Fish License Fees

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Fishing license fees in Kentucky

$23Resident annual fishing license

Resident annual fishing license, $23, under 301 KAR 5:022 (effective 11-6-2025).1

The details

Nonresident annual
Nonresident annual fishing license, $55.1
Short-term licenses
1-day fishing license $7 resident and $15 nonresident. Nonresident 7-day fishing $35.1
Senior and youth discounts
Resident annual senior sportsman's license $12 and senior lifetime sportsman's license $180. Each includes hunting and fishing.1

The sources we read do not say: free fishing days, who does not need one, where to buy.

Fees are from the administrative regulation. The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife license page did not load.

Sources

  1. 301 KAR 5:022 License, tag, and permit fees, Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, checked 1 November 2026

Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.