I used to be a landlocked angler. Shoot, I bet most of us started out fishing off a dock, pier or shoreline. So the new law that’s been put in place has me a bit conflicted inside. The part of me that remembers being tethered to the shore for lack of a boat feels that land locked anglers shouldn’t have to pay for a license. But now that I’m older and wiser (older for sure) I see that any angler using the resource should have some financial responsibility for its upkeep and protection. I think the state has handled this well. The shore bound angler’s don’t have access to the whole resource so they shouldn’t have to pay the same amount for a license as us boaters.
Here’s a link to the FWC’s latest news release on the subject.
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