Fishing Licenses

Type of License	Age	Cost
Resident	16-64	$22.70
Senior Resident	65-up	$11.70
Senior Resident - LIFETIME	65-up	$51.70
On-Day Resident	16-up	$11.70
Non-Resident	16-up	$52.70
Seven-Day Tourist	16-up	$34.70
Three-Day Tourist	16-up	$26.70
Trout Salmon Permit	16-up	$9.70
Lake Erie Permit	16-up	$9.70

NOTE: You qualify for a RESIDENT fishing license if you are a bona fide resident of Pennsylvania. You must show positive proof of permanent residency. Senior Resident and Lifetime licenses are available to those persons at anytime during the year in which they will become age 65.

Obtain your license at:

1. More than 1,700 License Issuing Agents
2. County Treasurers
3. Fish and Boat Commission Regional Office

2008 Seasons, Sizes and Creel Limits
Commonwealth Inland Waters*

SPECIES	SEASONS	MINIMUM SIZE	DAILY LIMIT
All species of Trout and Salmon	Regular Season - April 12 to September 1	7 inches	5 - streams, lakes and ponds (combined species) except areas with special regulations.
	Extended Season - all approved trout streams and their downstream areas and all lakes and ponds, January 1 to February 29 and September 2 to December 31	7 inches	3 (combined species)
Bass** - Largemouth and Smallmouth and Spotted all inland waters - LAKES	January 1 to April 11 and November 1 to December 31	15 inches	4 (combined species)
	April 12 to June 13	NO HARVEST	Catch and immediate release only (No Tournaments Permitted)
	June 14 to October 31	12 inches	6 (combined species)
Bass** - Largemouth and Smallmouth and Spotted all inland waters - RIVERS & STREAMS	January 1 to April 11 and October 1 to December 31	15 inches	4 (combined species)
	April 12 to June 13	NO HARVEST	Catch and immediate release only (No Tournaments Permitted)
	June 14 to September 30	12 inches	6 (combined species)
Muskellunge and muskellunge hybrids	Open year-round	40 inches	1 (combined species)
Pickerel***		18 inches	4
Pike - Northern and Amur		24 inches	2 (combined species)
Walleye and hybrids (Saugeye)	January 1 to March 14 and May 3 to December 31	15 inches	6
Sauger		12 inches	6
American Shad	Open year-round	no minimum	6
American Shad (Lehigh River and Tributaries)	Open year-round	no minimum	1
American and Hickory Shad (Susquehanna River and tributaries)	Closed year-round		0
Herring and Gizzard Shad	Open year-round	no minimum	50 (combined species)
American Eel	Open year-round	8 inches	50
American Eel (as baitfish)	Open year-round	6 - 8 inches	50
Striped Bass and Striped Bass/White Bass Hybrids	Open year-round	20 inches	2 (combined species)
Sunfish, Yellow Perch, White Perch, Crappies, Catfish, Rock Bass, Suckers, Carp, White Bass	Open year-round	no minimum	50 (combined species)
Baitfish and fishbait (except mud bugs)	Open year-round	no minimum	50 (combined species)
Mudbugs (dragonfly nymphs)	Open year-round	no minimum	Unlimited if taken from lakes, ponds, swamps and adjacent areas. 50 per day if taken from moving waters (rivers and streams)
Paddlefish	Closed year-round		0
* Includes the Youghiogheny Resivoir and does not include SPECIAL REGULATIONS AREAS. ** Approved trout waters are closed to fishing from March 1 to opening day of the regular trout season in April.		*** During the period from January 1 to March 14 and December 1 to December 31, the daily limit of pickerel is three.

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