Arkansas Fishing License & Regulations
When you purchase a fishing license, you're helping to protect, preserve and enhance the sport of fishing for today and for generations to come.
License fees help pay for fishery and hatchery management, habitat development and protection, endangered species programs, fishing and conservation education, lake maps and other publications, and many other valuable programs.
Fishing licenses for your state can be obtained from the link(s) below.
- AR Fishing License Information
- Fishing License Prices and Descriptions
- Buy Your AR Fishing License Online
- If you are 16 years or older, an Arkansas fishing license is required to take or attempt to take game fish, turtles or frogs in Arkansas, unless you are fishing in a licensed "put and take pay lake." The license must be carried with you. You may not possess a license that belongs to someone else or one that has been altered, backdated or counterfeited.
- If you are a nonresident, you may not possess a resident license. If you guide, aid or assist someone else in fishing for hire, you must have a guide license.
- Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Resident 65-Plus Lifetime License
Fishing Regulations
Do you know what fishing laws apply in your state? Find out more by using the information links below.
