Kentucky Fishing Regulations
Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in Kentucky?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.
Kentucky 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 Kentucky Government Agencies
Here are a few websites of Kentucky's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.
Kentucky Fishing News
Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in Kentucky.
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Chevron rig burns off Nigeria as damage hits shore
- A nearby 12-bed clinic remains overrun with patients and swarms of dead fish have surfaced around the polluted waters that feed Ikebiri Creek in Nigeria's Bayelsa state. Meanwhile, Chevron officials decline to give an estimate of when the fire ...
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- 2/6/2012 2:56:38 AM
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Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club
- That gave people eight years of mangled language and puzzling Bushisms to ponder. Among them: "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." "Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?" and "We look forward to hearing ...
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- 2/6/2012 12:33:28 AM
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SF's Dogpatch pier district braces for renewal
- Residents of San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood overlook the rough-and-tumble Pier 70 waterfront and bask in the smell of fresh fish, the cacophony of fog horns and Canadian geese, the jumble of Victorian cottages tucked between corrugated ...
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- 2/5/2012 8:48:34 AM
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New forest-management plan weakens wildlife protection
- The 1982 rule required the Forest Service to manage fish and wildlife habitat so that healthy populations of animals are "well-distributed" throughout each forest. The new plan drops that language. Instead, it requires forest managers to maintain habitats.
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- 2/4/2012 11:58:51 PM
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Romney wins easily in Nevada caucuses
- LAS VEGAS — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace. In victory, the former ...
- Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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- 2/4/2012 10:32:57 PM
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Donald Ray Adams
- He was a member of AmVets and enjoyed hunting and fishing. Survivors include his wife of 54 years ... Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Hospice of Western Kentucky, 3419 Wathens Crossing, Owensboro, KY 42301.
- Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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- 2/4/2012 10:04:19 PM
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ARTS BEAT: UE faculty members to take part in Tuesday concert
- In concurrent receptions from 4 to 7 p.m., the Women's Institute and Gallery will open Mary Ann Michna's "The Good Housewife" mixed media show and the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art will close Andrew Kosten's "Indiana Days/Kentucky ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 2/4/2012 9:57:10 PM
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Mexican aid lags for starving Tarahumara Indians
- It's been months since Maria Luisa Gonzalez and her husband have been able to harvest anything from their drought-parched land or catch fish in a lake that's become little more than a muddy puddle. Like other Tarahumara Indians suffering from severe ...
- Ledger Independent
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- 2/4/2012 9:14:13 PM
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Howard Hayden Wheeler Jr.
- Funeral services are pending at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home, Madisonville. Interment will follow services in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West in Hopkinsville.
- Messenger
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- 2/4/2012 8:59:54 PM
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POTTER OUTDOORS: Local elk foundation helping to re-populate the region
- The results were nationally recognized as Kentucky's RMEF restoration project boomed ... Annually, they've hosted a Youth Dove Hunt at Bluegrass Fish & Wildlife Area, donated money to help plant public sunflower fields, built and distributed ...
- Evansville Courier-Press
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- 2/4/2012 2:40:31 PM
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Mexican aid lags for starving Tarahumara Indians
- GUACHOCHI, Mexico — It's been months since Maria Luisa Gonzalez and her husband have been able to harvest anything from their drought-parched land or catch fish in a lake that's become little more than a muddy puddle. Like other Tarahumara ...
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- 2/4/2012 11:12:55 AM
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Argentines seek peaceful resolution in Falklands
- Instead, Fernandez has persuaded her South American allies to close their ports to Falklands-flagged vessels - itself a largely symbolic move because it doesn't include banning the fishing fleet that operates under Falklands government licenses.
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- 2/4/2012 8:28:17 AM
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Plans for caribou sow conflict in NW
- But it's not that simple. Federal endangered species law requires that critical habitat be set aside for the caribou, and environmental groups went to court to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to comply. This is one of the few places left in the ..
- Wave 3
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- 2/4/2012 8:28:17 AM
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In Miramonte, questions amid a sense of betrayal
- He loved to teach about nature and kept a collection of exotic Madagascar hissing cockroaches in a classroom fish tank that fascinated boys. He took children on field trips and spoke to parents in broken Spanish, often nipping out of school to ...
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- 2/4/2012 8:13:58 AM
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Plans for caribou sow conflict in NW
- But it's not that simple. Federal endangered species law requires that critical habitat be set aside for the caribou, and environmental groups went to court to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to comply. This is one of the few places ...
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- 2/4/2012 7:59:39 AM
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Create new fish attractors for the coming spring
- Back to fishing. Hard to tell what the lake elevation is going to ... This is a bonus for them to get a chance to feed on the bait fish that would normally be deeper. Of course the sunshine is our friend by keeping the waters warming during the daylight ..
- Murray Ledger & Times
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- 2/4/2012 5:57:57 AM
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Wildlife officials propose hunting bears with dogs
- The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission could vote as early as next month to establish a roughly six-week season beginning in August for hunters to chase bears but not kill them, and another limited season in December in which hunters could ...
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- 2/3/2012 10:55:37 PM
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Margaret Elizabeth Wiggins
- GREENVILLE — Margaret Elizabeth Wiggins, 80, of Greenville died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at Regional Medical Center, Madisonville. She was a member of Cave Springs Missionary Baptist Church and retired in 2001 as secretary of Probation and Parole ...
- Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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- 2/3/2012 10:05:31 PM
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David C. Woosley
- Woosley. Mr. Woosley was employed by First Electric, Madisonville, a member of Hartford Baptist Church, a veteran of the Vietnam War, former president of League of Kentucky Sportsmen and active member of Ducks Unlimited and NRA. He also was ...
- Messenger
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- 2/3/2012 10:05:31 PM
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Rescue team looking for entangled whale off Hawaii
- HONOLULU — A humpback whale rescue team is looking for a whale off Hawaii that is caught in fishing lines. Jeff Walters, the marine mammal branch chief at the National Marine Fisheries Service, said Friday the gear could kill the whale.
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- 2/3/2012 6:23:36 PM
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Dover VFD seeks community support
- The fire district basically encompasses an area from Kentucky 8 at the Temple-Inland plant to the Bracken ... to derive income for the operation of the department have focused upon fish frys, bingo nights, car shows and other activities, but the revenue ..
- Ledger Independent
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- 2/3/2012 6:02:08 PM
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Feds seek offshore wind developers in Mass. area
- But they soon heard from fishermen who complained it encroached on their fishing grounds, as well as areas that had long been shut to them to protect various species. It didn't seem right to shut fishermen out of an area for years, then allow ...
- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- 2/3/2012 4:07:36 PM
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Wildlife officials propose hunting bears with dogs
- The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission could vote as early as next month to establish a roughly six-week season beginning in August for hunters to chase bears but not kill them, and another limited season in December in which hunters could shoot the ...
- Bowling Green Daily News
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- 2/3/2012 1:44:26 PM
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Wildlife officials propose hunting bears with dogs
- The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission could vote as early as next month to establish a roughly six-week season beginning in August for hunters to chase bears but not kill them, and another limited season in December in which hunters could shoot the ...
- Wave 3
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- 2/3/2012 12:25:41 PM
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Breaking News: OPD Chief Skeens a finalist for Louisville Police Chief
- The Louisville Courier-Journal is reporting Owensboro Police Chief Glenn Skeens is one of five candidates being interviewed for the job as the chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department. Owensboro Police Department Public Information ...
- Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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- 2/3/2012 9:19:34 AM
Kentucky 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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Kentucky Fishing Clubs
Want to join an interest group near you?
Look up the following list of fishing clubs in Kentucky.
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