"Chip Bartholomay" wrote in message
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Riverman wrote:

http://www.nps.gov/glca/fishing.htm

Thanks, Chip. That was succint, but it still leaves me befuddled. Could
some of you legal eagles read through that with me, if you will, and help
me
decipher?


I'm an Arizona resident, and looking for a license to fish the Colorado
River below Glen Canyon Dam. It talks about a license for the LAKE (don't
want that) and a trout stamp to catch and creel (C&K, I assume) trout,
but I
don't want that either. I can't figure out what is required for an AZ
resident who wants to C&R trout on the Colorado River only.


The river below the dam is entirely in AZ. Looks like you would need an
AZ
license. According to this site:

http://utahoutdoors.com/pages/leesferry1-99.htm

it looks like you would need a minimum of a 5-day license with no trout
stamp.
The best place to look, however, is he

http://www.gf.state.az.us/h_f/fishing_rules.html


I'm actually perusing that exact site now in another window. I think the AZ
license is clear: I need one. I'm trying to be sure about the trout stamp
now....the site specifies the trout stamp is required for "all persons who
take or attempt to take trout" I assume C&R counts as 'taking or attempting
to take'. Depends on what you mean by 'take', I guess.

Strange that the bag limit is 4 per day, none over 12 inches, but if you're
blind you can only keep 2 per day. Geeze, if it wasn't hard enough to sight
cast if you
re blind, but then you can only keep two! Just try to convince your friends
that you really caught more than that!

--riverman