Texas · Fishing license · Cost
How much is a fishing license in Texas?
$30 a year if you live here, $58 if you don't.
Just passing through? One-day all-water costs $16 — the annual pays for itself from about 4 of those.
Every license price
| License | Who | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Freshwater package | Resident | $30 |
| Freshwater package, senior (65+) | Resident | $12 |
| Saltwater package | Resident | $35 |
| Saltwater package, senior (65+) | Resident | $17 |
| All-water package | Resident | $40 |
| All-water package, senior (65+) | Resident | $22 |
| All-water, year from purchase The only package that runs 12 months from purchase instead of ending August 31. | Resident | $47 |
| One-day all-water | Resident | $11 |
| Freshwater package | Visitor | $58 |
| Saltwater package | Visitor | $63 |
| All-water package | Visitor | $68 |
| One-day all-water | Visitor | $16 |
Fees inside the price
The packages already bundle the freshwater or saltwater endorsement. Prices are TPWD's published package prices; check the total at checkout.
How long your money lasts
Season licenses go on sale August 15 and are valid through August 31 of the following year, whenever you buy them. The one exception is the Year-from-Purchase All-Water Package, which runs 12 months from the day you buy it.
What we could not pin down
Rather than fill these in from somewhere else, they stay open until TPWD states them plainly.
- TPWD's FAQ quotes senior prices as a 12-to-32-dollar range depending on endorsements, while the fee table lists the three senior packages at 12, 17 and 22 dollars. The table's package prices are published here; combo bundles were left out.
- Whether the one-day all-water license covers the red drum tag was not stated on the pages read — left out rather than assumed.
