My combo was $37...I still think its a shame that I pay nearly as much for my PA resident license as I do for out of state OH & NY which are $40.  I still buy them year in and year out nonetheless and take full advantage of them.  Not whining, just wondering.  Maybe the other states should be charging me more? 

ORIGINAL: rapala11

i really wish ohio had the same fishing and hunting opportunities that yunz have in pa.  you have more streams, more gamelands, and more access than we do in the flatlands.  when i buy a resident or non-resident license, i look at the pleasure that it will bring me over a season.  again, what my wife and i have paid for a dinner out is almost the price of my pa non-rez license.  the dinner is gone in an hour, the license last much longer.   

 
I both hunt and fish in OH...you may have less public access for hunting, but the quality of game IMO is much better and there are many private land owners in OH who welcome hunters, even from PA.  As far as fishing opportunities, I guess it depends on where you're doing it and what you're fishing for....OH has far more Lake Erie and tributary opportunities by far.  Due to land mass along Erie, I know, but still more.  As many muskie fishing opportunities, more walleye opportunities, lets not even mention steelhead waters....For me and what I target and where, OH has as many, if not more fishing oppotunities.  PA certainly has more trout fishing waters, but thats about it. 
 
We've been over this debate a thousand times and I don't want to get it started here, but I must say that they are doing things right over in OH with their management concerning fish, game, access and facilities.  I'm speaking only through my own experiences....I have fished in many states in the US and Canada and can truely say that PA ranks close to the bottom as far as overall fishery and facilties management is concerned.  Yes, the trout fishery here is great, I'm talking about all gamefish combined.  Keep in mind, that this is coming from a multi species fisherman.  And I know whats some are about to say "Then you should just move" right?  NO, I was born and raised here and I'll continue to live here and support and do my part as much as I can.  My heart is in PA and I know the potential that lies right here.  I'm just telling it the way I see it through my personal experiences, so don't take it personal.  It is obvious that our state generates more money than most of the others.  So I simply think that as far as management for species other that just trout and access(especially to lake Erie) could and should be better.  All I'm saying is spread the wealth.

shut, i like pa.s tribs better.  personal choice.  we have extremely over-crowded public hunting.  sometimes it is real hard in the ne section to get access to private land.  i know our deer are bigger, but we see few grouse and pheasants here anymore.  you're right about our stretch of erie being bigger too, but few of us in our circle fish it anymore.  lol....try to find a fly shop in ohio.......we may have half a dozen in the whole state.  

Shut,
 
     I agree with almost everything you said.  Until you have spent significant time fishing and hunting in other states, you don't realize that PA is inferior in most ways.  The state stocks a bunch of pelletheads, but that is about the only way it is superior.  I had licenses from 13 states last year and I have fished in 30+ states and Canada and I too, would rank PA near the bottom, but like you, I was born and raised here and intend to stay...  

That might be it. I'll have to rack my brain and try to remember the name.Maybe close to the Smoky mountains?? Anywho,it was a medium size stream with some good holes, and the trout were HUGE. I got a friend who lives on Lookout Mountain, maybe I'll give him a shout.  

Holy hell!  Hello Meatball!!!
That's just a 50# 'but from Cooks Inlet out of Ninilchik.

Ironhed

ORIGINAL: euphoboy

...Great numbers of native browns and rainbows....

there are no native browns and bows

maybe some hold-overs or wild