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Need to brush up on the most current fishing regulations for your favorite area? Not sure when the season opens, or when it closes for the year? No worries...we're here to help! Follow the links below to find out the latest information by U.S. state or Canadian province.

Remember, these links will take you directly to the regulatory agency site for each listed state or province...as such, FishinTrips.net takes no responsibility for the content or maintenance of these sites. Also, some of these pages require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view properly. If you don't have it, you can get it here.

United States

Alabama

Alabama Freshwater Fishing License Info

Alabama Freshwater Limits and Regulations

Alabama Saltwater Fishing License Info

Alabama Saltwater Creel and Size Limits

Alaska

Alaska Sport Fishing Regulations

Arizona

Arizona Fishing Regulations (pdf)

Arizona Urban Fishing Regulations

Arkansas

Arkansas Fishing Guidebook

California

All California Fishing Regulations - Links to PDF files

California Ocean Sportfishing Regulations Map

Summary of California Recreational Groundfish Fishing Regulations

Colorado

Colorado Fishing Brochure (pdf)

Colorado Fishing Regulations - Full Text (pdf)

Connecticut

Connecticut Fishing Licenses and Permits

Connecticut Freshwater & Saltwater Fishing Regulations

Delaware

Delaware Fishing Rules, Regulations, and Licensing Information

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Licensing Requirements and Information

District of Columbia Fishing Regulations

Florida

Florida Freshwater Fishing Regulations

Florida Saltwater Fishing Regulations

Georgia

Licensing info and links to regulation summaries - from GeorgiaOutdoors.com. This is not a Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources Website, and may not contain all relevant regulations.

Hawaii

Hawaii Fishing Regulations

Hawaii Fishing License and Permit Info

Idaho

Idaho Fishing Seasons and Rules

Illinois

Illinois Fishing Digest

Indiana

Indiana Fishing Guide and Fishing Regulations

Iowa

Iowa Fishing Regulations

Kansas

Kansas Fishing Regulations

Kentucky

Kentucky Fishing & Boating Guide

Louisiana

Louisiana Fishing License Information

Louisiana Fishing Regulations - Freshwater

Louisiana Fishing Regulations - Saltwater

Maine

Maine Fishing Regulations and Seasons

Maine Saltwater Fishing Regulations

Maryland

Maryland Fishing Rules Summary

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Hunting and Fishing Abstracts (includes links to both saltwater and freshwater regulations)

Michigan

Michigan Fishing Licenses, Seasons, and Regulations

Minnesota

Minnesota Fishing Regulations

Minnesota Fishing License Information

Mississippi

Mississippi Freshwater Fishing Regulations

Mississippi Saltwater Fishing Regulations

Missouri

Missouri Sportfishing Regulations

Missouri Dept. of Conservation Seasons & Regulations Page - links to legislative changes from past years, as well as other information of interest.

Montana

Montana Fishing Regulations

Nebraska

Nebraska Fishing Licenses and General Fishing Regulations

Nebraska Fishing Guide

Nevada

Nevada Fishing Regulations

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest

New Hampshire Saltwater Fishing Digest

New Mexico

New Mexico Fishing Regulations (pdf)

New Mexico Fishing Map (pdf)

New York

New York Freshwater Fishing Regulations

New York Saltwater Fishing Regulations

North Carolina

North Carolina Fishing Regulations

North Carolina Fishing Seasons and Bag Limits

North Dakota

North Dakota Fishing Regulations

Ohio

Ohio Fishing Regulations

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Fishing Regulations

Oregon

Oregon Fishing Regulations

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Fishing Regulations Summary (not an official State of Pennsylvania web site)

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Freshwater Fishing Regulations

South Carolina

South Carolina Freshwater Fishing Regulations

South Carolina Saltwater Fishing Regulations

South Dakota

South Dakota Fishing Regulations

Tennessee

Tennessee Fishing Regulations (pdf)

Texas

Texas Fishing Regulations

Utah

Utah Fishing Regulations Guidebook (pdf)

Vermont

Vermont Fishing & Hunting Laws Digest

Virginia

Virginia Freshwater Fishing Regulations

Virginia Saltwater Fishing Regulations

Washington

Washington Sportfishing Regulations

West Virginia

West Virginia Fishing Regulations

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Fishing Seasons by Species

Wisconsin Fishing Regulations

Wyoming

Wyoming Fishing Regulations (pdf)

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Canada

Alberta

Alberta Guide to Sportfishing Regulations

British Columbia

British Columbia Freshwater Fishing License Information

British Columbia Saltwater Fishing License Information

British Columbia Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis

British Columbia Tidal Waters Fishing Regulations

Manitoba

Manitoba Fishing Regulations (pdf)

New Brunswick

New Brunswick fishing info, including current rules & regulations

Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador Anglers' Guide

Newfoundland Sportfishing Regulations Synopsis from Labrador-Fishing.com (note - this is not an official government website, nor is it a comprehensive list of all applicable regulations)