ollie Posted July 21, 2010 Posted July 21, 2010 OK, I guess I have been confused on this subject as well. I got asked to show my license at Capps a few years back and the agent was looking for my trout stamp. What gives? Has this changed in the past few years? It really doesn't matter that much to me because I always buy one anyways and support what buying that license does. just confused more now. "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
Kayser Posted July 21, 2010 Posted July 21, 2010 Capps is not a park where you have to buy a daily trout tag, like RR, Bennett, Montauk, etc. Since Capps is not a trophy area, like the Current or 11pt, he probably assumed that you were planning on keeping fish, which you need the state trout stamp to do legally. Rob WARNING!! Comments to be interpreted at own risk. Time spent fishing is never wasted.
Flyflinger Posted July 21, 2010 Author Posted July 21, 2010 Haha!! Conservation ethics? In Missouri? You have to be kidding! You can go to any boat ramp in the state and see freshly cleaned carcasses waiting for the crawdads. As long as it is legal to keep fish there will never be ethics. It is a fine line between healthy harvesting and greedy ego seekers. We are living in a country where it is cheaper to buy fish than it is to spend the money to catch them but people still think they need a return on thier investments. Until that mentality is altered nothing will ever change. And by the way...all the laws in the land wont stop people from taking trophy fish as long as there is only one cop working a thousand fisherman on an hourly basis. So true...Its sad but those are the people who ruin it for all and give us a bad name. There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit
et84 Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 I was not aware that one had to possess a trout stamp only for keeping trout. I am a C&R fisherman only, except for crappie at Fellows, and the only regular place I fish for trout is Crane. I know Crane is a blue ribbon area so the rules might be different, but I would NEVER keep a McCloud even if it were keeper size. I figure it's better to be safe than sorry, so I always pay the extra $7 for the stamp when I get my yearly license- I'm sure it's cheaper than whatever fine you might get slapped with for not having one. "Sometimes it seems like such a hard life, but there's good times around the bend. The rollercoaster's gotta roll to the bottom if ya wanna climb to the top again."
jdmidwest Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 If you fish for trout, go ahead and buy the stamp. The proceeds go to fund the Trout program. It raises and stocks the fish that you are fishing for, even if it is catch and release. It is strictly voluntary in MO, Ark made it mandatory to have a trout stamp on most of its trout waters even if you are catch and release only. The State is still out money raising and feeding the trout that get caught and released. It is a pretty cheap investment. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Flyflinger Posted July 29, 2010 Author Posted July 29, 2010 If you fish for trout, go ahead and buy the stamp. The proceeds go to fund the Trout program. It raises and stocks the fish that you are fishing for, even if it is catch and release. It is strictly voluntary in MO, Ark made it mandatory to have a trout stamp on most of its trout waters even if you are catch and release only. The State is still out money raising and feeding the trout that get caught and released. It is a pretty cheap investment. I had no idea thats where the money went. I'm buying mine tomorrow...thanks for the info. There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit
FlyFishinFool Posted July 29, 2010 Posted July 29, 2010 If you buy the trout stamp (extra $7) then you can also fish the C&R Winter season at the trout parks without buying a daily $3 trout park permit. * ´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((((º> `•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((º> .¸¸.•´¯`•.¸ ><((((((º> I look in my fly box and think about what should guide my choice of the best fly: the amount/angle of sun on the water, the water temp & clarity, what bugs are hatching, what the fish might be eating, and what worked last time. Then I remember what an old man told me... " Ninety percent of what a trout eats is brown, fuzzy, about 1/2 inch long and underwater."
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