Smelt Fishing and Saltwater License

[The Dad Fisherman]

Anybody happen to know what affect the Saltwater Fishing license will have on the Smelt Camps this year. Am I going to be required to get one to fish the camps? or are the camps going to be able to buy a blanket license, like the charter boats can, to satisfy the requirement.

[ifishhi]

from what i've heard the camps will have it covered

[rude the dude]

last year Marine Patrol was kicking people out of worthings for not having a number. 8)

[MG39]

There are several variations of fees and exemptions for salt water fishing in 2011.

To answer the smelt camp question; you are all set to fish in a commercial smelt shack as long as the camps are properly registered.

Here's the complicated regulations;

http://www.maine.gov/dmr/recreational/registry/state.htm

[The Dad Fisherman]

So the Smelt camps will be blanket permitted to cover customers.....pretty much the same as Charter Boat captains.

I might still get a free registraion before I go......I'd hate to get popped because a Camp told me they were registered and they weren't.

[Dags Bait Maine]

as a side note, a Maine recreational fishing licence now covers you for your saltwater registration. the only fees that are going to be associated with the new laws is for a striper permit for nonresidents.

-Dylan