TheDay.com - Saltwater licenses are now available.
and the fun begins.
All anglers will need the license by June 15, paying $10 for resident and $15 for non-resident. If that sounds a bit rushed, also consider the bill to approve the license went through the state house, senate and governor's office in one day.
You can obtain the saltwater license at any place now selling freshwater licenses. Such include town halls, some tackle stores or visits Web site at CTDEP.gov., though as of Thursday the web site had only provisions for resident, nothing yet for people that live in other states. Still unanswered at this point is whether other nearby states will honor a Connecticut license if, say, one runs to Montauk from New London?
And that's the thing for people around here. I'm within a few miles of both New York and Rhode Island waters. I would hope it would operate similarly to a driver's license rather than a freshwater license where all states have different requirements. States obviously don't stock saltwater species, and unlike freshwater streams and lakes, there's no boundary preventing fish from moving between state waters. There seems to be a compelling reason to make these licenses reciprocal, but I'm sure money will get in the way.
