The funds from fishing license has been investigated several times and never has been a misuse of funds found. The money for that you pay for those license is the biggest reason you can still catch some good fish in your lakes. It goes for stocking and managing the fish mostly. I will not argue against a raise in price of license. Me myself I think we have alot better force of wardens now then we ever had and plus them now having to do water patrol as well as game management, my hats off to them. According to what I have read this state has one of the best fish management programs in the USA. No beef with the higher cost of license here.