California Fishing Regulations and Licenses

The fishing authority for California is the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Every link below goes straight to that agency. We do not repeat what the regulations say. Seasons, limits and sizes change by season and by water body, and a stale copy here could cost you a fine. The agency page is the authority, always.

• Agency sitewildlife.ca.gov
• Regulationswildlife.ca.gov

Every link on this page was fetched and confirmed working on September 1, 2026.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife does not publish a separate license page at a stable address, so it is not linked here. Start from the agency site above.