California anglers can soon purchase a 365-day fishing licenses for 2023, as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will kick off sales on Nov. 15 — months sooner than initially anticipated.
“I applaud the staff that worked tirelessly to bring this benefit to California’s anglers who have been asking for the 365-day license for a very long time,” said CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham in a statement.
Some California anglers have previously expressed frustration with licenses only being valid for a calendar year, rather than a full 365 days after purchase. CDFW said the validity policy was resulting in fewer license sales.
Thanks to the passing of 2021 Assembly Bill 817, California fishing licenses are now valid for 365 days from purchase, rather than for a calendar year.
“This license will encourage more Californians to fish and increase fishing license revenue which funds critical state fishing and conservation programs,” said Assemblymember Jim Wood, D-Healdsburg, who authored the legislation. “Making fishing more accessible really supports communities that rely on outdoor recreation and tourism, like my northern California district.”
Anglers interesting in purchasing their license can visit CDFW’s internet sales webpage.
Speaking of fishing licenses there is a colorado democrat politician who made an ad where he was fly fishing in the middle of a Colorado stream. Touting his love of fishing in Colorado. Turns out he had a one day fishing license.
..well that only took 60 yrs +
The fact that it requires a monumental act of bureaucracy to accomplish something so intuitive speaks to the inadequacy of government at every level.
Perfectly stated. I was going to say the same thing, not as well and using more words.
.
OMG… state legislators actually passed a bill that makes sense.
.
Breaking News:
California Anglers will be banned from fishing during the 2026, 2027, & 2028 calendar years due to over fishing in 2023. 2024. & 2025.
Wait for it…
In the meantime, expect certain spare the fish days
Paying to fish is unconstitutional
Nice of them to give over 65 a price break like other states do.
Hubs bought the Lifetime Fishing and Hunting Licenses 20 years ago. Even bought our sons Lifetime Licenses as gifts. Best purchases ever. Saved a ton of money over the years.
The California Fish and Game (or Wild Life, whatever) is only an extension of the Governors office, and makes NO EFFORT to protect any wildlife!
They have no interest in helping the Wildlife, or the sportsman.
They can’t ever disagree with the Gov’s office.
They support the tunnels, and every measure to drain the weakened Delta. They don’t care about anything other than being a puppet for the Gov
That is GREAT news!
Government control of nature … brilliant!
The government does not care anything about anything except finding more ways to fleece the citizens of as much money as they can possibly squeeze out of us, with taxes, fees & licenses!
They just figured out that alot of people aren’t buying the licenses late in the year because it’s only good for a couple months & it makes more sense to get a cheaper 1 day license or to chance fishing without a license!
The State changed the rules to increase license sales…. they didn’t do it for any other reason.