Regulations & Licenses

Parents of young anglers who want to fish for rainbow trout in a Kansas stream or lake ask whether a special permit is needed, and the cost is $7.

The Kansas adult trout permit costs fourteen dollars and fifty cents, funding stocking programs in designated state waters.

Kansas senior five-year fishing license costs fifty dollars, saving resident anglers seventy-five dollars over five years.

Kansas residents aged 65 and older can purchase an annual sport fishing license for $15 through the KDWPT to fish public waters.

A Kansas nonresident five-day fishing license costs twenty five dollars and grants legal access to public waters for visitors.

A short visit to Kansas needs only a nonresident permit valid for one day, which costs $10 and lets visitors fish the state’s waters legally.

Kansas nonresident annual fishing license costs seventy five dollars and covers public waters through December thirty first.

Kansas resident five year fishing license costs one hundred dollars and saves anglers twenty five dollars compared to annual renewals.

Kansas resident one-day fishing licenses cost $3.50, providing an affordable legal option for anglers living in the state sixty days.

The Kansas resident annual fishing license costs twenty five dollars and expires on December thirty first every year.