>Americans need a license to fish in public waters and on the coast

>>212758786 (OP)
Germans probably too. I've heard there are some training, studying and passing an exam is required to fish in Germany.

it's like 20 bucks nigga get over it

Depends on the state and what you’re fishing for and what you use
It functions like a tax for land maintenance and fishery management except unlike in Sweden you only pay it if you fish

We have fishing licenses too. You need to do an exam even

>>212758786 (OP)
We do have a fishing license paper (EU TM) but nobody cares about it if it's some local pond. It's more to catch some guys who put nets into the water.

>>212758786 (OP)
sorry, need income tax for Israel.

>>212760839
Dystopian...

>>212758786 (OP)
Same here :3

>>212758786 (OP)
@grok is this real

>>212760839
What the fuck? What's the exam about?

>>212761628
This can't be right I have always been fishing in rivers and never once had a license. Only time I bought one of those was for a lake with planted sports fish or something

>>212761646
I Google translated but here:

>The fishing exam is a prerequisite for obtaining a state fishing licence, which costs 1,000 HUF and must be paid at the fisheries authority when applying for the exam. The exam consists of two parts: a fish identification test (8 out of 10 fish must be identified from projected images) and a test sheet (35-40 multiple choice questions and 4 multiple choice questions, minimum score 65%). After passing the exam, the candidate receives a certificate which is necessary to redeem the fishing licence.

>>212761860
*and 4 short essay questions

It is not a hard exam though. At least from what I've heard

>>212761860
>35-40 multiple choice questions and 4 multiple choice questions, minimum score 65%
I can't even imagine what kind of questions that would be, rod and hook safety and what fish you're legally allowed to eat?

>>212758786 (OP)
>>212761543
this is why I don't make fun of Brits. Americans love joking about Brits needing a TV license or getting arrested for social media posts but really the USA isn't any better

>>212761860
>a fish identification test (8 out of 10 fish must be identified from projected images)
Kek. You probably have only 10 species of fish overall there.

>>212758786 (OP)
>>212762038
Americans aren't allowed to walk aong the sides of motorways.

>>212762055
It is probably not a very difficult exam, more similar to like a driving test exam where most of the questions are rather obvious

>>212762055
Idk I never been to fishing alone
I found a textbook that contains the fishes
https://horgaszjegy.hu/assets/pdf/allami_horgaszvizsga_tananyag.pdf

>>212758786 (OP)
"land of the free" they say

Here you can fish without a license with a simple rod, but fishing with spinning rods, nets, fly fishing etc needs a license.

At first they forced a license to fish. Soon you will need a license to breathe.
Mark my words EUros.

this is done otherwise people would steal all the fish destroying the fishery

>>212762892
my city requires a license for oxygen machines and started taxing them because blacks use them to make galaxygas and get high

>>212758786 (OP)
because the illegals are stealing our fish

>>212759016
true dat

>>212762038
yes it is. a yearly fee for maintaining public waters makes a lot more sense than a tv license