ratboy
2012-12-16 19:30:10
I'm looking for a current Ca. salmon permit up to 25ft.
Anyone have any suggestions where else to look?
Thanks.
ratboy
2012-12-17 02:22:18
Any help would be great, how did you guys find your permits?
Is this the wrong forum to post?
Thanks
Abundance
2012-12-17 02:36:08
This is exactly the right forum to post on, although I think that a disproportionate number of us are are Alaskan trollers. I like to think that there are a number of West Coast trollers that can help you on here though. I see your problem though. I checked a few sites for permits, and CA troll permits are listed as WANTED, not FOR SALE. Out of curiosity, what does the "up to xx feet" thing mean? I take it as meaning that you cannot use an as your case, 25' permit if you own a 50' boat, but if you owned a 50' foot boat, could you use a 25' permit? Sorry if that is a stupid question.
ratboy
2012-12-17 05:10:33
You can shrink a permit, as in buy a bigger permit and put it on a smaller vessel but then the permit is the size you shrink it to, I think ?
It is vey confusing here. I think you can "stretch" a permit a few ft but not much.
It takes 18 months to transfer a permit over and the person you are buying from has to go onto your title for the vessel till it is transferred.
Again this is how I understand the procedure.
There is not a ton of permits around, It would be a pain in the butt to buy a vessel and take the permit, then resell the boat and deal with that whole nightmare.
Abundance
2012-12-17 05:58:33
Sorry, I got the wording backwards. I mean't to ask if you could use a 50' permit on a 25' boat, but I think the meaning got through. It just has always seemed confusing to me, since I see permits that are for odd sizes. I can see why they would do that, since they wouldn't want larger operations with extra money soaking up all of the permits, but it seemed confusing. I guess that California salmon looks like it has a future again, so people are holding onto the permits. Here, many people lease a permit for their first year. I did so myself. That system does indeed sound like a real pain in the butt. Can you fish the permit while its being transferred?