Mass Fishing License

[HangEmHigh]

I was in Roaches in Cambridge yesterday to pick up a Mass fishing license. The owner told me that Mass is too big a pain in the A to sell them. Said that Mass requires a $10k bond before you can sell them. Also told me that he gets 50 cents for every NH license he sells and they are real easy to do business with.

So do retail stores sell Mass licenses any more or do I have to get to City Hall for one?

 

[M1911]

Natick Outdoor Sports carries them.

 

[Dick]

I get mine at Blue Northern in Ayer.

 

[News Shooter]

I get mine at Blue Northern in Ayer.

Yes, we're not too far from you. It's $29 and we can only take cash because a credit card would wipe out our 50 cent profit

 

[Jedhed]

I buy mine on-line.

http://www.sport.state.ma.us/

 

[HangEmHigh]

I buy mine on-line.

http://www.sport.state.ma.us/

I just did that and was able to print out a temporary one until my new one comes in the mail. This interweb is amazing!

 

[Martlet]

I buy mine on-line.

http://www.sport.state.ma.us/

Beat me to it!

 

[RB26]

I buy mine on-line.

http://www.sport.state.ma.us/

+1 rep point. I did not know about that site, Thank you.

 

[kengog]

I think you can also get them at Dick's Sporting Goods, but I also buy mine online.

 

[Viper22]

K-Mart

 

[M1911]

I think you can also get them at Dick's Sporting Goods, but I also buy mine online.

Last time I tried to get one at the old Sports Authority, it was a horror show. Untrained idiots. Somehow I suspect Dick's will be similar.

 

[Coyote33]

I think Walmart also sells them.

 

[machocheese]

I think Walmart also sells them.

Talk about untrained idiots...

 

[one-eyed Jack]

Mine is free because I'm over 70. But, I can't do it online and have to get it in person. Go figure. Jack.

 

[trophygrl]

i purchase my hunting and fishing licenses online also (i do the hunting lic. online because it then allows you to enter doe tag lotteries online)

walmart and k-mart all sell fishing lic., but good luck finding someone there who even knows what it is.

i would suggest trying dick's or bass pro...

i also heard that mass is now considering implementing an angler's ed course for fishing licenses... has anyone else heard that?

 

[pupchow]

i also heard that mass is now considering implementing an angler's ed course for fishing licenses... has anyone else heard that?

Yeah, but that's only required for saltwater.



I too do the online deal via the Mass. DFW site. I get a printable copy that's good immediately (with the exception of tags -- you'll need to wait for them to arrive), and I include all my stamps at once -- $70.20 I buy them all even if I don't get out to use them. This is one state fee that I actually feel good about paying. IMO, the DFW has been doing very well with regard to securing land access, for us and for future generations.

 

[M1911]

i also heard that mass is now considering implementing an angler's ed course for fishing licenses... has anyone else heard that?

Nope. I think someone is pulling your leg.

 

[machocheese]

Nope. I think someone is pulling your leg.

Would it really surprise you though? Those hooks are sharp you know.

 

[trophygrl]

well they do have the course:

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/education/aep/aep_calendar.htm

i think i read that it was specific to the possibility of saltwater licensing in Massachusetts.

either way, it wouldn't suprise me.

 

[M1911]

That's different. It is not a hunter safety course. The hunter safety course isn't about how to hunt or shoot -- it is about the regulations and how to not hurt yourself or others.

Those fishing programs are trying to encourage people to fish.

The saltwater licensing crap is coming down from the feds (NOAA in particular). There isn't anything in their program about a fishing safety course. Whoever told you this is blowing smoke.

 

[trophygrl]

good-- i wasn't sure how true it was because i read that on a forum...