over 65 no more free fishing

[400bigbear]

It's $30.00, that's nothing. With the baby boomers becoming cheap, I want to become cheap. I don't want to pay for their expensive healthcare costs that will cost my generation. It's bad enough we have to clean up their mess with little pay to afford it. Thanks Baby Boomers and Gen Xer's for for this mess.

Bad enough alright we paid for your education and healthcare costs all these years . You seem to want to forget that . Funny thing also we had plenty of game and fish in my generation yet since you were born and started utilizing it ,, it has become a mess . It's not seniors leaving garbage etc everywhere . It's you barely out of diapers guys .

TD

[400bigbear]

It actually sounds like ( if you read it) that the problem is with the younger generations not getting into fishing, not buying licences and not generating revenue for the MNR....so they've had to ask the old folks to start kicking in.

Good one Mike .

[greatwhite]

I must fall into the young generation as I'm not old enough to be a Senior.

I'll see if I have time to bear hunt this fall and buy a license to support you old guy's.

[FishinScuba]

I must fall into the young generation as I'm not old enough to be a Senior.

I'll see if I have time to bear hunt this fall and buy a license to support you old guy's.

I skipped a couple of pages , but I don't know what bear hunting has to do with seniors buying a discounted fishing licence.

[400bigbear]

I skipped a couple of pages , but I don't know what bear hunting has to do with seniors buying a discounted fishing licence.

Hang around a bit bud and it will shortly , I'm sure . LOL

[seabast]

lol . Maybe they should lower the age and to under 50 and charge you triple to offset the increase to seniors on a fixed budget . And since when is fishing ever cheap ? That comment is way out there .

TD

Still a lot cheaper than hunting, and taste better than a tags soup....

[greatwhite]

In a nutshell not enough young people into hunting and fishing spending money, hence my 40 bucks might help and seniors can still get a free license..

I skipped a couple of pages , but I don't know what bear hunting has to do with seniors buying a discounted fishing licence.

[old duckman]

Wow here we go again, this generation blaming that generation, for the so called lack of fish etcetera etcetera ! You might be interested to know that back in the Seventies era in the lil town of Bobcaygeon we had 3 tackle - bait shops , right close to the dam. Now at that time anglers & the bait shops along with a few resorts kept hold a petition for the anglers to sign, in which was proposed to have a minimum length to keep a walleye,(slot size), these petitions went on for a few years as they were handed over to the mnr. But the answer from the mnr. Was always the same , we realize a limit size is practised in the U.S.A. For bass fishing But we do not believe it will help here in Canada , blah blah blah. So for all you people that blame poor fishing on earlier anglers go chomp down on a siwash hook!
Oh by the way when the new dam went in in Bobcaygeon low water conditions resulted leaving good spawning beds to deteriate.Then came cottage after cottage , boat numbers increased ten fold and so did pollution ! Letme leave you with this thought ,to make a 65 year old angler buy a fishing license , is going to help the fisheries, lol,remove the siwash hook very carefully from lips!
John

[MikePal]

Wow here we go again, this generation blaming that generation,

Letme leave you with this thought ,to make a 65 year old angler buy a fishing license , is going to help the fisheries, lol,remove the siwash hook very carefully from lips!
John

Most of the polution in Ontario Lakes in the late 70's 80's came in the form of 'acid rain' and that killed off most lakes. The cottagers added to that, but no where near the same inpact as the industry's of Northern NY and S/Ont.

Fact: the MNR needs revenues to increase programs like fish stocking the lakes etc....so if the don't get more money..by either increased licence fees and/or making ALL fisherman contribute....then the problem is only going to get worse for the next generation...if they are even interested in real (vs interactive video) fishing

[manson]

its so nice to see such a united front this is exactly what goverments like to see people blaming each other instead of the people who are paid to manage the resources