PA License

What are the license requirements and costs for a non resident to fish PA steelhead?
Can they be purchased on line?

Thank you

https://www.theoutdoorshop.state.pa.us/FBG/fish_secured/FishLicenses.asp?ShopperID=D7EDD12730D844078ED5435D9EC08DC9

FYI
PA runs a JAN 1- DEC 31 lic schedule... not  1 yr from date of purchace
 

The best thing the fish commision ever did was to let you purchase your license over the internet. Make as many copies as you want, laminate them and put them in tackle boxes, vests, and keep a couple in case you lose one.
Plus if you can get a hold of your wife's credit card she can pay for it........

ORIGINAL: Zeke

What are the license requirements and costs for a non resident to fish PA steelhead?
Can they be purchased on line?

Thank you

 
JUST GOT MINE ON LINE, COST $67.50
PA  COST TO FISH N.Y.   $40.00             GLEN

Wouldn't doubt that's been done a few times too

"You can still fish if you FORGET your license...........if you are stopped by the fishcop and he asks to see your license........tell him you forgot it............he will do what is called a Notice of Violation--which is a piece of paper that states you do have a license and that it is just not on you..........you then have 7 days to mail your original license into the officer............. "
 
Don't forget that this is at the WCO's own discretion and he COULD just right you a ticket if he wanted to!

You would still be liable for a citation for failure to display.

Thank you all for the help.
Have a great Christmas and New Year

John

Not at the discretion of the officer--unless the fisherman has done this time and time again...........
 
 
...........policy is to write the NOV--notice of violation--------
 
The officer would be in a pinch with BLE............if he just went about citing everybody who said they had a license but license is not on them.....
 
If the fisherman is lying.........then the PFBC gets to write two tickets:  one for fishing without a license---two  false and fraudulent statements on a PFBC notice of violation report............
 
eh, but what do I know???

I agree with you that most WCO's would not write a violation.  Prior to retiring, I had the privilege to work with members of the PSP and the Clarion County Sheriffs Office on a weekly bases.  Everyone I worked with were very professional tremendous individuals.  However, in Clarion County our DA quit presecuting offenders that were written by our Game Commission due to questionable allegations. It all goes back to the individuals (both WCO and person involved). The DA has recently announced he will resume prosecution of individuals. 
 

They just want to generate more $$$ if you had to replace them.

But in all reality they'll never know if you save a copy of it on your computer. Or print a few out. I've never lost a license but I keep a .pdf of it on my computer in case I do some day.

I agree that the online offering is one of the best things that the PFBC has ever done!  Buy it save it, scan a good copy save it all over the computer.  Get some white card stock and print up a couple.  I spoke to a law enforcemnt officer who prided himself on how tough he was.  I ask him about the legality of printing mutiple licenses.  He told me that as long as I legally paid for it and had it displayed, and that it was MINE, meaning it had my name and was legit, he did not care if I printed them until I ran out of ink!
 
If you print on heavy stock, take it to Staples and ask for the heavy lamination you will be set.  Now take it home buy some of the biggest saftey pins you can score.  Punch 2 holes in the heavy lamination and you are set.  If you do this several times, you can have a license in the car, boat, truck, tacklebox, duffle bag you take fishing on the tribs or lake etc.  This has been the single best thing that happened to the PA license since I can remember.
 
On the contrary, I will not buy my HUNTING license on line any time soon, at least until they work out the bugs.  Obviously, due to tags, you cannot print anything but a receipt.  The backtag does not come for days, the tag you get with an internet purchase is different that what you get at the store.  I lost my backtag, likely because it was small enough to fit in a fishing license holder among other reasons.
 
 
Lastly, no matter what license type you buy, secure the frigging thing to your clothing in a proper manner.  Last time I was fishing the tribs, Halloween time, I found no less than 3 fishing licenses littering the streambank and floating down the tribs.  I did return the one, via mail.  The other 2 were too pounded to be recognized.  Wait maybe I would be better off  wearing somebody elses license.  That way when I get stopped by an enforcemet officer they can punch holes (if that is indeed what they still do for violations) in somebody elses name!  I am kidding of course
 
Brent