Thread: All you OKC fishermen

Originally Posted by lazylakedog

They did suggest raising fishing permit fees to 20 to offset the cost...the only problem I have with the fees is the fact that the money goes to the general fund where they spend the money the way they want to....why not make a special fund where fees are used for fishing and lake improvement....the other suggestion was to raise the boating permit as well......they said that this might not work because the sailboats did not want to pay more for fishing........I sure wish they would take a boat tour of the marina and count the boats that have permit stickers from 2004 on them.......they don't even buy permits.....thats bs!

I was on Hefner this week and noticed the same. And it appears that most quit buying permits in the same year. This makes me wonder if the City went to some different system of collecting permit money from those who rent slips ???? Only thing else I can think of, cause the police house is right there in that boat harbor.

There's a bunch of sailboats in those slips, I wonder what the lake would look like if they were all sailing at the same time ? :D

Originally Posted by TwoBits

I'm concerned that if they keep the hatchery open, they will raise the price of a permit.

Fishermen are the only users of OKC parks and recreation that have to pay our own way.

If they close the hatchery, I won't buy another permit or boat permit. I'm done with it. Its the most unfair , unjust thing I've ever seen. There is absolutely no justification to charge for a permit without spending money to maintain or improve the fishing.

But I will say this also, that from what I hear, the only way the hatchery remains open is if they hear from enough fishermen. If the fishermen don't speak up, it will be their fault as much as Whisenhunt and the Council.

There comes a time when fishermen have to speak up and quit allowing themselves to get pushed around.

And that concern was warranted

Fishing, boating fees may rise

The Oklahoma City Fish and Game Commission voted Monday to recommend raising daily fishing permits from $3 to $4 and annual fishing permits from $15 to $18.
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Daily city boating permits would increase from $5 to $7 and annual boating permits would rise from $25 to $32.50.

The proposed fees must be approved by the Oklahoma City Council. The proposed fee hike is the result of keeping the H.B. Parsons Fish Hatchery open.

Budget cuts threatened to close the hatchery earlier this summer. The city council spared the hatchery but requested fishing and boating fees be raised to help pay for it.

Read more: Outdoors notebook for Sunday, August 8, 2010 | NewsOK.com

Hey, at least they did not close the hatchery.

But I would not get your hopes up on seeing any improvements to OKC fishing, it will just be the samo samo, and we get to pay more for it.

Whooopeee ..............we won !!!

Lets go to Toby Keiths and have a victory party !!

I would feel better about this if it was earmarked in a fund for fishing, but as I said above, that'll be the day.

And how did they come up with $32.50 ............. why the 50 cents ? Even money is easier to work with