Thread: 2014 Fishing License

I purchased a 5 yr.for $88. Then I will be eligible to buy what I call a rest of your lifetime combo for only $25. !!

My uncle, many years ago, quail hunted most of the day on 1/1 with the game warden. Realized that night he didn't have his new one, and went and got it early the next morning. That evening he saw his friend the warden. He said "Hey, I hunted with you yesterday and I didn't even think to check you license. Let me see it." My uncle laughed and showed it to him. The warden realized he had gotten his license that day and said "Dangit I could have written you a ticket yesterday and I missed my chance." He bought a lifetime shortly after. Him and my aunt got me mine when I was 12. We figured it was paid for in tags by the time I was 16.

In January 1995, the lifetime fishing license went from $125 to $150. My wife decided to get me one for Christmas before the price increase. She took my drivers license out of my wallet (and I drove around all day without one), took it to the wildlife dept in Tulsa, and got mine. Guess she saved me $25. Just wish the fish knew I have one, and they might cooperate more than they do. By the way, I have NEVER been checked for a fishing license.

That's funny crappie bob, I have had my license checked 2 times in my whole life !! A couple if us were discussing the lack of being checked just the other day.

I was "sorta" checked one time. "Sorta" because the ranger was in his boat about 25 yds away. I held up my license, and without any binoculars or anything, he said "Okay, thank you". Guess he had excellent vision!

But then I do have a very honest looking face!

WW one time the GW pulled up and asked to see our licenses, we pulled them out, all lifetime licenses. Boy he was smiling, he said I don't even have to come over and check the dates!!

I've been checked several times while hunting but only a couple of times fishing. The last was several years ago when I was in my boat at 10Killler. Ike was asleep on the floor of the boat. He didn't get too excited about fishing. A couple of game wardens (one older, one real young) had been sitting in another boat watching me through binoculars for about 10 minutes. I caught a Bass and they came over to my boat. I always just pull my license out when I see them coming. As they came up on the boat the younger one reached over to hold the boats together. Ike, without looking up, growled ever so slightly. The older one said "He's good."