thecrow
Well-known member
Maybe if everyone who fished bought a licence the cost for us all wouldn't be as much.
I don't think i get value from the BBC but i still pay for a licence.
It's the law.
You can't or shouldn't be able to cherry pick which licences you want to buy.
You have only got one now because you were shamed into it.
You wouldn't have gotten away with it in the area i live as we are checked.
Maybe if everyone that fished didn't buy one the EA would start doing what they should be doing as far as raw sewage going into rivers ( I see another load has just been released into the Thames) allowing rivers to be abstracted to the point of some drying up, spending money denuding river banks of trees, being involved in the ill thought out reintroduction of an apex predator, need I go on because I certainly could?
I pay for a licence to receive TV programmes as well as using other techie stuff to receive them its not just about the BBC, I also pay it because I get something from it in return although I would certainly prefer the New Zealand method of there not being a TV licence after the populous refused to pay for one.
Its the law, you of course have never broken any laws? never exceeded the speed limit? (something far more dangerous than not paying the fishing tax) where do you get those chairs with slots in that enable you to sit without damaging your wings :angel:
I don't cherry pick what licences I pay I pay what I should, some are under protest others are not, the fishing tax was one I didn't pay because I knew the EA were not doing their job and the chances of being caught were virtually nil, a small protest but one I could choose to make and did so.
I have one now for two reasons, the first and most important is respect for those members on here that I am fortunate to fish with, I wouldn't want to embarrass them by being found fishing without one......... the second is because of where I now fish the club demands that members have one so in order to fish there I have one.
You have no idea if I would have gotten (is that even a word?) away with it in your area, I have no idea where your area is but would bet money that as I tended to fish more out of the way area's I would have got away with it, I would also bet that when I was younger I could have poached waters in your area and got away with it perhaps I already have, if you let me know what your area is I will let you know if I have and then you can feel even more indignant that I have not only poached waters but done it without paying the fishing tax :lol2: