---
title: "Where To Fish"
description: "Click on a state to find out everything you need to know about where to fish, fishing licenses, and boat registrations."
date: "2020-03-25"
modified: "2021-03-25"
authors:
  - name: "Outdoor Life Staff"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/outdoor-life-staff/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/recreational-boating-and-fishing/"
categories:
  - "Fishing"
tags:
  - "Sponsored"
---

# Where To Fish

![A rafter and his black Lab on the New River in West Virginia.](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/01/RBESN6XSOZA3VAY5HVNI7GUBOI.jpg>)
*An outtake from the author's 2019 fishing trip through the New River Gorge National River, now the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. Nick Kelley*

One of the most important items any angler needs before they go fishing is their fishing license—a purchase that helps protect, preserve and enhance the sport of fishing today and for generations to come. Click on a state to find out everything you need to know about fishing licenses (or boat registrations).

## The Map:

## The License:

## The Registration:

**Terms of Use**

Terms and conditions for use of the Take Me Fishing Places to Fish & Boat Map tool can be found [online](<https://www.takemefishing.org/corporate/map%E2%80%90terms%E2%80%90of%E2%80%90use/>) [here](<https://www.takemefishing.org/corporate/map%E2%80%90terms%E2%80%90of%E2%80%90use/>).