Fishing license fees in Wisconsin
$20Resident annual fishing license
Fishing, Annual (resident), $20.00.1
The details
- Nonresident annual
- Nonresident Fishing, Annual, $55.00.1
- Short-term licenses
- Resident 1-day $8.00. Nonresident 1-day $15.00, 4-day $29.00, 15-day $33.00.1
- Senior and youth discounts
- Resident Senior Citizen (65 and older) $7.00. Resident Junior (16 and 17) $7.00. First-time buyer $5.00 resident, $28.75 nonresident.1
- Who does not need one
- Kids 15 and under fish without a license, as do anglers born before 1927.1
- Where to buy
- Through Go Wild, sales locations or DNR Service Centers.1
The sources we read do not say: free fishing days.
Sources
- Fishing Licenses, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, checked 1 November 2026
Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.