Was fishing Newport Wedge Jetty several days ago and was stopped by a police officer as I was standing their watching people surf.

I had my fishing rod in my hand and he comes up and ask me if he can see my fishing license. I said sure but I don’t see why he had to because you don’t need a fishing license to fish on this jetty.

He said yes you do. And since you have a fishing license you shouldn’t worry about it. I said yeah ok…???

I think the donut lover was making an excuse to stop by the jetty to see the surfers. Because he just stood there and enjoyed the scene.

Correct me if I’m wrong guys but to my understanding of the F&G regs, you do not need a fishing license to fish at the Newport Jetty Wedge right?