June 03, 2006
Poacher
It costs $50 for an annual non-resident Wisconsin fishing license. Or $28 for a 15-day non-resident Wisconsin fishing license.
Alternately, a box of frozen fish sticks is, what? $4?
So anyway, I will continue to fish illegally if I fish at all. I'm not paying $28 for the privilege of catching some crappy little panfish that I'll release anyway. I usually don't maintain interest long enough to catch anything good, and if I did catch one good fish, I'd call it a day. If I was going out on Lake Superior, that'd be different, but to throw a hook out into our lake*...not so much.
I'd be happy to throw a ten-spot in the state coffers to help with the cost of stocking fish and whatnot, but I don't think my slight use is worth much more than that. Maybe I'd get generous and push it to $20, but nearly $30 seems too much.
* (We do have some decent fish in the lake, but it's been awhile since I've caught anything good.)
Posted by Jenelle at June 3, 2006 01:07 PM | TrackBackI believe if you have your own lake you can fish on it without a license. When I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, I used to fish out of the canal that ran in our backyard without a license. I think if you're on you're own property you're good, but I don't know. Besides, has anyone ever actually seen a Game Warden in the field?
Posted by: shank at June 5, 2006 06:47 AMI don't personally own the whole lake. My family (father and his sibs) owns a piece of land on the lake. We did see the DNR once last year...very strange. We also had the cops show up once in the last couple years to bust us for fireworks. Damnit, we used to be able to do whatever we wanted! That was before everyone and their pet duck started building cabins out there.
Posted by: Jenelle at June 5, 2006 12:50 PMFucking ducks.
Posted by: shank at June 5, 2006 02:16 PM