Unless you're going to fish in OR a lot, it might be WAY cheaper to buy a series of daily licenses. They cover salmon/steelhead and Columbia River Endorsement, saving $$$.

 

This is what I do, typically 2-3x per year. The one advantage to the annual is you don’t have to plan ahead to purchase your 1-day/3-day or whatever for specific dates if you’re trying to wait out a weather forecast or boat repair, etc.

Although thats much less of an issue than it used to be now that you can do it online instead of having to find/wait for a license retailer to be open when you intend to buy (although WA makes you wait for a physical tag to be mailed even if you buy online, if you haven’t already gotten one for the year/season).

 

Thanks I’m seeing $59 for three days. Plus I have a boat.

 

One guided fishing trip costs $250
$250 for an entire year is a bargin
Until you factor in all the closures

 

$250 is a bargain...until you see what an annual angler's license is in WA for a non-res...

-jokester

 

My feeling is that both WDFW and ODFW are discouraging their future customers with prices they cannot afford.
For what?
You can't blame it on inflation.
Makes me sick.

 

All they care about is their pellet heads.

 

I’ve never associated fishing or hunting with a price tag
All fun has a price tag associated with it

 

I don't mind paying "user" fees for something I do and enjoy but I do question how that money is spent and I don't think ODFW is spending it productively.
If you think out of state fishing licenses are expensive check out the hunting licenses and tag fees.

 

I'm in WA and bought OR non res..exclusively for years. If your reasonably close to OR, bite the bullet. Way more opportunity in OR.

 

Compare it to taking your wife to a nice place for dinner and a decent bottle of wine these days.... One year of fishing vs one night out.... Nothing is inexpensive any more. Good thing my wife loves to fish.

Just keeping current tags on my truck, camper, and boats is bad enough, then they want tags on the boat trailer too!

But i suppose it all depends on how often you plan to fish here. The 3 day tags add up too. Kirk

 

Make sure to wait till January 1st which I’m sure you will. I’ve never understood why they can’t prorate a license for 3 months, 6 months, remainder of the year, etc.

Yes, the obvious answer is money. You would think that would encourage people to buy a license for July-December if it was half price or a discounted rate. Wishful thinking, I know.

 

When they start caring about our Metalheads we will once again have a fantastic summer fishery along with winter runs that start in November and go thru the end of March

 

It's getting close to being cheaper for an Oregon resident to buy an annual Washington license than an Oregon license. It's already cheaper for an Oregonian to buy a 3-day Washington license than a 3-day Oregon license.

 

Live in Oregon. It's cheaper for me to buy my out of state Washington license (no saltwater or shellfish) than it is to buy my in state Oregon.

I'm fortunate enough that the cost of a license, while annoying, is something I can afford.

Where I complain, it when it comes down to the kid in high school or college that loves to fish, or low income in general. To them, $100-$200 can be a barrier.

Going outside should be cheap. Put some of the pot money toward keeping the outside affordable...or something.

 

I've bought a non resident license to fish oregon waters for a bunch of years now and it's all about extra opportunity.If you're only going a few times a single day or 3 day is cheaper for sure but you'll find your going to approach 50% of annual cost pretty quick after that

 

I normally just buy a coupe day license as when you add all the other stuff, very overpriced. My complaint is youth licenses. 12 years old? What a rip. Even overpriced California allows until 16. How many days in my youth did I bike to san Francisco Bay to fish? A lot. Gives youth something to do, and not costing an arm and leg. Plus gets a person in to fishing. And California allows non licensed fishing from a public pier that goes in to the saltwater. Nice benefit for poor and visitors.

 

Wow, when will it stop! Up almost $45 from last year. The wife and I fish a-lot thru out the year, getting ridiculous though! You guys can keep your Columbia River endorsements, I’m not wasting my money!

 

I take a lot of friends and relatives fishing each year on the Columbia river and ocean. ODFW misses out on a several hundred dollars of license sales just from my boat as I have everyone just get the Washington license either yearly of daily as it's cheaper for them.

I know many of us don't seem to care about the price of the license as it's a drop in the bucket compared to most of the money we spend on boats and fishing gear, but I know many people that don't even chase pellet heads anymore due to the price of licenses. Then theres tags for salmon, Columbia endorsements, aquatic species stickers, it adds up.

 

I am actually considering moving to Wisconsin, Ohio, or Michigan because they actually seem to value hatchery fish and angler opportunity.

 

I am actually considering moving to Wisconsin, Ohio, or Michigan....

There is no way I could give up our fishing opportunities here, for what they have there.

But you do you.

 

Don't let the door hit ya!

 

So does ND.

 

One of the main reasons I was looking at getting an Oregon license is because of my nephew. He lives in the Bend area and wants me to bring my boat down and go fishing this spring. Which is about a 4 Hour drive. Looking into the licenses, I realized how expensive it was for a one year license. If I don’t do the one year, I will definitely do the three day. Thanks for all the input guys appreciate it.

 

I plan on fishing Oregon a lot this Spring, Summer & Fall. I also plan on doing a lot of crabbing in Oregon bays and off the coast of Oregon. Over two hundred dollars for a Non resident license may sound like a lot of money, but once you catch a few fish, dig a nice limit of razors and trap a bunch of beautiful Dungeness crab, it starts to feel like a bargain.

Now, all the OTHER cost associated with fishing, that's on a whole different level! 😲 😎

 

I'm amazed at how price sensitive anglers get when it comes to fishing licenses. Look in our garages with tackle and fishing gimmicks we haven't used for years, extra fishing rods, bait, boats and electronics....a few hundred bucks a year for a non-resident license seems like a drop in the bait bucket.

I might have the GDP of a small country in my fly fishing gear alone.

 

Don't get me wrong...I hear ya and have the same problem. It's just that...well, all that stuff - I paid for that stuff once! I have to fork over a small fortune every year just for the state to allow me the opportunity to hunt and fish.

Just playing devil's advocate here. I'm not changing my ways either LOL.

-joketser

 

Don't let the door

Don't get me wrong...I hear ya and have the same problem. It's just that...well, all that stuff - I paid for that stuff once! I have to fork over a small fortune every year just for the state to allow me the opportunity to hunt and fish.

Just playing devil's advocate here. I'm not changing my ways either LOL.

-joketser

For the last 2 years I have fished with no C.R.B.E. , and will continue to do so. I am done playing stupid games .

 

I am done playing stupid games .

But you are. Maybe you'll win the prize.

 

You guys scared me so I had to go to the ODFW site and find out. No problem - resident combo is still six bucks.

 

Old pioneer 😉

 

I agree that Oregon hunting, fishing, hunting/fishing combo licenses are too expensive. I live in Oregon and buy both Oregon resident fishing and Washington non-resident fishing licenses annually. I still scratch my head on why there is such a huge difference btwn the 2 neighboring states.