Nonresident license fee increase

[lrgfish]

Increase the fee create revenue. I am a resident so I like the idea. How do we rank? Is Utah the cheap state to nonresident hunt & fish or the most expensive? Raise the fees with the rest (new $8 increase 2 pole justified increase).
I love to open a can of worms!
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[Baitfish55]

Not a good idea lrgfish. I don't like the price of anything going up. It would give the man ideas about increasing the resident license fees!
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[RockyRaab]

Two points, baitfish:

The price of darn near everything goes up over time. A fishing license, a loaf of bread, a share of IBM stock - and even someone's labor.

Which brings me to point number two: Would you argue against the price of YOUR labor going up (meaning you get a raise)?
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[Baitfish55]

Good points rockyraab.
I might change my opinion after I do some research. Lrgfish raised some interesting ?s. I guess my initial reaction is no increase.
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[RockyRaab]

Yeah, I get that. And as a first reaction, it's completely understandable. But as they say all too often in the NFL

"Upon further review..."



BTW, I haven't done a complete check, but it looks like a lot of our surrounding states charge about $10 a day for nonres fishing. Seems pretty consistent. I think they try to stick pretty close to each other, by unofficial agreement. That makes complete sense.
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[flygoddess]

Great point. However, I did notice Idaho raised their out of state season licenses in one or two BIG jumps while not sure the locals was adjusted at all.
I could be wrong on this, just the way it looked to me.
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[brookieguy1]

[quote RockyRaab]Two points, baitfish:

The price of darn near everything goes up over time. A fishing license, a loaf of bread, a share of IBM stock - and even someone's labor.

Which brings me to point number two: Would you argue against the price of YOUR labor going up (meaning you get a raise)?[/quote]Yes, labor goes up, but at about 1/4 the rate of everything else!
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[cpierce]

Just for general information: Non-res fishing licenses

Utah $70

Idaho $98

Colorado $56 plus required $10 Habitat Stamp = $66

Nevada $69 plus $10 trout stamp if you want to fish for trout. so $79

Arizona $55

Wyoming $92 plus required $12 Conservation Stamp = $104


And just for kicks:


New Mexico $56 plus $5 Habitat Stamp = $61

Montana $60 plus $10 Conservation Stamp = $70

Oregon $116 with Columbia River Basin endorsement.

California $125
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[RockyRaab]

Thanks for looking those up. The annual license is a better measure than my one-day license post above.

I'd be very happy to see Utah copy that "reciprocal fee" system for nonresidents except for one thing: states don't give a rat's patootie about what its citizens have to pay elsewhere. They only care about how badly they can maul the wallets of nonresidents. So neighboring states are highly likely to boost their nonres rates, just to discourage their own citizens from fishing elsewhere.
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