Where Can I Buy or Renew a Louisiana Fishing License?

Your Louisiana Fishing License will expire this Saturday,  June 30, 2012.

With all the tournaments coming up you'll want to make sure you're up to date to avoid anything that could spoil your fishing fun.

Recreational fishing and hunting licenses may be purchased online or by telephone using Visa or MasterCard. Call toll free 1-888-765-2602. An authorization number for immediate use will be provided and licenses will be mailed to the licensee.
A SERVICE FEE IS CHARGED.

Who must have a fishing license?
Persons taking fish, whether recreationally or commercially, and persons involved in the fish industry, including wholesale/retail dealers and transporters, and vessels involved in the fish industry must be licensed.

All recreational licenses are valid from the date of purchase and expire on June 30 each year. In addition to other bona fide residency requirements, a Louisiana Driver's License or Louisiana ID Card issued by the Department of Public Safety is required to purchase resident recreational hunting and fishing licenses.

A recreational fisherman must purchase and have in possession a valid basic recreational fishing license to possess fish in Louisiana waters or to use the following:

• Bow and arrow
• A barbed or barbless spear
• Frog gig/catcher
• Scuba Gear
• Hook & line (trot line)
• Cast net with a radius not to exceed 8 ft. 6 in.
• Rod and reel

Title 56, Section 302.1.C.(1) requires that all recreational anglers fishing south of the "saltwater line" for saltwater species have in their possession a Louisiana saltwater angler's license IN ADDITION TO a basic Louisiana fishing license EXCEPT those persons otherwise exempted. All regulations apply regardless of where the fish is taken.