How early do you get your fishing license?

taez555

Just curious how early each year everyone gets their fishing license?

I usually wait till at least March since my local fishing hole doesn’t open till April 1st. That and I’m not an ice fisherman(yet) and don’t have a boat. But given the super mild winter we've had so far I couldn’t take it anymore and went ahead and renewed today. Smile

I know I probably won’t go out for a few months, but for some reason it’s nice to know I could just grab my gear and head out the door at any time.

So when do you get yours? 12:01am on January 1st, do you wait a while till it gets warm, wait till you the day before the first time you plan to fish, etc? Smile

jwall046 · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:06 pm Post subject:

Right before my 1st fishing trip of the year. Literally.
Last year i pulled out of my yard and forgot to get a license,So i ran back in and got one on-line.

johnnybag-a-bass · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:16 pm Post subject:

I already have mine, if i wait i'll forget, damn drugs in the 90's haha

basshunter62 · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:25 pm Post subject:

most yrs i wait untill ice out. last yr i got it in march. this yr. we were at wakby/mashbe on jan 1st and i had,nt thought about it untill i saw the EP hanging on the beach. that got me a little paranoid. i had one by the next weekend. with the crazzy weather we had and the cape not freezing i just forgot.

blackstonecarp · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:51 pm Post subject:

January 1st for Massachusetts, February for Rhode Island. I try to get them as soon as possible as I tend to just fish..like constantly

pocketfisherman · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:26 pm Post subject:

shawneramone · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:00 pm Post subject:

HAHAHA Jay me too. Last year I bought my New Hampshire license using my iphone on the ride up 93. They sent a confirmation email that I could show if I were asked for it. I'm last minute

jwall046 · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:45 am Post subject:

skoda · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:21 am Post subject:

yeah me too - im so cheap that i want as much time useable as possible - can u do MA license online ?

pocketfisherman · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:48 am Post subject:

Yes Sir, here is the link.

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/licensing/index.htm

don51 · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:20 am Post subject:

Last week of December Exclamation

The way this season is starting, I will be burned out from fishing before most guys even start Exclamation

skoda · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:55 am Post subject:

ty sir for online link
Very Happy

fishlander · Baitfish Rank Joined: 01 Sep 2011 Posts: 4 Total Points: 4

I have two of my four licenses purchased 1-1-12. (NH and Mass). Vt and Maine in the spring. BTW, Nice fishing up north on Winni. 9 inches of ice.

riverrat82 · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:09 am Post subject: As a matter of fact

[b][b]Funny this came up...I just got mine yesterday 3/9/12...A few months ago I'd commented here on "MAFF" about how I thought the service might be at Walmart in this whole new "arrangement" they have with the State of Massachusetts' fisheries to be the sole "private" provider of gaming licenses...In short I KNEW then the service would SUCK...I just didn't think it would be as bad as yesterday....I'd guessed back then that'd be some teenager who was completely CLUELESS about what wares they offer...turns out it was the 42 yr old department MANAGER...not only DID NOT FISH...but had NO CLUE the Mass lead-free laws had even been in effect !...This was NO kid...this was a 40plus year old guy who by his own admission doesn't fish AT ALL !...I say to him"Hey..you guys are STILL selling ALL KINDSA lead products back there"...he says"Yeah we have some really GREAT stuff...(walmart teach ya t say that there guy?)NITWIT...So I explain to him..."ya know it's ILLEGAL for fisherman to use lead products in Mass now"...to which he said.....wait for it ...wait for it..."Really...I had NO IDEA!So I continue my little "soapbox" by saying..."Wouldn't you think the retail provider of gaming licenses should be versed on the laws that sportsman out in the field are expected to comply to?"....to which he said"Yea I guess"..."I guess"....maybe when the Ranger stops me and says HEY this is LEAD... I can say...well the dude at Walmart sold me the stuff...so it must be ok...maybe not...In addition to some SERIOUSLY SHITTY service I noticed a $1.50 "convenience fee"---I'll tell ya all what...the buck fifty should go to educating Walmart's employees on what the hell their corporate masters have them "pushing"out on the sales floor in sporting goods..
The ONLY reason I can say this whole experience was "convenient" was it just so happens I live an "out-field throw" from it's new "footprint" in Worcester...I can literally hit the building with a baseball...which I think I'll do the minute I post this...I'm gonna use a BIG ROCK instead though hahahahahaha...I for one think this more about keeping a single database for levying fines more swiftly AND not about "convenience" AT ALL !...in the end I look forward to next year when I go into Walmart to find ALL the lead gone(YEA RIGHT)...sometimes it takes a year for BILLIONAIRES to "catch" up with the rest of us in the real world...it's a good thing I didn't ask him how a bait caster worked...he'd have had to break out his "serviceman's manual"...I KNEW this was gonna be just awful...I just had no idea it'd be THIS AWFUL...where's micheal Moore when you need him?

pocketfisherman · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:22 am Post subject:

Got mine today. I got the fever!