Mississippi · Fishing license · Cost
How much is a fishing license in Mississippi?
$25 a year if you live here, $68 if you don't. South of US Highway 90 the saltwater licence is the one that counts — a freshwater licence does not carry there.
Just passing through? Freshwater fishing, one day costs $10 — the annual pays for itself from about 7 of those.
Every license price
| License | Who | Price |
|---|---|---|
| All game hunting and freshwater fishing | Resident | $25 |
| Small game hunting and freshwater fishing The cheapest way for a resident to fish fresh water all year. | Resident | $10 |
| Sportsman's licence Does not include saltwater. | Resident | $45 |
| Freshwater fishing, three days | Resident | $3 |
| Saltwater fishing | Resident | $10 |
| Senior lifetime saltwater (65+) Residents of 65 and over are exempt from the freshwater licence but still buy this one for salt water. | Resident | $5 |
| Freshwater fishing | Visitor | $68 |
| Freshwater fishing, three days | Visitor | $30 |
| Freshwater fishing, one day | Visitor | $10 |
| Saltwater fishing | Visitor | $30 |
| Saltwater fishing, three days | Visitor | $15 |
| Louisiana-resident saltwater privilege Louisiana residents need this on top of the non-resident freshwater privilege to fish Mississippi's marine water. | Visitor | $60 |
Fees inside the price
Where you stand decides which licence counts: salt water south of US Highway 90, either licence between I-10 and Highway 90, and nothing saltwater north of I-10.
How long your money lasts
Mississippi draws its licence boundary geographically rather than by season: a saltwater licence is needed south of US Highway 90, either licence works between I-10 and Highway 90, and a saltwater licence is worthless north of I-10.
What we could not pin down
Rather than fill these in from somewhere else, they stay open until MDWFP states them plainly.
- MDWFP bundles freshwater fishing with hunting in most resident licences; there is no plain resident freshwater-only annual licence on the price list, so the small-game combination is named as the cheapest year-round option.
- The licence year dates were not stated on the pages read.
- Free fishing days: no dated 2026 announcement was read.
