2024 mussel aware test

[fishskibum]

I'm a float tuber...not a boater...and I only fish a few Wasatch Front waters each year.  But I get to pay the same registration (and now AIS) amount as a tricked out super boat...just because i have an ELECTRIC motor on my tube. I figure I am paying the full cost of my motor about every two years.  You boaters should be glad you don't have proportionate fees.

on the opposite end
after 23 seasons of rowing the same driftboat and not needing a motor
im rowing an essentially free boat
the joys and advantages of living simply

there are times that i feel a motor or lectronics might result in better catching but then i remember the hdt wisdom of
"many men and  women fish their whole life's without realizing it wasnt fish they were after"
While im not saying non motorized personal watercraft shouldnt take proper precautions from being part of the problem
every dnr person at every boat check stations  in every state ive been to admits they neither caused nor are really exasperating the problem
so its fair that they bear less of the cost of prevention