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New Fishing License Info

CaboMagic - 6-28-2019 at 08:32 PM

From Tony at the CONAPESCA office in San Diego
Effective BACK DATED no fishing licenses will be sold from this office until further notice 619-233-4324.

Lots of changes going on .. stay tuned will add more as able to.

fishbuck - 6-28-2019 at 09:54 PM

What the heck?
I just bought an annual from Luara at Tiburon in San Quintin.
$45 cash american. We bought three.
She just wrote them out.
1 day or annual.
At like 6am.
I knocked on her door and she was ready.

55steve - 6-29-2019 at 08:36 AM

I just bought my annual license online here for $38 like I've been doing for many years.

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

[Edited on 6-29-2019 by 55steve]

mtgoat666 - 6-29-2019 at 09:23 AM

Quote: Originally posted by CaboMagic  
From Tony at the CONAPESCA office in San Diego
Effective BACK DATED no fishing licenses will be sold from this office until further notice 619-233-4324.

Lots of changes going on .. stay tuned will add more as able to.


Not much to get worked up about. Here is what they say on their website.

‘The CONAPESCA Representative Office in San Diego is being reorganized as part of changes and improvements of the Mexican Federal Government. We are working to implement new procedures to issue Mexican sport fishing licenses online and at this time are no longer issuing licenses when requested in person or by mail.
Please consult our web site www.sportfishinginmexico.com for updates to this information.”

Looks like they are going to make life easy with online licensing, so all is good!
Plenty of places to get licenses in Mexico, in the mean time, while they roll out the 21st century e-licenses.

defrag4 - 6-29-2019 at 10:46 AM

Quote: Originally posted by 55steve  
I just bought my annual license online here for $38 like I've been doing for many years.

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

[Edited on 6-29-2019 by 55steve]


Thanks steve!

Any idea if this license is good for both BC and BCS?

Howard - 6-29-2019 at 11:01 AM

Great question. Yes, it is good not only in Baja but possibly all of Mexico but not 100% sure. After looking over my annual license, (which naturally is in Spanish) I don't see anywhere that it states Baja and it actually refers to "commission nacional de acuacultura y pesca."

Defrag, are you aware that they sell licenses in the early morning in an office just to the left of the boat ramp?

Bajazly - 6-29-2019 at 11:11 AM

Licenses are good throughout all of Mexico according to the place I last bought mine but are only required fishing from a boat, from shore none required.

Hook - 6-29-2019 at 11:12 AM

More importantly, any idea if licensing fees go to anything conservation related in Mexico, like they are supposed to?

It seems silly to a lot of us to continue paying into this clearly dysfunctional/corrupt organization (CONAPESCA) whose main goal seems to be to overlook commercial excesses and their outright disdain for the fishing regs.

We had about an 18 month period about a year ago where THERE WERE NO LICENSES TO BE BOUGHT IN SONORA Don't know why, but enforcement officials announced that they would not be enforcing having licenses while this situation was occurring.

What an unbelievable example of how dysfunctional CONAPESCA is. Think of the pesos lost.

fishbuck - 6-29-2019 at 11:44 AM

Like the toll booths...

defrag4 - 6-29-2019 at 12:28 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Howard  
Great question. Yes, it is good not only in Baja but possibly all of Mexico but not 100% sure. After looking over my annual license, (which naturally is in Spanish) I don't see anywhere that it states Baja and it actually refers to "commission nacional de acuacultura y pesca."

Defrag, are you aware that they sell licenses in the early morning in an office just to the left of the boat ramp?


ahhh next time I go by there I should pick one up, im always in too big of a hurry to jump on the boat!! :lol:

went sunset shore fishing yesterday down by zaragosa, caught some cochito, nothing special but always nice to get a little tug on the line

defrag4 - 6-29-2019 at 12:38 PM

found the BCS fishing license page, which is a little fancier and even has English translation

https://www.sportfishingbcs.gob.mx/

prices for those interested



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defrag4 - 6-29-2019 at 12:41 PM

went ahead and picked up a yearly license, I assume these charters captains have been including the license fee in our trip costs, but better safe than sorry, eh?

defrag4 - 6-29-2019 at 12:49 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Hook  
More importantly, any idea if licensing fees go to anything conservation related in Mexico, like they are supposed to?

It seems silly to a lot of us to continue paying into this clearly dysfunctional/corrupt organization (CONAPESCA) whose main goal seems to be to overlook commercial excesses and their outright disdain for the fishing regs.

We had about an 18 month period about a year ago where THERE WERE NO LICENSES TO BE BOUGHT IN SONORA Don't know why, but enforcement officials announced that they would not be enforcing having licenses while this situation was occurring.

What an unbelievable example of how dysfunctional CONAPESCA is. Think of the pesos lost.


Friend and I were out at the beach in Coronado recently and had the national park guard come through, he had CONAPESCA and some military onboard, checking to make sure we had all our boat registration and national park passes, they also asked about fishing, which we were not doing that day.

So at least in this 1 isolated case someone was checking something.... inside a national marine park

Ive never seen them checking anyones fish at the marina and this is the first time I've ever actually encountered any officials on the water in the 6 months of being here. I really do not think there is much enforcement going on, but what do I know.

CaboMagic - 6-29-2019 at 01:59 PM

1. It's Mexico so depending upon which direction wind is blowing might influence ...
2. This has been go-to for US located guests that want to pre-purchase at substantial savings - example Daily has been USD $9.25 weekly - see attached. For many this was sufficient inspiration to purchase in advance.
3. Tony spoke all the mumbo-jumbo about reorganization etc.
4. YMMV

Conapesca.jpg - 167kB

55steve - 6-29-2019 at 09:53 PM

Quote: Originally posted by defrag4  
Quote: Originally posted by 55steve  
I just bought my annual license online here for $38 like I've been doing for many years.

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

[Edited on 6-29-2019 by 55steve]


Thanks steve!

Any idea if this license is good for both BC and BCS?


All Federal waters of Mexico. Click on the U.S. flag for English.

You get a .pdf file so you can print as many as you need. You can go back to the site from anywhere with wifi and print it also - pretty handy if you're in BoLA and lose your license.


[Edited on 6-30-2019 by 55steve]

solosancarlos - 6-29-2019 at 10:02 PM

Great info Steve, thank you.

Makes not carrying the paper document as important.

Would be a good feature for carrying ones visa and passport info

weebray - 6-30-2019 at 09:16 AM

Any regulations on the removal of marine life in Mexican, US or world waters of any kind should cost 10X more and be 10X harder to get. Then again for what use? Tantos are still willing to pay $50K to kill a baby elephant.

chippy - 6-30-2019 at 10:02 AM

Quote: Originally posted by weebray  
Any regulations on the removal of marine life in Mexican, US or world waters of any kind should cost 10X more and be 10X harder to get. Then again for what use? Tantos are still willing to pay $50K to kill a baby elephant.




I think you should add tontos to that!

Howard - 6-30-2019 at 10:06 AM

What? The Long Rangers Kemosabe and good friend want to kill an elephant?

That's just wrong! :biggrin:

[Edited on 6-30-2019 by Howard]

AKgringo - 6-30-2019 at 10:13 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Howard  
What? The Long Rangers Kemosabe and good friend want to kill an elephant?

That's just wrong! :biggrin:



Yeah, elephants didn't choose to be a GOP symbol, and don't go shooting donkeys either!

shari - 6-30-2019 at 10:22 AM

you can get the license on your smart phone and the agents who have checked here for licenses are OK just showing him the PDF document on your phone so make sure it is in your photo file to pull it up in case of a check.

solosancarlos - 6-30-2019 at 10:49 AM

Makes perfect sense. Thanks for this info

CaboMagic - 7-12-2019 at 02:13 PM

There are on-again-off-again problems with some of the websites ..
Perhaps this additional info can be helpful.
Prices not the same on each site .. YMMV
https://www.sportfishingbcs.gob.mx/
http://pesca.ebajacalifornia.gob.mx/Pesca/
https://e5cinco.conapesca.gob.mx/ayudadeportiva.php

Grenadiers - 8-30-2019 at 05:39 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Bajazly  
Licenses are good throughout all of Mexico according to the place I last bought mine but are only required fishing from a boat, from shore none required.


Question, we plan on shore-fishing a lot this winter, but, have a folding Porta Bote, a ten footer with an electric trolling motor/oars. Would we be required to have a fishing license when fishing from our boat?




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norte - 8-30-2019 at 07:13 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Grenadiers  
Quote: Originally posted by Bajazly  
Licenses are good throughout all of Mexico according to the place I last bought mine but are only required fishing from a boat, from shore none required.


Question, we plan on shore-fishing a lot this winter, but, have a folding Porta Bote, a ten footer with an electric trolling motor/oars. Would we be required to have a fishing license when fishing from our boat?

"fishing from our boat?" when fishing from a boat a license is required....now what do you think?





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Santiago - 8-30-2019 at 07:22 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Grenadiers  

Licenses are good throughout all of Mexico according to the place I last bought mine but are only required fishing from a boat, from shore none required.[/rquote]

Question, we plan on shore-fishing a lot this winter, but, have a folding Porta Bote, a ten footer with an electric trolling motor/oars. Would we be required to have a fishing license when fishing from our boat?


Yes

BajaNaranja - 8-30-2019 at 04:11 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Grenadiers  

Question, we plan on shore-fishing a lot this winter, but, have a folding Porta Bote, a ten footer with an electric trolling motor/oars. Would we be required to have a fishing license when fishing from our boat?


Uhhh... what about your particular setup would seem to you to exempt you from the regs?

The fact that you can fold up and stow your boat?

Isn't it still a boat when you are fishing out of it? :lol:

I guess if you leave your boat folded up on the shore, and you fish from atop it there, you may not need a fishing licence...

[Edited on 8-30-2019 by BajaNaranja]

redhilltown - 8-30-2019 at 05:18 PM

I had some trouble on the website...it ain't Amazon.

Definitely take some screen shots of the receipt and the actual license in case they don't print out properly or they don't send the email. Mine didn't print properly but I have the receipt. Lord knows that probably won't be enough if asked... "But senor, you do not have the actual license." "But I do have how it printed out from the government website and I have the next page which is the receipt showing I paid the Mexican government for the fishing license." "But senor, you do not have the license". "But I have proof I paid for it and the dates it is good for!". "But, you do not have the license".

Grenadiers - 8-30-2019 at 06:33 PM

Geesus, too much Tequila drinking on this site! Kiss my tuna!