50 states · every fact sourced
What fishing license do you need, and what will it cost?
Each state's license rules in plain English: prices for residents and visitors, who's exempt, free fishing days and catch limits. Every fact links to the state's own pages.
Find the cheapest license for your trip
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- AL Alabama Visitor day from $38.05
- AK Alaska Visitor day from $15
- AZ Arizona Visitor day from $20
- AR Arkansas Visitor day from $15
- CA California Visitor day from $21.09
- CO Colorado Visitor day from $21.90
- CT Connecticut Visitor day from $22
- DE Delaware Visitor day from $12.50
- FL Florida Visitor day from $17
- GA Georgia Visitor day from $10
- HI Hawaii Visitor day from $10
- ID Idaho Visitor day from $22.75
- IL Illinois Visitor day from $10.50
- IN Indiana Visitor day from $15
- IA Iowa Visitor day from $12
- KS Kansas Visitor day from $10
- KY Kentucky Visitor day from $15
- LA Louisiana Visitor day from $30
- ME Maine Visitor day from $18
- MD Maryland Visitor day from $35
- MA Massachusetts Visitor day from $35.50
- MI Michigan Visitor day from $10
- MN Minnesota Visitor day from $14
- MS Mississippi Visitor day from $10
- MO Missouri Visitor day from $9
- MT Montana Visitor day from $31.50
- NE Nebraska Visitor day from $17.50
- NV Nevada Visitor day from $18
- NH New Hampshire Visitor day from $15
- NJ New Jersey Visitor day from $9
- NM New Mexico Visitor day from $16
- NY New York Visitor day from $10
- NC North Carolina Visitor day from $29
- ND North Dakota Visitor day from $53
- OH Ohio Visitor day from $27.04
- OK Oklahoma Visitor day from $26
- OR Oregon Visitor day from $29
- PA Pennsylvania Visitor day from $31.97
- RI Rhode Island Visitor day from $20
- SC South Carolina Visitor day from $11
- SD South Dakota Visitor day from $26
- TN Tennessee Visitor day from $20
- TX Texas Visitor day from $16
- UT Utah Visitor day from $44
- VT Vermont Visitor day from $21
- VA Virginia Visitor day from $20
- WA Washington Visitor day from $27.05
- WV West Virginia Visitor day from $16
- WI Wisconsin Visitor day from $15
- WY Wyoming Visitor day from $14
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Compare two states
Pick any two states and your trip, and see costs and rules side by side.
Non-resident license costs
1-day, 3-day, 7-day and annual prices for visitors, side by side.
Senior and youth rules
The age you need a license from, and discounts or free licenses for seniors.
Free fishing days calendar
The next days you can fish without a license, state by state.
Neighboring states
Live near a border? Compare each pair of neighbors, including shared lakes and rivers.
Limits by species
Size and bag limits for bass, trout, walleye, red drum and more.
How this site works
- We read the official pages. Each state's wildlife agency publishes its rules across many pages and PDFs. We gather them in one place.
- We link every fact. Each price, exemption and limit has a link to where it came from. If the official site doesn't say, we use a named secondary source and mark it.
- We date our checks. Each section shows when it was last checked.
- We don't sell licenses. Only the state does. We're not affiliated with any agency.