VA Dumba*S award

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Originally Posted by Stillrunning

Well to be fair at one point VA honord NC lic but NC did not honor VA's lic. Now neither state honors this and if I'm correct they don't sell NC boat lic. so everyone on the boat must buy a $30 lic wher that $78 is for the boat and anyone that you want to take fishing. Both states are grabbing for money but I feel if NC would have honored Va's lic. none of this would have been an issue. I ran into this with my insurance Lic. a few years back and it was like both states where saying the other state started it. I felt like I was in the middle of two babies fighting over something.

I'm not a smart man but I know a screwing when I hear it.

Still you have valid points;
The main reason VA and NC couldn't agree had to do with Tuna reg's and Striper reg's (Va wanted NC to have slot reg's on striper and also wanted NC to change their reg's to always mirror VA). The striper reg's were based upon Chesapeake Bay waters and we don't connect to Chesapeake Bay. They wanted us to have slot size in the ocean but told us they would talk to the neighboring state North to also follow these rules but they (VA) would not implement the rules until both states either side of them did.

I was at the meeting in OBX when our Marine Patrol discussed this and had a representative from VA there and he said everything I described. So it was a no win situation for NC because then we would only be able to fish during a set time and have a closed time during the best months for the ocean and reduce our limit from 2 fish to 1.

But the real crap to this VA wants you to register your boat in VA but they still want you to buy a non resident boat sticker at twice the price of residents. If I was going to register my boat in VA (which I wouldn't)( I live in another state) then I shouldn't have to buy a non resident license.

I'll just buy a non resident salt water fishing lic for $26. Almost everyone that goes with me from NC buys their own out of state fishing lic anyway So VA just lost $12 (difference between Boat sticker cost and non resident lic cost) and I gained $12.