Recreational fishing licenses; fees

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RS 3001 - Recreational fishing licenses; fees

Fishing licenses:

(1) Resident licenses including bona-fide residents, active and native-born retired members of the United States Armed Forces, including the Louisiana Army National Guard or the Louisiana Air National Guard, and nonresident students:

(a) Hook and line license$5.00/year

(allows using a pole, hook and line, without a reel and without using artificial bait, dip nets, landing nets, minnow traps, crab nets, or crab lines)

(b) Basic fishing license $17.00/year

(includes all legal recreational freshwater gear)

(c) Saltwater fishing license $15.00/year

(includes all legal recreational saltwater gear)

(d) Charter three-day saltwater fishing license $20.00

(e) Charter three-day freshwater fishing license $10.00

(2) Nonresident licenses:

(a) Basic fishing license$68.00/year

(includes all legal recreational freshwater gear)

(b) Saltwater fishing license$60.00/year

(includes all legal recreational saltwater gear)

(c) Five-day basic fishing$30.00

(includes all legal freshwater recreational gear)

(d) Five-day saltwater fishing$30.00

(includes all legal saltwater recreational gear)

(e) Charter boat three-day saltwater fishing license$20.00

(f) Charter boat three-day freshwater fishing license$10.00

Acts 2021, No. 356, §3, eff. June 1, 2022.


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