plumbertom
Considering I don't fish every day or even every month, nor can I afford cable or beer, it doesn't seem like such a bargain to me.It's actually a real bargain. Something like $.52 a day and less than cable and beer.
Who thinks fishing licenses & fees are going insane?
In order to buy a 2016 license, Columbia watershed enhancement, Shellfish license and a salmon tag
it will consume almost all of a $100 bill.
When I bought my first fishing license at 16, in Ca. I'll admit, it cost me all of $2.25 with the then required
trout stamp.
Now, I'm on SS and haven't had a CoL increase for what will be the third year in a row.
Yet Or. requires that seniors be not only 70 years old but also a 5 year resident before they think price relief is warranted.
And even with their insane increases, they can't even put up a simple stocking schedule for the new year until well into the year.
You should have stayed in Cali.
Resident Sport Fishing $47.01 (includes crabbing and salmon)
Steelhead Report Card $ 7.05
does Cali support their wildlife stuff with more general tax revenue and rely less on license/tag fees? after all, they are getting a double tax bite out of folks (income tax + sales tax)...cheers, roger
Considering I don't fish every day or even every month, nor can I afford cable or beer, it doesn't seem like such a bargain to me.
I'm in Vancouver and buy non-res Fishing - Salmon/Steelhead every year.
Seems like it was pushing $150 last year.
Oregon PUNISHES non-resident anglers.
Yes.Is oregon really that much of a destination fishery?
Yes.
The Deschutes River is found in the State of Oregon.
There is no other summer steelhead fishery like it in the Lower 48
But shhhhh......let's keep this quiet.
And the Snake Whisperin' is excellent as well.
But sadly, Wyoming is too far from the sea.Good point.
When I fish in Wyoming, I generally wait in line to launch my drift boat for at least 45 minutes and 80% of the boats are guides with what I assume are out of state guests. I guess I can think of a few places in OR where something similar might occur.
If you want to consider the real dollar amount to run ODF&W you need to take a look at the budget.
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/agency/budget/
Part of their income comes from the general fund. It's about 8% of the budget or 30 million bucks. Some folks might look at this as a subsidy because not all folks who pay into the general fund hunt or fish. However a lot of folks who benefit from the non consumption side of ODF&W purchase no license or tags.
ODF&W receives 38% of their budget from the Federal government (the feds giving the money back to folks from whom they took it.) That money comes from the Pitman-Robertson act. It is about 140 million bucks. It comes from a tax on ammunition, firearms and other sporting goods.
Hunting/fishing licenses and tags bring in 26% of the budget about 94.5 million bucks.
Commercial fishing contributes 3% or about 9 million bucks.
Now I'm not a fan of paying more for anything. I'm not a fan of how ODF&W runs lower Columbia chinook harvest. But to be completely honest by looking at their budget I can see that we who are the consumptive users are paying a little more than 25% of their overall budget. It's not a bad deal. We certainly use more that 25% of the expense side of the budget. I do think that if you are post 70 and have lived here for a year you should get a senior discount.
Now if you are looking for things that can drive you nuts about ODF&W. Check out the link to their budget. In the first pie chart it shows clearly that 8% comes from the general fund. It also shows that 1% comes from the Oregon lottery. 8+1=9. However in their written description of the budget, right above the pie chart it stated the following.
"Although ODFW manages fish and wildlife for all Oregonians, only about six percent of ODFW’s revenue comes from Oregon’s general tax dollars and the lottery combined."
It is stuff like this that makes one loose confidence in that agency when they are talking about finances. That is a difference of 3% roughly 9 million bucks.