Saltwater Fishing Licenses

Recreational Fishing License*

Resident - $21.00 Annual
7-day trip - $9.00
Disabled - residents only - $1.00

Nonresident - 7 day
Louisiana - $60.00
All Other States - $25.00

Nonresident - Annual
Louisiana - $90.00
All Other States - $45.00

*Annual licenses expire August 31. This license is also required for cast netting, recreational crabbing and flounder gigging.

Commercial Party Boat (Allows persons on board to possess fish without Alabama Saltwater Fishing License.)
Certified Up to 6 People - $201.00
7 - 25 People -$301.00
Over 25 People - $501.00
Applicants must provide proof of vessel documentation, USCG captains license and valid driver's license

Commercial Hook and Line License
Resident -$101.00 + annual saltwater fishing license.
Nonresident - $201.00 + annual saltwater fishing license.

It is unlawful to possess in Alabama any species of saltwater fish or seafood product taken in federal waters or the waters of another state unlawfully in violation of any applicable federal or other state creel, possession, or size limit.

It is unlawful to sell speckled trout, red drum, and tarpon caught in state waters. Season closes for red snapper, king mackerel, and shark upon closure of federal waters. No allowance for undersize fish.

Saltwater fishing license requirements shall be applicable to such activities as provided within Sections 9-11-53.1, 53.5, and 55.2, Code of Alabama 1975 which occur south of the following line: Beginning at the Mississippi state line, a meandering line following U.S. Highway 90 eastwardly to its junction with State Highway 188; State Highway 188 eastwardly to its junction with State Highway 193; State Highway 193 northwardly to its junction with State Highway 163; State Highway 163 northwardly to its intersection with Interstate Highway 10 (except all of the Theodore Industrial Canal); Interstate Highway 10 eastbound lane (except that portion of Interstate Highway 10 which lies north of State Highway 90 Battleship Parkway, in which case the line follows the Battleship Parkway) to Interstate Highway 10's intersection with U.S. Highway 98; U.S. Highway 98 southwardly and eastwardly to its intersection with State Highway 59; State Highway 59 southwardly to its intersection with Baldwin County Highway 20; Baldwin County Highway 20 eastwardly to its intersection with Baldwin County Highway 95; Baldwin County Highway 95 northwardly to its intersection with U.S. Highway 98; U.S. Highway 98 eastwardly to its intersection with the western shore of Perdido Bay; then the western shore of Perdido Bay northwardly to the intersection of the Florida state line and the mouth of the Perdido River.

All commercial fishing operations, as well as recreational netting operations, and all gear used in any of such operations, in state jurisdictional waters south of Interstate 10 eastbound lane (except that portion of Interstate Highway 10 which lies north of State Highway 90 Battleship Parkway, in which case the line follows the Battleship Parkway) shall be subject to those laws, rules, and regulations of the Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.