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fatlazyless · 09-13-2015, 07:19 PM

Isn't the price of a fishing license going up from $35 to $45, starting in 2016, plus a similar ten dollar increase for a hunting license. New revenue needed to gas up the Donzi, and replace the worn-out docks and launch ramp at F&G-Downing's Landing down at the southern tip of Alton Bay, plus many other items, like gas for their green Chevy, F&G pickup trucks, and salary for the F&G officers.

http://www.unionleader.com/Fish-%26-...ust-broaden-it

Today's, Sept 13 Union Leader editorial says that raising the fishing/hunting license by ten dollars is the wrong way to go, and that a ten dollar canoe/kayak fee would be a better method, and I actually agree with that. Slapping a $10-sticker on my 15' aluminum rowing canoe would just hit the spot .... and help share the cost of the NH-F&G. Powered by my rowing arms, with no motor ..... like why do I get a freebie use of the lake.....$10/year is pretty danged low compared to what you pay for a good set of new Canadian 84" wood oars.....about 80-dollars.

You know, now that I think of it, maybe Fish & Game could screw some oarlocks onto their Donzi, and I have a pair of Paul Bunyon-esque size oars that I will be happy to donate if they promise to use them. Could well be the F&G is reluctant to be running the Donzi what with their money problem, so using oars could be the way to go? Probaby, considering the size of the Donzi, and the size of the oars, it will take two people to row the two oars, one person/oar, which is probably very doable with a 23' center console type of a boat. At 23', it is probably big enough for two sets of oarlocks, with four people rowing.......stroke.....feather.....stroke!

Rowing is excellent exercise and it can change a gas guzzling motorboat into an a-ROW-bic exercise machine ..... with a nice watery view!

So, will the NH legislature be passing a canoe/kayak $10-annual sticker or raising the fishing/hunting fee by ten dollars to pay for the NH-F&G ....... what's the best way to go here?

And, just out of curiosity, how much does it cost to register a 23' center console powered by a 250-hp outboard .... not that the F&G actually has to pay to register their Donzi?

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fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,174 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	Isn't the price of a fishing license going up from $35 to $45, starting in 2016, plus a similar ten dollar increase for a hunting license. New revenue needed to gas up the Donzi, and replace the worn-out docks and launch ramp at F&G-Downing's Landing down at the southern tip of Alton Bay, plus many other items, like gas for their green Chevy, F&G pickup trucks, and salary for the F&G officers. http://www.unionleader.com/Fish-%26-...ust-broaden-it Today's, Sept 13 Union Leader editorial says that raising the fishing/hunting license by ten dollars is the wrong way to go, and that a ten dollar canoe/kayak fee would be a better method, and I actually agree with that. Slapping a $10-sticker on my 15' aluminum rowing canoe would just hit the spot .... and help share the cost of the NH-F&G. Powered by my rowing arms, with no motor ..... like why do I get a freebie use of the lake.....$10/year is pretty danged low compared to what you pay for a good set of new Canadian 84" wood oars.....about 80-dollars. You know, now that I think of it, maybe Fish & Game could screw some oarlocks onto their Donzi, and I have a pair of Paul Bunyon-esque size oars that I will be happy to donate if they promise to use them. Could well be the F&G is reluctant to be running the Donzi what with their money problem, so using oars could be the way to go? Probaby, considering the size of the Donzi, and the size of the oars, it will take two people to row the two oars, one person/oar, which is probably very doable with a 23' center console type of a boat. At 23', it is probably big enough for two sets of oarlocks, with four people rowing.......stroke.....feather.....stroke! Rowing is excellent exercise and it can change a gas guzzling motorboat into an a-ROW-bic exercise machine ..... with a nice watery view! So, will the NH legislature be passing a canoe/kayak $10-annual sticker or raising the fishing/hunting fee by ten dollars to pay for the NH-F&G ....... what's the best way to go here? And, just out of curiosity, how much does it cost to register a 23' center console powered by a 250-hp outboard .... not that the F&G actually has to pay to register their Donzi? __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store! Last edited by fatlazyless; 09-15-2015 at 08:16 AM.