Huntfish.pa.gov<\/a>,\u00a0or by visiting one of nearly 700 retail\u00a0license\u00a0issuing agents. \u00a0<\/p>\n2026\u00a0licenses, permits, and vouchers purchased now are valid immediately for up to 13 months, from December 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026.<\/p>\n
Customers can choose from annual or multi-year\u00a0licenses and permits with 3, 5, and 10-year options.\u00a0 All documents may be printed immediately upon purchase or saved digitally to a smart device which serves as proof of possession.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While in-person retail purchases remain popular, online purchases can save time and help you avoid long lines, especially right before the spring trout season, which begins statewide on Saturday, April 4, 2026.\u00a0 For added convenience, customers can choose an auto-renew option at the time of purchase.<\/p>\n
In addition to\u00a0licenses and popular add-ons such as the Trout Permit, Lake Erie Permit, and Trout\/Lake Erie Combo, customers may choose to purchase vouchers that can be given as gifts to be redeemed by recipients.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The PFBC is a user-funded agency that operates primarily on funds generated through the sale of\u00a0fishing\u00a0licenses, permits, boating registrations, and associated fees. \u00a0The PFBC receives no Pennsylvania General Fund tax revenue to support its programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2013 The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is reminding anglers and boaters that beginning today,\u00a0licenses, permits,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28338,37,28,28411,28413,30,29,28412],"class_list":["post-49250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-fishing-license","tag-harrisburg","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-fish-and-boat-commission","tag-pennsylvania-general-fund","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-retail-license"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}