Thread: Need input

Originally Posted by Will_P

������ A double hike in out-of-state license fees??? Have you bumped your head? You can keep every one of them giant MS crappie if you think Ima pay twice as much for a license

Easy tiger, I have bumped my head many times but you have misunderstood my statement. A double hike in fee would simply be, for example, if they raised the in-state license by $5 then raise the out-state-license by $10. As in double the hike in price.

What does the petition actually say,how could anyone give imput without knowing.I only come down in the summer and don't think any of the big 4 are suffering.I catch fish every trip,and it's usually easier to catch fish there than on my home lake ky lake.

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Originally Posted by Will_P

������ A double hike in out-of-state license fees??? Have you bumped your head? You can keep every one of them giant MS crappie if you think Ima pay twice as much for a license

Double the out of state license fees?? Really? Is that the real feeling of the MS residents is to let the out of state fisherman pay for the lack in the price of doing business of a fishing guide???
And trip fees going to $1,000 is absolutely ridiculous. Who in their right mind would charge that, much less who would even pay it??

I have to ask this question....how many MS resident crappie fisherman travel outside of the state of MS yearly to crappie fish? As a traveling angler, how much expense is paid for the variety of things involved in or during a trip? Now, what if half of your visiting anglers quit coming south. How is that going to affect each type of business involved with the traveling angler? All because of raising or doubling non resident lisence fees.
You guys have it made with it being the land of the giants. Like my pawpaw always said, boy don't look a gifted horse in the mouth...

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Originally Posted by torch

We are in the process of starting a petition to the MDWFP and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to place some kind of guidelines on guiding public waters in Mississippi.

Anyone that uses these resources can see the immense pressure this is causing the top crappie destinations in the US.

We need input


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Just curious.....who is WE ?

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Another misunderstanding. No one said it should be raised to $1000 or that the license fee should be doubled. This was already clarified above. Has this topic reached the point of people jumping to a conclusion without reading? I see now why it was removed from Facebook.


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I'm no sure about the out of state license but my resident license was higher this time, want to say 47, I buy a sportsman license every year.
I don't see increasing the license fees as a hardship to anyone, even doubling them which would make mine 90 and an out of state 120 for a guest, paying 30 bucks more than a resident is resonible. This is annual rates

You guys are getting off subject here....he asked for input about a petition that none of us have seen....but says its about guide lines for guides....then says its to protect the resource. Really dont know what this means without seeing the petition.

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Yeah $47 sounds right for the sportsman, it was an increase from last year. Heck, when I bought mine I even paid for a duck stamp, knowing good and well there was a 99.9% chance that I would not duck hunt last winter at all, also paid for a WMA permit as well. It is my way of giving a little more to the fund without being forced to. I don't see where the lakes are hurting, there was a man at the boat ramp yesterday when we came in, he was just wrapping up on his limit. Yep, sitting on a 5 gallon bucket, fishing license, couple of jigs and corks and a casting rod worked well enough for him. And mind you this is one of those lake that ain't got no fish in it either, bet you couldn't tell him that without him snickering a bit.