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Gene Kearns wrote:
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On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 03:53:17 GMT in rec.boats, NOYB penned the
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I do know that we
do not need a license to fish from a dock in salt water.
That's only true if you're a resident of Florida...or if the pier that
you're fishing from has a blanket license that covers everybody fishing
from
it. Non-residents need a license anytime they're fishing.
Are you a Florida resident?
Untrue. You don't need a sal****er license in FL if you are a citizen
fishing from a structure fixed to land.
http://taxcol.martin.fl.us/fishing.asp
I think all states on the Atlantic Coast now require sal****er
licenses.... excepting two or three. I don't think DE has one, not
sure about NJ, and NC will have one in 2007.
Anybody know if I missed one?
The goal is for all of the states to have licensing... We have to buy
Federal licenses, now, for HMS.....
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Yes, I am a real Florida resident (5th generation) and not a
transplant.
Then you have no excuse for not knowing the regulations. You're a Florida
resident *and* you speak English *and* you have access to the internet:
http://floridafisheries.com/rules.html
Furhtermore, "ignorance of the law is no excuse" is
nonsense. For example, if you missed an arcane part of the tax code
that hardly anybody knew and you ended up losing your house you'd be
justifiably ****ed.
Everybody who goes into a bait shop to buy tackle and shrimp can pick up a
free copy of the regulations. This isn't a law that "hardly anybody knew".
Laws are meant to be applied intelligently, not
blindly as absolutes rarely make sense. I have no problem with the
law, it is the absolute enforcement of such when enforcement does more
harm than good that I dislike. I would hope the wildlife officer would
use discretion when enforcing the law but my experience with the Fl
Marine Patrol gives me little hope for that. My experience says that
it is best to hide ALL activities from law enforcement people lest they
find some excuse to cite you.
My experience says that if you do nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide.