Fins -n- Skins
Well-Known Member
Just saw the saltwater stamp thread and as i just purchased another freshwater licence and also a steelhead stamp. Now unlike saltwater stamps i know most of the money from freshwater licence's stay in the province and go to enhancement. Now here's the thing. I fish mostly south island rivers with no hatcheries and have to purchase a stamp to fish for steelhead. Now i don't have to puchase a salmon stamp to fish for salmon in the rivers if i release them, if there's a opening in freshwater for salmon and you want to retain one you need a stamp. Now with only a handful of rivers with hatchery steelhead i can see if i fish that river and retain a steelhead i need a stamp, but why would i need a stamp to fish a wild system ?? Been checked by CO's that say you need a stamp when fishing steelhead period. I don't mind paying if the money goes to steelhead enhancement or improvements to rivers, but not to raise 2# trout to through in a lake!!