New Hampshire Fishing License
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (NHFG)
Contact
- Address
- 11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301 - Main office
- 603-271-3421
- Licensing
- 603-271-2743
- Fishing regulations questions
- 603-271-3127
- Executive Director's Office
- 603-271-3511
- Hours
- Mon-Fri 8am-4pm ET
- Website
- wildlife.nh.gov
At a glance
- Licences and permits
- 14
- Of which specialty
- 1
- Cheapest listed licence
- $7.00
- Fees verified
- 4 Sep 2026
Who does not need one
The published fee schedule lists no separate youth (under-16) fishing license. Age-based exemption language was not confirmed from an official page this session because wildlife.nh.gov returned HTTP 403.
Specialty licences 1
Extra items an angler must hold on top of the base licence. These are the ones most often missed — a base licence alone does not cover them.
| Licence | Type | Who needs it | Applies to | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisheries Habitat FeeOfficial fee note: 'All license prices include a $1.00 agent fee and a $1.00 Fisheries Habitat Fee.' It is already inside the license prices listed above; do not add it again. | Access or habitat fee | Every license buyer - bundled into the posted license price, not sold separately | Any · annual · all | $1.00 |
Every licence and fee 14
| Licence | Residency | Term | Ages | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base licence 9 | ||||
| Resident Senior Freshwater Fishing License Residents age 68 and older | Resident | annual | 68+ | $7.00 |
| Resident 1-Day Freshwater Fishing License Residents fishing fresh water for a single day | Resident | 1-day | 16+ | $10.00 |
| Nonresident Recreational Saltwater Fishing License Nonresidents fishing New Hampshire coastal/estuarine waters | Non-resident | annual | 16+ | $11.00 |
| Resident Recreational Saltwater Fishing License Residents fishing New Hampshire coastal/estuarine waters Separate from the freshwater license. | Resident | annual | 16+ | $11.00 |
| Nonresident 1-Day Freshwater Fishing License Nonresidents fishing fresh water for one day | Non-resident | 1-day | 16+ | $15.00 |
| Nonresident 3-Day Freshwater Fishing License Nonresidents fishing fresh water for three days | Non-resident | 3-day | 16+ | $28.00 |
| Nonresident 7-Day Freshwater Fishing License Nonresidents fishing fresh water for seven days | Non-resident | 7-day | 16+ | $35.00 |
| Resident Freshwater Fishing License New Hampshire residents fishing fresh water Price includes the $1.00 agent fee and the $1.00 Fisheries Habitat Fee. A $2.00 transaction fee ($2.75 online) applies per license form. | Resident | annual | 16+ | $45.00 |
| Nonresident Freshwater Fishing License Nonresidents fishing fresh water | Non-resident | annual | 16+ | $63.00 |
| Combination licence 4 | ||||
| Resident Senior Combination Hunting & Fishing License Residents age 68 and older wanting hunting and fishing privileges | Resident | annual | 68+ | $7.00 |
| Resident Hunting & Freshwater Fishing License Residents wanting both hunting and freshwater fishing privileges | Resident | annual | 16+ | $56.00 |
| Nonresident Hunting & Freshwater Fishing License Nonresidents wanting hunting and freshwater fishing privileges | Non-resident | annual | 16+ | $151.00 |
| Newborn Lifetime Combination License (hunting & freshwater fishing) Residents purchasing a lifetime license for a newborn Only the newborn lifetime tier appeared in the fee table loaded; other lifetime age tiers were not shown. | Resident | lifetime | newborn | $304.50 |
| Access or habitat fee 1 | ||||
| Fisheries Habitat Fee Every license buyer - bundled into the posted license price, not sold separately Official fee note: 'All license prices include a $1.00 agent fee and a $1.00 Fisheries Habitat Fee.' It is already inside the license prices listed above; do not add it again. | Any | annual | all | $1.00 |
Fees as published by NH Fish and Game and read on 4 September 2026. Agencies change fees without notice and vendors add issuing charges, so confirm the current price at the point of sale. We do not reproduce seasons, limits or gear rules — see the agency's regulations page for those.
Notes on this listing
VERIFIED: New Hampshire has NO trout or salmon stamp. The official NH fee schedule contains no trout/salmon stamp line and no such stamp is referenced in the license fee table - no row was created for one. NH does levy a $1.00 Fisheries Habitat Fee, but it is baked into every license price rather than sold as an add-on. The agency's own site (https://www.wildlife.nh.gov/licenses-and-permits/license-prices and /contact-information) returned HTTP 403 on every attempt this session, so all prices and contact details come from eRegulations, NH Fish and Game's official digital regulations publisher. Agency email address, office social media handles, and free fishing day dates could not be verified from a loadable official source and are left null/empty.
About NH Fish and Game
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is the agency that issues fishing licences in New Hampshire and sets what every angler on its water has to carry.
Base and combination licences run from $7.00 to $304.50 depending on residency, term and age.
Beyond the base licence there is 1 specialty item to watch for, including the Fisheries Habitat Fee. These are separate purchases and a base licence does not cover them.
The fee table below was read from official sources on 4 September 2026. We list what each item is called, who needs it and what it costs, and link out for the rules themselves — seasons, limits and gear regulations live on the agency’s own page and change too often to mirror.