Does Manila have a place to buy WY reciprocal license?

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You forgot a few things that would get you a ticket:

Boat registration
Boat insurance
Safety equipment - life jackets, fire extinguisher, throwable buoy, etc.
Flaming Gorge use pass - (True story, I forgot my annual last November on a burbot hunt and had to buy a 3 day at the Maverick in Mountain View. The checker, at midnight, wrote 10/15 on the pass instead of 11/15. I got a ticket the next day for having not having a valid pass. I spent the whole day tracking down the guy that gave me the ticket and calling Maverick at which point the guy tore up the ticket.)
Valid Utah 365 license to pair with the reciprocal stamp that is on a calendar year basis.
Inspections before and after they open and close for the year in April and October.

Now add to that the mussel permit, getting your receipt from the truck to the boat, getting launched and getting out to set your first downrigger and catch your first fish and yeah, I'd say that's a little administratively complex, especially from people who only make it up there once or twice a year. You're dealing with 3 different governments in many cases that are all set on interfering with or ignoring every man equally.

Now try and do all of that at midnight so you can fish the next morning.

And we haven't even gotten into boat maintenance, boat problems, trailer problems, truck problems, etc.

Can people do it? Of course. Could it be a simpler (and legal!) process? Absolutely.

And, for the record, WY can pass a law that suspends the 4th Amendment but that law isn't valid.

I hope I didn't over estimate my fellow fisherman's abilities . you can make it as hard or easy as you want . I'm sorry but 99% off that stuff I do normally , as for that area of the country don't go there expecting great customer service because in most cases you won't get it , it's a dying area and most businesses have given up .your suggestions will probably fall on deaf ears. most of their economies rely on visiting recreationists but they just don't seem to care. it's smart to plan ahead but it's not the end of the world if you don't.
 
All of my trips to the Gorge are set when I leave on travel day. That first trip of the season I always know I have to make that stop for the reciprocal stamp. To me its not a big deal since I make that stop anyways whether I get a stamp or not, so be it. What irritates me, when I get to Lucerne on the a spur of the moment 3-4 day stay, I usually have no problem checking into the first come first serve loop F. This is the only loop that's like that. All of the rest is by reservations only. Whenever someone moves out after their stay, the host will post the next group with dates at a site that might be 5 days later. So there is 5 days of an open site but not available to incomers on a whim. I wouldn't mind getting into a site with power for a stay that won't interfere with the next group scheduled coming in. The check-in at Lucerne campground office are connected to the main data base where reservations are made and can indicate on the site a certain campground is filled. To me that's just as good as you picking up the phone, if not better since its a direct link and calling in the reservation. Common sense is not their way. I have seen plenty of open sites during the week and an almost vacant campground.
 
I hope I didn't over estimate my fellow fisherman's abilities . you can make it as hard or easy as you want . I'm sorry but 99% off that stuff I do normally , as for that area of the country don't go there expecting great customer service because in most cases you won't get it , it's a dying area and most businesses have given up .your suggestions will probably fall on deaf ears. most of their economies rely on visiting recreationists but they just don't seem to care. it's smart to plan ahead but it's not the end of the world if you don't.

That's a little condescending and disingenuous don't you think? I never said I couldn't comply. I said it was a hassle to comply and they make it so administratively complex to catch the first kokanee of the year that it takes almost a full day of vacation time when everything is said and done just to meet the rules. And I have planned ahead. I know the game. Heck, I went to get AIS certified myself so I don't have to deal with the AIS BS any more.

How can you make it as hard or as easy as you want when you can only buy some of the stuff over the internet?

It's also a little non-responsive. You said "it's a dying area." I said "maybe the reason it's a dying area is and they don't provide much is because no one expects much." You said "it's a dying area and don't go there expecting much." That's not really advancing anything.
 
Just to try and bring this back on point for a second, does anyone know who gets the money from the reciprocal stamp fee? Since neither Wyoming nor Utah sells the stamp through their F&G sites, I'm not even sure who owns it. I would guess Wyoming but that certainly isn't 100% clear.
 
I went online to the Wyoming game and fish website and got our Reciprocity Stamps thru them and printed them at home. I also got our Utah 7 day licenses on line and printed them from home. Took the AIS Certification course thru Utah online and printed the paperwork. ...and ordered our WY AIS Mussel decal online and received it within 5 business days in the mail. Of course i did all of this in April in order to get everything in plenty of time before our trip in June.
 
I went online to the Wyoming game and fish website and got our Reciprocity Stamps thru them and printed them at home. I also got our Utah 7 day licenses on line and printed them from home. Took the AIS Certification course thru Utah online and printed the paperwork. ...and ordered our WY AIS Mussel decal online and received it within 5 business days in the mail. Of course i did all of this in April in order to get everything in plenty of time before our trip in June.

Judy, good thing you didn't get stopped and checked. The reciprocal stamp sold online at the website, I believe, is for Wyoming lic. holders to fish the Utah side, not the other way around. Can you provide a link to what you got? Thanks.
 
sorry for the ribbing down rigger. but your making every thing sound like it's extra hard when in fact it isn't that bad it doesn't take me longer than a half hour to blow into town and get all the permits I need during their business hours. if I have to wait till morning I do . I know you like to do things on line so you have piece of mind before you leave . my feelings about the gorge is that they are not customer driven and are only interested in our money , I don't like the hassle any more than you do but it is what it is . where and how to get your paper work has been beat into the ground . sorry again get it done and go fishing.
 
First year we went, we stopped at the Walmart in Evanston and got everything we needed right there! Oh, i had already got the WY AIS decal in the mail prior to our trip. That was in 2010.
 
Judy, good thing you didn't get stopped and checked. The reciprocal stamp sold online at the website, I believe, is for Wyoming lic. holders to fish the Utah side, not the other way around. Can you provide a link to what you got? Thanks.

SuperD, as of this spring you can buy the WY reciprocal stamp online. From what I can tell, all you need to fish both states, both sides of the reservoir, is now available for online purchase at the appropriate website.
 
Indeed, I see that if you go into the Wy web site to purchase a non-resident license, at the bottom there is a category called 'other'. Check to purchase 'other' and that takes you to a list among which is a reciprocity stamp. So, although I can't confirm this is the stamp to use with a Utah license to fish the Wy side of the Gorge, they are selling it to non-residents.
 
Indeed, I see that if you go into the Wy web site to purchase a non-resident license, at the bottom there is a category called 'other'. Check to purchase 'other' and that takes you to a list among which is a reciprocity stamp. So, although I can't confirm this is the stamp to use with a Utah license to fish the Wy side of the Gorge, they are selling it to non-residents.

That's the stamp (WY) you would need to have in addition to the UT fishing license to fish the WY side of the reservoir. If the angler has a WY fishing license and needs a UT reciprocal stamp to fish the UT portion of the reservoir, that can be purchased on the UDWR website.
 
Thanks, I am glad to learn this, and I will purchase the reciprosity stamp online next year. That will streamline the travel stops such that there is no hold up at the Evanston Walmart, which there invariably has been. All we'll have to stop for is the real essentials like gas and beer because the Discount Liquor has a selection of them that I can't get here in Logan.
 

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