| Fishing License Information:
Fishing License Requirements:
- Resident: Fishing licenses are required for residents ages 16-64 who fish with rod and reel or artificial bait or fish outside county of residence.
Residents 65 or older must have proof of permanent Alabama residence and age (driver's license).
Residents may fish in saltwater from a licensed public fishing pier in the inside waters without purchasing a fishing license.
- Non-Resident: Fishing licenses are required for non-residents ages 16 and older.
Fishing License Types:
- Freshwater
- Resident Freshwater: annual $9.50, 7-day trip $6.00, Age 64 Lifetime $9.50, lifetime $150.00.
- Non-Resident Freshwater: annual (except Louisiana and Mississippi) $31.00 (annual Louisiana residents $61.00 and annual Mississippi residents $33.85); 7-day trip (except Florida, Tennessee and Mississippi) $11.00 (Florida and Tennessee residents $16.00 and Mississippi residents $17.85); annual freshwater/saltwater (except Louisiana and Mississippi) $61.00 (Louisiana residents $90.00 and Mississippi residents $66.85).
 back to top
Alaska Fishing License Info
| Fishing License Information:
Fishing License Form 1:
back to top |
|
Arizona Fishing License Info
| Fishing License Info:
back to top
Arkansas Fishing License Info
| Fishing License Information:
Fishing License Requirements:
back to top |
|
California Fishing License Info
Colorado Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Colorado Fishing License Requirements
back to top |
|
Connecticut Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Connecticut Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
Fishing License Types:
back to top
|
|
Delaware Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Delaware Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
back to top |
|
Florida Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Florida Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
- For general information go to the Florida Fisheries Web site. To purchase:
- On-line go to the Wild Life License.com Web site; a convenience fee of $2.25 plus 2.5% of the total purchase will be added to your total.
- Toll-free call (voice) 1-888-FISH-FLO (voice 1-888-347-4356); a fee of $3.25 per person plus 2.5% of the total sale, will be added to your license fee, or
- Tax collectors and many sports retailers (e.g. Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Sports Authority and local bait-and-tackle) sell licenses without additional convenience fees.
Fishing License Requirements:
Fishing License Types:
back to top
Georgia Fishing License Info
Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Georgia Fishing License Requirements
Fishshing License Information: Fishing License Requirements:
back to top |
|
Hawaii Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Hawaii Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
back to top |
|
Idaho Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Idaho Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
back to top |
|
Illinois Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Illinois Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
back to top |
|
Indiana Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Indiana Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
back to top |
|
Iowa Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Iowa Fishing License Requirements:
back to top |
|
Kansas Fishing License Info
Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Kansas Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
Fishing License Requirements:
Persons age 16 through 64, who have been bina-fide residents of the state of 60 days immediately prior to buying a license, must have a resident license in possession while fishing in Kansas. All licenses expire Dec. 31 each year, except five-day nonresident, lifetime and 24-hour fishing licenses.
Landowners and their immediate family living with them, and tenants renting land for agricultural purposes and members of their immediate family living with them are exempt from fishing license requirements on waters on their own land, even if such waters have been stocked by the Department. If a private pond has been stocked within the last 10 years, guests of the landowner or tenant must have fishing licenses. Otherwise, fishing licenses aren ot required on private ponds. Guests of landowners fishing on streams and rivers must have a fishing licenses.
Anyone residing in Kansas who is at least one-sixteenth American Indian by blood, and so certified by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, may apply to Wildlife and Parks for a free fishing license, which must be in possession when fishing. All other laws and regulations apply to American Indians.
Persons on active duty in the armed forces who entered the service while residing in Kansas may purchase a resident fishing license. Nonresidents on active military duty stationed in Kansas and nonresident students going to school in Kansas are entitled to purchase a resident fishing license, which they must have with them while fishing, along with evidence of active duty or enrollment.
All nonresidents 16 and older must have a valid nonresident license to fish in Kansas (unless fishing on a private pond).
|
|
Kentucky Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Kentucky Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Info:
Fishing License Requirements:
Fishing License Types:
back to top |
|
Louisiana Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Louisiana Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
back to top |
|
Maine Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Maine Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
back to top |
|
Maryland Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Maryland Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
Fishing License Requirements:
back to top |
|
Massachusetts Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Massachusetts Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
- Freshwater Fishing Licenses, Boat Registration & Recreational Lobster Permits Available On-Line at the MassOutdoors Web site
- Having Trouble with Online Purchases? Call the online Help Desk (voice) 617-626-1600 or email
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Monday-Friday
- Want to Buy a Freshwater Fishing License Over the Counter? Check out the License Vendor Locations
- No license needed for recreational saltwater fishing, only required for lobster
Fishing License Requirements:
- If you are 15 years of age or older, you must purchase a license for freshwater fishing.
- Resident licenses are available to anyone who has lived for the past 6 months in Massachusetts.
- If you are a resident of Massachusetts 70 years old & up, your license is free!
Fishing License Types:
back to top |
|
Michigan Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Michigan Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
back to top |
|
Minnesota Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Minnesota Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
back to top
|
|
Mississippi Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Mississippi Fishing License Requirements
Fishing License Information:
back to top |
|
Missouri Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Missouri Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
Montana Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Montana Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
|
Nebraska Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Nebraska Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Nevada Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Nevada Fishing License Requirements
back to top |
|
New Hampshire Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
New Hampshire Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
New Jersey Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
New Jersey Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
New Mexico Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
New Mexico Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
New York Fishing License Info
Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
New York Fishing License Requirements:
Everyone must have a valid fishing license in their possession while fishing, except:
- Persons under 16 years of age.
- When fishing waters of the Marine District or in the Hudson River south of the Troy Barrier Dam.
Note: A fishing license is required on the entire length of all Hudson River tributaries south of the Troy Dam to the Tappan Zee Bridge even if the tributary is subject to tidal flow.
- When fishing on licensed fishing preserves.
- Citizen-resident owners, lessees and citizen members of their immediate families occupying and cultivating farm lands, when fishing on their own lands.
- Persons holding farm fish pond licenses and members of their immediate families, when fishing on waters covered by their licenses.
- Resident parties at United States Veterans Administration hospitals, Department of Mental Hygiene institutions, and Department of Health rehabilitation hospitals, and inmates at Division of Youth rehabilitation centers. A free permit is available from: NYSDEC License Sales, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-4790.
License Privileges and Requirements
A fishing license or combined hunting and fishing license entitles the holder to: take fish by angling, spearing, hooking, longbow, and tip ups; take frogs by spearing, catching with the hands or by use of a club or hook; and take bait fish for personal use, all as provided by the laws and regulations of the Department of Environmental Conservation:
- The holder of a license shall have such license on the holder's person while exercising any privilege of that license.
- The holder of a license shall exhibit it on demand to any police officer, peace office, or the owner, lessee, or other person in control of the lands or waters on which the license holder is present.
- No license authorizes the holder to trespass upon private lands or waters or interfere with property belonging to another person.
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
North Carolina Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
|
|
North Dakota Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
North Dakota Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Ohio Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
|
|
Oklahoma Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Oklahoma Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Oregon Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Oregon Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Pennsylvania Fishing License Info
Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Pennsylvania Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
Fishing License Requirements:
A current license, signed in ink and displayed (attach to a hat or outer garment), is required of persons age 16 and over to fish or angle for any species of fish and to take fishbait or baitfish. Casting and/or retrieving whether by rod, reel and line, or by handline, for oneself or another person, requires a current license unless specifically exempted by law. Licenses and trout/salmon stamps can be obtained 1 of 3 ways:
- Licenses and stamps can be purchased at one of over 1,300 License Issuing Agents, County Treasurer offices, or Fish & Boat Commission offices. Go to a list of our agents.
- You can buy one online with a credit card. Go to the Outdoor Shop.
- You can print and complete our online application, then send it to the address listed along with a check or money order.
Fish License Types:
- Resident Age 16-64 $16.25
- Senior Resident Age 65-up $ 3.25
- Senior Resident - Lifetime Age 65-up $15.25
- Non-Resident Age 16-up $34.25
- Seven-Day Tourist Age 16-up $29.25
- Three-Day Tourist Age 16-up $14.25
- Trout Salmon Permit Age 16-up $ 5.00
In addition to the license fee, a fee of $.75 for each license and $.50 for each stamp is charged by the issuing agent.
NOTE: You qualify for a RESIDENT fishing license if you are a bona fide resident of Pennsylvania. You must show positive proof of permanent residency to qualify for a Resident license. Senior Resident and Lifetime licenses are available to those persons at anytime during the year in which they will become age 65.
back to top
|
|
Rhode Island Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Rhode Island Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
South Carolina Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
South Carolina Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
South Dakota Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
South Dakota Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Tennessee Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Tennessee Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Texas Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Texas Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Utah Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Utah Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Vermont Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Vermont Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Virginia Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Washington Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Washington Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
West Virginia Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
West Virginia Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Wisconsin Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Wisconsin Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
Wyoming Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
Wyoming Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
District of Columbia Fishing License Info
| Your fishing or boating license helps sustain the sport and the environment!
District Of Columbia Fishing License Requirements
Fish License Info:
back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
