New Hampshire Fishing Regulations
Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in New Hampshire?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.
New Hampshire Fishing License
Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are.
Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.
Here it is where you can get your fishing license.
Links to New Hampshire Government Agencies
Here are a few websites of New Hampshire's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.
New Hampshire Fishing News
Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in New Hampshire.
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NH Fish and Game officers help 2 stranded hikers
- KEENE, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers came to the aid of two hikers who were overcome by darkness on Mount Monadnock. The hikers, 22-year-old Joseph Winer and 17-year-old Allison Smith of Marlborough, Mass.,
- Fosters Daily Democrat
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- 3/19/2012 4:25:34 AM
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Around the City of Portsmouth
- He has four decades of experience as a biologist with New Hampshire fish and wildlife. Orff was also Fish and Game's furbearer biologist for most of his career, and beginning in 1978, he was the department's first black bear biologist for more ...
- Seacoast Online
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- 3/18/2012 10:27:39 PM
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Gordon E. Trefrey Jr.
- He enjoyed fishing and playing cribbage ... A cemetery committal service with military honors will take place at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen, on Tuesday, March 20 at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made ...
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- 3/18/2012 9:23:13 PM
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Snakes on a new plain
- I remember I was very, very excited about that. . . . I started with fish, I still love fish ... to take some money that I had saved and rent a place in Plaistow. . . . New Hampshire had better laws when it came to snake keeping. Once I got to a bigger ...
- Concord Monitor
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- 3/18/2012 9:08:54 PM
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Business people
- Miner recently retired from 35 years of service to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. His diverse roles at Fish and Game ranged from wildlife program coordinator, federal aid program coordinator, division chief for access and engineering and ...
- Concord Monitor
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- 3/18/2012 9:01:45 PM
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Town won't disband police department after all
- "I'm from Hungary," Preston said, "and as they say in Hungary, 'The fish starts rotting from the head.' Get some intestinal fortitude and run the thing!" The vote to keep the police department in place was 144-77. Residents also showed support for the ...
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- 3/18/2012 4:41:04 AM
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Go&Do: Childrens Museum of NH hosts 'Art Beyond Vision'
- (Shown is "Fishing Boats," a watercolor collage work by Jim Reagan ... Tactile works created by more than a dozen New Hampshire artists offer opportunities for gallery visitors to explore each piece using different senses.
- Seacoast Online
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- 3/17/2012 10:43:09 PM
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So far, counting votes in Senate is fruitless
- New Hampshire's site didn't fare well. Users can search the salaries of state employees and see how much nearly 50 state agencies and departments paid to vendors dating to 2008. But that vendor database isn't searchable. You can select Fish and Game ...
- Concord Monitor
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- 3/17/2012 9:53:02 PM
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Days for sugaring, salmon and ice-outs
- Using smelt as bait is a good call. New Hampshire Fish and Game moved up its bear birdfeeder alert from April 1 to March 15. No surprise here. "It has been an odd year for bears," said Andy Timmins, bear project leader. "Bears remained very active during .
- Concord Monitor
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- 3/17/2012 9:02:56 PM
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Too much red meat can increase mortality rate
- The same study also showed that replacing red meat with other sources of protein, “such as fish, poultry, nuts, and legumes,” would reduce the risk of mortality. To which I say, we really needed another study to tell us that? Isn’t that what our ...
- Nashua Telegraph
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- 3/17/2012 5:42:30 PM
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Lead is still killing our loons
- During the summer of 2010, Loon Preservation Committee staff and volunteers collected 11 loons that died from ingested lead fishing ... New Hampshire's loon population. Loons can ingest a lead sinker or lead-headed jig (a lead-weighted hook) by eating a ..
- Concord Monitor
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- 3/16/2012 10:44:20 PM
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Lynne Tuohy
- New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say the parents of 9-year-old Devin Frenette of Hampstead will not be asked to pay the approximately $44,000 it cost the state to mount a widespread land and air search for their son. Devin wandered away from… 0
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- 3/16/2012 10:15:42 PM
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Family will not be charged for search for missing boy
- New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say the parents of 9-year-old Devin Frenette of Hampstead will not be asked to pay the approximately $44,000 it cost the state to mount a widespread land and air search for their son. Devin wandered away from his home
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- 3/16/2012 10:15:42 PM
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Ham radio space helps sway couple to buy home
- The 57-year-old Stiles, retired for five years from a career as a computer whiz with the U.S. Department of Defense, recently bought with his wife Sue a house sight unseen — on the Internet auction site eBay, no less — in the small ...
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- 3/16/2012 9:39:55 PM
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Bears should be waking up soon – secure those bird feeders
- The New Hampshire black bear population is estimated at about 5,000. Fish and Game recommends avoiding encounters with bears by taking a few simple precautions: Because of the mild winter, stop all bird feeding now or put feeders away as soon as you can.
- Nashua Telegraph
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- 3/16/2012 7:45:23 PM
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David W. Kenney, SeaWorld’s first veterinarian, dies at 77
- He was hired. One of the first changes he made was the whales’ diet. They had been fed mackerel, and the fish bones had caused a blockage in their stomachs. He found that they thrived on a concoction of whipped cream and squid. He also examined the park ..
- Nashua Telegraph
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- 3/16/2012 6:12:19 PM
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N.H. officials won't bill family of missing boy
- After months of review, New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say the parents of 9-year-old Devin Frenette of Hampstead will not be asked to cover or defray the approximately $44,000 it cost the state to mount a massive land and air search for ...
- Seacoast Online
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- 3/16/2012 12:14:24 PM
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Missing boy found in ice-fishing shack
- DRESDEN, Maine (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was found alive and well in an ice-fishing shack Thursday, a day after he went missing after getting off a school bus. Micah Thomas, of Dresden, was found early Thursday afternoon by a state Ma- rine ...
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- 3/16/2012 5:47:51 AM
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Final two Saturdays planned for Winter Gateway (York) Farmers' Market
- Join us this Saturday, March 17 and in two weeks on March 31 to end the season. Pick up your usual market foods: fresh veggies, breads, fish, baked goods, jams, granola, fresh eggs and locally raised pork, beef and chicken. We also have some ...
- Fosters Daily Democrat
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- 3/16/2012 12:11:25 AM
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Learning to read nature's cues can help a gardener
- Native tribes in British Columbia used the arrival of buds and blooms from certain berry-producing shrubs to signal when it was time to fish for halibut or spawning salmon. That gave them a competitive leg up over other animals consuming the ...
- Fosters Daily Democrat
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- 3/15/2012 11:49:57 PM
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Missing boy found in icefishing shack
- DRESDEN, Maine (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was found alive and well in an ice-fishing shack Thursday, a day after he went missing after getting off a school bus. Micah Thomas, of Dresden, was found early Thursday afternoon by a state Ma- rine ...
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- 3/15/2012 10:59:50 PM
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Nashua students swarm state science expo
- Nashua High School student alauren Kirby explains at the science and techology fair the experiments on fish behavior she conducted ... made up the biggest contingent at the 9th annual New Hampshire Science and Engineering Exposition in Concord.
- Nashua Telegraph
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- 3/15/2012 12:01:16 PM
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Bears should be waking up soon - secure those bird feeders
- If you have questions about bear-related problems, you can get advice by calling a toll-free number coordinated jointly by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department: 1-888-749-2327 (1-888-SHY-BEAR
- Nashua Telegraph
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- 3/15/2012 8:05:03 AM
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Jew Pond to get new name
- At least. The lead on all their stories, picked up from the Associated Press, was: “Residents of a rural New Hampshire town have voted to rename a fishing and skating spot that’s been called Jew Pond since the 1920s.” But that was nothing.
- Milford Cabinet
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- 3/15/2012 7:14:57 AM
New Hampshire Guides/Outfitters
Want to learn a new fishing technique or need some help for you next outing? Check out one of the guide/outfitter services listed below.
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New Hampshire Fishing Clubs
Want to join an interest group near you?
Look up the following list of fishing clubs in New Hampshire.
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