2021 Fishing Licenses and Related Items Now Available for Sale

This is a press release from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife:

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)California anglers can now purchase 2021 fishing licenses and related items directly through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) website or authorized license agents. (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, license sales counters at CDFW offices remain temporarily closed to the public.)

The cost of a 2021 annual resident fishing license has been set at $52.66, while a one-day license will cost $17.02.

For the first time, anglers have the option to sign up for auto-renewal of their annual sport fishing licenses, report cards and validations.

“More than a million anglers purchase annual licenses to fish California waters and for many of them, this will be a welcome feature,” said Josh Morgan, chief of CDFW’s License and Revenue Branch. “Signing up for auto-renewal helps ensure that you won’t end up on the water with an expired license.”

Anglers must enroll in the auto-renewal program through CDFW’s online sales website. License agents cannot enroll customers in the auto-renewal program, but customers who make purchases in person from license agents can go online later and enroll themselves.

Not all CDFW products for sale are eligible for auto-renewal at this time, although the feature will be expanded to other items in the future. For more information and a complete list of items available for auto-renewal, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions about auto-renewal on CDFW’s website.

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Perspective
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Perspective
3 years ago

Keep upping the price of the license and it won’t be worth it.

Martin
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Martin
3 years ago

If the CDFW keeps increasing the price of a fishing license, and any stamp(s) needed depending on where you plan to fish, there will be a whole lot of fisherman casting into their bathtubs. Would be nice if they offered a much lower price considering all the hardships caused to folks by the virus. Thanks for nothing CDFW!!!!!

Mike
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Mike
3 years ago

The government should give free licenses to any person who had their business shut down or impacted by the government because of covid. That’s if they had any thing close to common decency. But they don’t.

North west
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North west
3 years ago

Seam the worse the fishing gets the more they’re charging for the privilege to try I wish the state would close the whole Klamath Trinity system for 10 years to everyone.

Allch Chcar
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Allch Chcar
3 years ago

Fishing licenses fund all the recreational opportunities in the state. The only other source of funding is taxes on hunting and fishing gear. They do not get monies from the general fund or other taxes. $52.66 is a pittance for the amount of recreational opportunities we have here. If you don’t like it fish off the piers and jetties. Those are free. Fishing is a privilege not a right.

Mike
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Mike
3 years ago
Reply to  Allch Chcar

They get a tax from every “sporting good” sold in the state. From guns and ammo to hiking shoes, tents, sleeping bags, everything outdoor related fish and game taxes. Oh and pot fees. And if you want a permit to put in a culvert, every bridge or water crossing. Also you have no authority to tell another human being what is a right or a privelage.

Cy Anse
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Cy Anse
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Not sure where you are getting that from, if you have specific citations I’d be interested.

Federally, there’s the Pittman-Robertson act which places an excise tax (paid by manufacturers) on long guns, archery supplies, and ammunition where the money goes into a cost-share grant fund for wildlife and a slightly different excise tax on handguns which splits the money, half to Hunter Safety programs, half to public shooting ranges (on a cost-share basis with the states).

The Dingell-Johnson Act places a similar tax on fishing gear to fund fisheries projects. Both of those were pushed through with support from the manufacturers themselves back in the day (1937 for P-R and 1950 for D-J) because they wanted to ensure opportunities for hunting and fishing so folks would have a reason to buy their products.

But there isn’t any federal tax on general sporting goods. Folks tried for years to get one passed in the 70’s and 80’s to fund recreational opportunities but couldn’t get the big manufacturers on board.

I’m not aware of any specific tax at the State level on sporting goods beyond the general sales tax which goes into the general fund.

Casey
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Casey
3 years ago

I fish, a lot. And yes it’s a right to feed me and my family. Driving is a
Privilege. You are sorry mistaken