecutive Days- $20.00 to $75.00

Nonresident Special Lifetime License to Freshwater Fish- $505.00 to $555.00

Nonresident Special Lifetime License to in Fish in Designated Stocked Trout Waters- $505.00 to $555.00

To submit comments - http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/regulation … gister.asp

Dominion Dan · Jan-06-11 2:27PM

Doesn't Maryland charge non-residents based on how much their home state charges MD residents? So this would affect VA residents who want to fish MD freshwater?

redskinsfan360 · Jan-06-11 3:39PM

This is just dumb! I believe that there needs to be some fees so that our fisheries can be properly managed, but these prices are getting ridiculous.

Ernie · Jan-06-11 4:41PM

Dominion Dan wrote:
Doesn't Maryland charge non-residents based on how much their home state charges MD residents? So this would affect VA residents who want to fish MD freshwater?

Yep....BTW, PA is $54 for out of staters. That's hefty which is why I fished 3 times up there to get my money's worth. of course, I fished w/Shindler (guide ) each time so my out of pocket was huge! But.....catching to over 19 inchers takes all the worry away....

Curly · Jan-06-11 5:35PM

Let's hope DC doesn't get any ideas! $13/year for non-residents is a deal!

Ernie · Jan-06-11 5:43PM

Curly wrote:
Let's hope DC doesn't get any ideas! $13/year for non-residents is a deal!

Amen to that!!!

Dominion Dan · Jan-06-11 7:03PM

Pacemaker wrote:
Dominion Dan wrote:
Doesn't Maryland charge non-residents based on how much their home state charges MD residents? So this would affect VA residents who want to fish MD freshwater?
Yep....BTW, PA is $54 for out of staters. That's hefty which is why I fished 3 times up there to get my money's worth. of course, I fished w/Shindler (guide ) each time so my out of pocket was huge! But.....catching to over 19 inchers takes all the worry away....

PA hunting licenses are ridiculous too. It's over $100 for nonresidents for ONE buck.

Osprey · Jan-11-11 9:31AM

If VA raises the non resident to $85 it will cost the VA guys $85 to leave Goose Creek or fish from Algonkian. I don't see this as helping any of us. Does anyone know if the old Potomac River license still exists?

jumping jasper · Jan-11-11 10:12AM

Osprey wrote:
If VA raises the non resident to $85 it will cost the VA guys $85 to leave Goose Creek or fish from Algonkian. I don't see this as helping any of us. Does anyone know if the old Potomac River license still exists?

Except for DC you can fish the Potomac with a Virginia Licence. No need to buy a MD license

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Osprey · Jan-11-11 11:00AM

jumping jasper wrote:
Except for DC you can fish the Potomac with a Virginia Licence. No need to buy a MD license

Far be it from me to doubt anything on a forum, but I just had to check this one. Turns out you're correct ( I figured you would be). For anyone interested, residents of VA or WVA holding a resident fresh water license in their state can legally fish the MAIN STEM of the Potomac which is adjacent to their state. Basically, if VA raises the rate I wont be fishing Goose Cr any more.

Ernie · Jan-11-11 11:04AM

Osprey wrote:
if VA raises the rate I wont be fishing Goose Cr any more.

Paddle fast to the main stem after you put in at Kephart!

Curly · Jan-11-11 11:04AM

Got my $13 non-resident DC license today!

CozUF2001 · Jan-12-11 8:40AM

Curly wrote:
Got my $13 non-resident DC license today!

I got my on Monday....slacker!

Ernie · Jan-12-11 10:02AM

1/3/11.....

CozUF2001 · Jan-12-11 10:50AM

Pacemaker wrote:
1/3/10.....really 2011

Unless that is a typo, you better sign up for 2011!

Ernie · Jan-12-11 12:01PM

Fixed....

bigjeffie · Jan-12-11 10:54PM

in all my years i have only been checked for a license one time, at BDR in '09.

i recognize the state is desperate for revenue ( who isnt? )

i have to wonder at what point will exhorbitant fees - either passively or actively- tip individuals toward
" taking the chance" , or even begin to simmer outright contempt for the law...

Thai · Jan-13-11 5:45AM

Im not against this actually with the raised cost it could possibly keep the some of the poachers from getting licensed, although I sure most of them aren't anyways. And maybe DNR will enforce and check license more often, If it keeps even a percentage of the bucket brigade away I'll pay more

Curly · Jan-13-11 7:15AM

I was checked 5 times in one day on the river in DC! Guess I might look a bit shady at times .

Ernie · Jan-13-11 7:43AM

Curly wrote:
I was checked 5 times in one day on the river in DC! Guess I might look a bit shady at times .

I remember that day.....you kept calling. I think it was the day of President Ford's funeral......

Curly · Jan-13-11 8:45AM

Yeap, it was a Sunday in January and 60 degrees. It was a very mild winter that year and stripers hung around all winter. Caught a ton of stripers that day.............when I wasn't being boarded by the DC Harbor Patrol and Coast Guard.

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