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Fishing Regulations
According to information published by the Wyoming Game & Fish
The following acts are unlawful by statute or Commission
regulation except as otherwise permitted. Please refer to Wyoming
Statutes, Title 23, or Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Regulations,
Chapter 46, for exact wording
IT IS UNLAWFUL...
- To release fish alive that have been placed on a stringer,
in a container or a live well without written approval from the
Department
- To snag fish
- To seine or trap fish without a valid license
- To take fish by the aid of artificial light or lighting device
- To take or destroy fish by using poison, deleterious drug,
electrical device, chemical, explosive or similar substance
- To take, wound, or destroy fish with a firearm of any nature
- To take, wound, or destroy game fish with a bow and arrow or crossbow
- To plant or release live fish or fish eggs without the consent
and supervision of the Department or its authorized personnel.
This does not include fish captured by legal means and released
immediately upon capture
- To sell, barter, dispose of, or abandon, or obtain by sale or
barter, any edible portion of any game fish in this state
- To enter, fish from, or beach, anchor, or tie-off a boat upon
private land or streambeds without securing the landowner's
permission
- To take game fish for another person
- To transport live fish or live fish eggs from the water of capture
- To tag or mark fish and release them unles prior approval
has been obtained from the Department
- To use or possess corn while fishing
- To use or possess bait in areas or on waters where fishing is
permitted by use of artificial flies and lures only
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Fishing Licenses
Licenses are required for resident and nonresident anglers
14 years or older. Exceptions are waters where fishing preserve
permits, landowner fishing regulations or institutional permits
apply.
Resident youth under age 14 do not need a license and their
creel limit is the same as those requiring licenses
Nonresident youth under 14 do not need a license if
accompanied by an adult possessing a valid Wyoming fishing
license; however, the nonresident youth's creel limit shall
be applied to and limited by the fishing license held by the
adult person in his/her company
Resident means a person who has been a resident of Wyoming
and domiciled in Wyoming for not less than one year and who has
not claimed residency elsewhere for any purpose during that
one-year period immediately preceding the date of application
for a license
Pioneer License - To be eligible for a Pioneer Bird, Fish
and Small Game License you must be a resident who is
sixty-five (65) years of age or older and who has continuously
resided in Wyoming for at least thirty (30) years IMMEDIATELY
preceding application for the license. The Pioneer Bird, Fish
and Small Game license is valid as long as the licensee remainds
a Wyoming resident.
Conservation Stamps
Each person licensed to hunt or fish in Wyoming, with the
exception of license holders listed below, must purchase a
single Conservation Stamp, which will be valid for one calendar
year. The stamp must be signed in ink and in immediate possession
while engaged in the act of hunting or fishing. Conservation
stamps may be purchased from Game and Fish Department offices
and license-selling agencies throughout the state.
The following license holders are exempt from purchasing a
Conservation Stamp: Pioneer Fishing License holders; Daily Fishing
license holders; or Daily Game Bird/Small Game license holders
note: Information obtained from a publication provided by the
Wyoming Game & Fish Commission, information is accurate for
2004 - 2005