If you're fishing from shore and bringing your catch back into NH in your vehicle, I don't see why you would need a NH license.
If you're fishing from a boat and launch in NH to go fish in Mass or Maine, you're bound by NH law on what you keep when you get back to the launch site.
Mass and Maine will have one soon, and our license will be reciprical with both of them, if not all of New England. And our license won't be in place until 2008.
What sucks is the majority of people who will be buying this license, most likely already buy a freshwater or hunting license. I also think there should be a cheaper "shore fishing" permit.
I personally don't have a gripe, one trip offshore generally costs $100+(that's extrememly conservative), so $15 will be worth it to finally have some concrete numbers as to how many salt water anglers there are, then we will have a leg to stand on when quotas are set, or fisheries are opened or closed.
is the reciprical part written in stone for the salt water liscense, this would be a huge factor. if all the states were doing this together at the same time it would seem more legit, with all the different liscenses i have to get now it comes down to me having to descide which state im not going to fish in this year, its getting pricey for those on lower budgets. it really doesnt sound reciprical if its not imposed in other states, just an assumption that it might.
It's not just an assumption, I spoke to Lee Perry myself, and they've already had talks with Mass and Maine, and I can't see it being any other way, at the very least with Maine(Piscat). Both Mass and Maine will have one in 08 along with us(those 2 states love to screw their citizens), as we are about to find out in NH. Sorry, I shouldn't get political here. Come on 4/1.
