Do you support License for smelt and crawdads??

[fireweed]

The WDFW is going to propose that the public need a license for smelt, carp, and crayfish.
 https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-06/20220610%20-%20C.%202023%20Agency%20Request%20Legislation%20-%20BriefingPPT.pdf

[Ghost Hunter]

Going to have to follow IRS practice and bring in temps.

[Special T]

I thought the main reason why they didnt have a License for carp is they wanted more folks to dispose of them because the compete with native fish?   

[Jake Dogfish]

Absolutely!
Why should people from Oregon get to catch all our endangered smelt for free?

[KFhunter]

I typically catch invasive crayfish, ain't getting a special license for that, my regular fresh water oughta be good enough!

[Special T]

Absolutely!
Why should people from Oregon get to catch all our endangered smelt for free?

So at least you can make an argument for that. You cant make one for Carp, and Im not sure about the impact of crawfish so...

The WDFW is going to propose that the public need a license for smelt, carp, and crayfish.
 https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-06/20220610%20-%20C.%202023%20Agency%20Request%20Legislation%20-%20BriefingPPT.pdf

Did this come from a meeting? does some kind of commenting porthole exist?

[trophyhunt]

Hell no, enough already for Gods sake!! Manage our money better and quit coming up with more “taxes”!  If they want to just “add” them under the current fishing license, ok, most people who smelt or get crawdads have a license anyway.

[pianoman9701]

I don't really have a dog in the fight but I wouldn't mind them being added to a regular license without additional charge. It would mean more people getting licenses and paying into the WDFW.

[Dhoey07]

Smelt yes.  Crawdads and carp no. 

[WAcoueshunter]

Hell no, enough already for Gods sake!! Manage our money better and quit coming up with more “taxes”!  If they want to just “add” them under the current fishing license, ok, most people who smelt or get crawdads have a license anyway.

That's how I read it, they are just taking away an exemption, meaning you'd need the regular fishing license now to fish for those.  I don't see any problem with that.  Not sure why those species would have been different in the first place. 

[Jake Dogfish]

I typically catch invasive crayfish, ain't getting a special license for that, my regular fresh water oughta be good enough!

Legally you are required to kill them at the body of water you caught them at.
At the same time we are not allowed to kill invasive green crabs.
Both stupid rules! 

[KFhunter]

Interesting you can't kill green crabs, aren't they from asia?

I'm not a salty

[dreamingbig]

A license for carp?  Cmon man.  “Here is your sign.”


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[duckmen1]

For sure smelt should have a license. Why it don't blows my mind. Especially on a fishery strickly regulated.

[Jake Dogfish]

For sure smelt should have a license. Why it don't blows my mind. Especially on a fishery strickly regulated.

 
I guess you can leave an exception for carp, but i don’t think it matters much.  Maybe to a bowhunter? 
If your fishing with a fishing rod you should have a license.  Saying your fishing for carp sounds fishy to me.