Fishing License Info
http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/sales_online/kdwp_info.html
Fishing License Requirements
Persons age 16 through 64, who have been bina fide residents of the state of 60 days immediately prior to buying a license, must have a resident license in possession while fishing in Kansas. All licenses expire Dec. 31 each year, except five-day nonresident, lifetime and 24-hour fishing licenses.
Landowners and their immediate family living with them, and tenants renting land for agricultural purposes and members of their immediate family living with them are exempt from fishing license requirements on waters on their own land, even if such waters have been stocked by the Department. If a private pond has been stocked within the last 10 years, guests of the landowner or tenant must have fishing licenses. Otherwise, fishing licenses aren ot required on private ponds. Guests of landowners fishing on streams and rivers must have a fishing licenses.
Anyone residing in Kansas who is at least one-sixteenth American Indian by blood, and so certified by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, may apply to Wildlife and Parks for a free fishing license, which must be in possession when fishing. All other laws and regulations apply to American Indians.
Persons on active duty in the armed forces who entered the service while residents of Kansas may purchase a resident fishing license. Nonresidents on active military duty stationed in Kansas and nonresident students going to school in Kansas are entitled to purchase a resident fishing license, which they must have with them while fishing, along with evidence of active duty or enrollment.
All nonresidents 16 and older must have a valid nonresident license to fish in Kansas (unless fishing on a private pond).
Fishing License Forms
https://www.accesskansas.org/cgi-bin/hunt_online/online_sales.cgi?purchase_type=L
Fishing License Types
Resident fishing - $15.50, Trout Permit - $8.00, Resident Combination Fish/Hunt - $30.50, Nonresident Fishing - $35.00, 25-Hour Fishing - $3.50, Lifetime Fishing (residents only) - $240.50
Fish Limits
Unless otherwise listed in the charts in the Fishing Regulations Summary pages 6-9 http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/fishing/Fish_Regs.html, the following length and daily creel limits apply to all Kansas ponds, lakes, impoundments, or other waters of the state that are open to public fishing access, and to all perennial and intermittent watercourses of the state. On waters not listed in the "Special" charts, only STATEWIDE length and creel limits apply. City, county, and other locally managed waters may have more restrictive length and creel limits, as posted on the areas. Contact a district biologist for more information.
Fish Catch Rules
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(Page 17 & 18)
Free Fish Days
June 2 & 3 of 2001
Freshwater license waived for residents
Non-resident license waived
