salty-dog
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A few years ago I spent several months back in Georgia tending to some family stuff. During this time I managed to do a lot of kayak, motorboat and surf fishing. But, being as I was away for a while, I needed to renew my GA fishing license. A quick trip the DNR { Dept of Natural Resources} and I was all set.
Things have changed some. The license was still a pocket scorching $9.00 but that's OK. No special tags, stickers or permits, no hoops to jump through. The officer asked if I had a current regulation decal and I replied I had not. Then, he asked if I was fishing from a boat or shore. I told him about a boat I bought during the visit for use while I was there, but also intended to yak out into the shallows for some redfish and flounder gigging and some offshore spearfishing I had planned-- so basically any way one could think of to fish, I would be there.
He then handed me a bunch of regulation decals along with some measurement decals to place on the boat, the yak and keep a few in case someone else needed them. I did as I was told and I still had a few left over. Well, tonight as I was looking for something else, I ran across the reg decals.
"purty damned good idea" I thought to myself. I figured I would show y'all what they look like. I also think it would be a good idea for the DFO to copy as instead of looking in books for the info, it is at hand, in easy sight of anyone aboard a boat.
I still have the decals on my yak and this thing has fished not only the GA and FLA coastlines, but Atlantic Beach , NC, many areas along the Gulf coast, a number of spots along the Mississippi river and deep into the Mississippi Delta, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, as well as here in BC and many other places. Its probably one of only a handful of yaks that can lay claim to being slimed from coast to coast, north and south and in three countries. And the decals never tried to peel off. That defines the quality !!
Anyways, here is the decal. Do you think it would be of benefit to have something like this in BC?
Things have changed some. The license was still a pocket scorching $9.00 but that's OK. No special tags, stickers or permits, no hoops to jump through. The officer asked if I had a current regulation decal and I replied I had not. Then, he asked if I was fishing from a boat or shore. I told him about a boat I bought during the visit for use while I was there, but also intended to yak out into the shallows for some redfish and flounder gigging and some offshore spearfishing I had planned-- so basically any way one could think of to fish, I would be there.
He then handed me a bunch of regulation decals along with some measurement decals to place on the boat, the yak and keep a few in case someone else needed them. I did as I was told and I still had a few left over. Well, tonight as I was looking for something else, I ran across the reg decals.
"purty damned good idea" I thought to myself. I figured I would show y'all what they look like. I also think it would be a good idea for the DFO to copy as instead of looking in books for the info, it is at hand, in easy sight of anyone aboard a boat.
I still have the decals on my yak and this thing has fished not only the GA and FLA coastlines, but Atlantic Beach , NC, many areas along the Gulf coast, a number of spots along the Mississippi river and deep into the Mississippi Delta, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, as well as here in BC and many other places. Its probably one of only a handful of yaks that can lay claim to being slimed from coast to coast, north and south and in three countries. And the decals never tried to peel off. That defines the quality !!
Anyways, here is the decal. Do you think it would be of benefit to have something like this in BC?