DNR's Boat Fishing License or Potomac River License

[drichitt]

I saw Marty's post about struggling with (not) renewing his MSSA membership. I went through the same thought process as Marty, but for my own reasons came to a different conclusion. I was not as upset with MSSA as I was with CCA, so I have renewed my MSSA membership and will NOT be renewing my CCA membership. Now comes the tougher decision; buy another Consolidated Bay Sport Boat license from DNR, or get an equally valid license from the Potomac River Fisheries Commission http://www.prfc.state.va.us/sports/s...tm#reciprocity. My beef over the PSCR issue lands squarely with the DNR and all of the political BS used to severely restrict one of my favorite times of year.

I do not want this to kick off another PSCR debate...PLEASE! The purpose of this post is to find out how others feel about using this as an effective means to send DNR a message. If I go with the PRFC license, I intend to send DNR a letter informing them of my decision and why.

The decision by DNR to open this PSCR subject up for discussion was based solely on one very influential person telling DNR that he wanted the practice shut down. I was at the meeting when he made his views very clear. He didn't get what he wanted, but he came pretty damn close. I am not happy with DNR and have twice, over the past month, tried to place my order for one of their boat fishing licenses. Each time I have just closed the browser window and pushed the decision off. I have heard all of the reasons about DNR needing the funding, but WTF; are they more interested in protecting the fish or the commercial interests of this state. They didn't use a whole lot of funds to evaluate the merits of placing restrictions on PSCR, nor do I believe they will do much to evaluate the affects....Don