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online fishing license link ?

BajaBlanca - 10-13-2011 at 06:13 PM

can someone tellme what the link is for getting an online fishing license ???? gracias in advance !

DianaT - 10-13-2011 at 06:16 PM

http://www2.ebajacalifornia.gob.mx/Pesca/

Click on the US flag for English

BajaBlanca - 10-13-2011 at 06:17 PM

THANKS !!!! that was mega fast :)

khargis - 10-15-2011 at 12:02 AM

hey folks, is it really three hundred and change for a month long fishing license? is that pesos or dollars? thanks, kh

Pompano - 10-15-2011 at 02:04 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by khargis
hey folks, is it really three hundred and change for a month long fishing license? is that pesos or dollars? thanks, kh



Three hundred and change for a month?... would have to be Pesos.

A full year's license cost me $44.80 USD today purchased through Discover Baja.






Here's the fishing regs: (press CTRL and + at same time to enlarge print)



Tight lines, my friend.

[Edited on 10-15-2011 by Pompano]

mcfez - 10-15-2011 at 06:09 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by khargis
hey folks, is it really three hundred and change for a month long fishing license? is that pesos or dollars? thanks, kh


No.
Around 44 bucks for a year.
You can buy a license for a day ....a week....year.


Only required if you are fishing from any sort of vessel that floats (kayak to party boat).

I'm a member of the Vagabundos travel club.....get all my needs from them....clear and fast!


http://www.vagabundos.com/license.htm#2

shari - 10-15-2011 at 06:14 AM

you can also buy them for a month

Finally you can buy your fishing license here in Asuncion too from me!:spingrin:

Pescador - 10-15-2011 at 07:54 AM

Shame on you guys from Baja California Sur who buy your licenses online or from a travel club. The monies for licenses sold in Baja California Sur stay in the area and help with enforcement and other fisheries issues. I realize it is a bit of a pain to go through the procedure in your local town, but seems to be worth it if you want to support the local PESCA office.

mcfez - 10-15-2011 at 09:58 AM

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Originally posted by Pescador
Shame on you guys from Baja California Sur who buy your licenses online or from a travel club. The monies for licenses sold in Baja California Sur stay in the area and help with enforcement and other fisheries issues. I realize it is a bit of a pain to go through the procedure in your local town, but seems to be worth it if you want to support the local PESCA office.


I agree. But...............try getting a license in San Felipe. I'd rather have a root canal done by DENNIS!

shari - 10-15-2011 at 10:22 AM

McFez...maybe someone in San Felipe can apply to be responsible to sell licenses there too like I did. It took awhile and lots of insisting, emails and phone calls, but they finally gave me the concession to sell licenses locally and it's so much easier this way.

Pompano - 10-15-2011 at 10:26 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Pescador
Shame on you guys from Baja California Sur who buy your licenses online or from a travel club. The monies for licenses sold in Baja California Sur stay in the area and help with enforcement and other fisheries issues. I realize it is a bit of a pain to go through the procedure in your local town, but seems to be worth it if you want to support the local PESCA office.


What mcfez says, Jim.....plus I feel no shame whatsoever in the amount of money I spend to support Pesca in my area for a year..multiplied times 40-some over the years, plus donations. I've gladly bought 6 separate licenses from Loreto Pesca alone in the last two seasons for my visiting family and friends. I also have bought licenses from traveling Pesca personel who come to Coyote and Francisco's Equipales to accomodate a lot of us area fishermen. They do great work and we appreciate them highly, not to mention not having the hassle of driving to Sta. Rosalia. Also supplied my long-term boat permit at a reasonalbe rate.

A few pesos here and there kind of add up... :rolleyes:




Bill, are you reading this?...recognize this scene in Loreto and that handsome dude walking down the sidewalk?




edit to add per Mitchman's post: Have to visit two separate entities to get the job done...par for the course.





I had dig deep in my pocket for all the licenses I bought in these two offices in one day...so naw, I don't feel bad at all about buying mi amigo, Randy's, license at Discover Baja, SD.

It was so much easier on both of us...given his condition.


[Edited on 10-15-2011 by Pompano]

MitchMan - 10-15-2011 at 10:46 AM

Couple of things.

First, when you buy your license from the website, you can designate the start date of the license, which is very important for the 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month license. But, for the yearly license, you cannot designate the start date, they will designate that for you and it will be the day that they process your license.

Second thing, and this is for Pompano. In La Paz, I used to get my license at the Pesca office near Soriana off of calle Colossio where I would pay the lowest government stipulated fee - i.e., no service charge added. Had to first go to some other place to pay for the license, then take the receipt to the aforementioned pesca office to get the license. This year, the pesca office does not issue licenses in this manner. That is, you have to go to some other non agency place to pay for and get the license, and they usually charge a hefty fee for the service. The cost of the license charged by the agency is $44.80 USD. I believe Tailhunter charges just over $70 for the yearly license. There is a kiosk in Soriana that you can get it from, don't know what the service fee is there and the person manning the kiosk is not honest about the amount of the service fee and I don't know for sure if the money paid at the kiosk goes to the local Pesca agency.

Any thoughts, comments or advice here, anybody?

Pompano - 10-15-2011 at 10:53 AM

About the same thing as we went thru in Loreto last few seasons, but yesterday's purchase of a Baja fishing license at Discover Baja was a total charge of ..I believe...$52 USD...of which $44.80 was the actual license cost.

Thanks for the info on how things change in Baja and what to expect this season.......kinda used to that! :yes:

Hey...I wouldn't want it any other way!

toneart - 10-15-2011 at 11:31 AM

We in Mulege always had to go to Santa Rosalia to get a fishing license. First, they would send you to a stationary store to buy the forms. Then they would have you stand in line a second time and then they type, type, type. Then they would send you to another part of town to a hot shack where an older, slo-o-o-ow woman had to actually type the license that you retain.

The last time I went through that, two years ago, the old woman was talking on the phone...personal call...and ignored me for about ten minutes. I stood by passively, trying not to look perturbed. I understand that this is the way things are in Mexico.

In the meantime, two different local fishermen came in to have some kind of paperwork processed. She invited them to step in front of me and helped them all before getting to me. To me, it became clear that she had an attitude and was being blatantly rude. It took over a half hour in that hot shack to do what should have taken three minutes.

For the last two years I have gotten it online. No muss, no fuss. I do not feel ashamed. If they want the money to stay local, they need to NOT make it so inconvenient and downright unpleasant, especially when there are much easier alternatives.

It is said, "Mexico teaches you patience". It is taking a lifetime. I guess I am still learning. :rolleyes:

Pompano - 10-15-2011 at 11:39 AM

Tony..I would have lost it somewhere between the two fisherman interuptees...(my gawd, I think I just invented a new word.)

...Always remember this:

Problems are messages.

Cypress - 10-15-2011 at 11:51 AM

Interuptees!:D:light:

toneart - 10-15-2011 at 12:05 PM

Rogelio,
The fishermen were interruptERs. I was the interruptEE!

Quote:
Originally posted by Pompano
Tony..I would have lost it somewhere between the two fisherman interuptees...(my gawd, I think I just invented a new word.)

...Always remember this:

Problems are messages.

Pompano - 10-15-2011 at 12:18 PM

You are absolutely correcto, amigo....my bad, but then inglisch was never my fortay.

Pescador - 10-16-2011 at 08:21 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by toneart
We in Mulege always had to go to Santa Rosalia to get a fishing license. First, they would send you to a stationary store to buy the forms. Then they would have you stand in line a second time and then they type, type, type. Then they would send you to another part of town to a hot shack where an older, slo-o-o-ow woman had to actually type the license that you retain.

The last time I went through that, two years ago, the old woman was talking on the phone...personal call...and ignored me for about ten minutes. I stood by passively, trying not to look perturbed. I understand that this is the way things are in Mexico.

In the meantime, two different local fishermen came in to have some kind of paperwork processed. She invited them to step in front of me and helped them all before getting to me. To me, it became clear that she had an attitude and was being blatantly rude. It took over a half hour in that hot shack to do what should have taken three minutes.

For the last two years I have gotten it online. No muss, no fuss. I do not feel ashamed. If they want the money to stay local, they need to NOT make it so inconvenient and downright unpleasant, especially when there are much easier alternatives.

It is said, "Mexico teaches you patience". It is taking a lifetime. I guess I am still learning. :rolleyes:


And that kind of sums up the difference between the Mexicans and the Norteamericanos.

I guess because I spend some time at the office and have gotten to know Martin very well, I get taken care of muy pronto. I agree the system is somewhat complicated but when I hear complaints about what is happening with an enforcement issue I usually ask where they bought their license. It is difficult to have it both ways.

PESCA is splitting off from SAGARPA and I think you will see some really significant changes this coming year. They are planning on having more people in the field and more enforcement.