Alabama Fishing License

Just a quick reminder.

Annual Alabama fishing license will expire August 31, 2015.

Licenses for the 2015 - 2016 fishing season go on sale Monday, August 24, 2015.

Thanks for the reminder DB but I'm lucky enough( if you can call it lucky) to have a lifetime license for being a 100% disabled vet.

Blackhawk19,

I'm a combat vet of Iraq (2 tours) and Afghanistan (once) so first let me say thank you for your service. Second, you're luck to be home, but any special consideration you have for being 100% disabled is earned and will never come close to repaying our debt to you.

Best wishes!

Thank you both for your service.

×2 thanks to both of you. And thanks for the reminder. I always forget.

theysaid

Our nation is eternally grateful for your service guys. Thanks for the reminder DB

Yes thank you for your service..

Yes thanks for the service both of you!!!! This was taken from the alabama out doors page where you go to buy licenses:
These license will go on sale beginning August 24, 2015.Alabama Residents can fish from the bank in their county of residence with hook and line (live bait only) without purchasing a license. Resident must be able to provide reasonable proof of residency while fishing.

Alabama Residents 65 years of age and over are exempt from purchasing the following licenses (MUST have Alabama driver's license or proof of permanent residence and age. Does not include non-resident landowners.):
•Hunting
•Freshwater Fishing
•Saltwater Fishing
•State Duck Stamp
•Wildlife Management Area
I did knot know the rule about fishing from the bank and using live bait as long as you are in your home county.

creel limits for 2015, these are for the north part of the state in general.Black Bass .................................................. ............................. 10
Includes combinations of largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, Alabama, shoal and those species formerly known as “redeye” bass, Guntersville Reservoir and Its Tributary of Town Creek - It is illegal to possess any largemouth or smallmouth bass less than 15 inches in total length.
Walleye .................................................. .....................................2

Sauger .................................................. ......................................5
(It is illegal to possess any Sauger less than 14 inches in total length)
White Bass .................................................. ............................. 15
Yellow Bass .................................................. ............................ 15
Saltwater Striped Bass, and Hybrids or Combinations ....... 15
No more than five of the 15 may exceed 22 inches in total length. See exceptions for Lewis Smith, Inland, Yates, and Thurlow reservoirs and Lake Martin.
Crappie .................................................. .................................. 30
(It is illegal to possess any crappie less than nine inches in total length taken from Alabama public waters, including Aliceville Reservoir and Pickwick Reservoir. Waters exempt from the nine-inch crappie limit include impoundments less than 500 surface acres, and the reciprocal waters of the Chattahoochee River and Impoundments and their tributaries, Bear Creek Reservoir (Big Bear Lake of the B.C.D.A. Lakes), Lake Jackson at Florala and Weiss Reservoir. (See exception for Weiss Reservoir.)
Catfish
It is illegal to possess more than one (1) catfish over 34 inches in total length taken from Alabama public waters. No blue or flathead catfish over 34 inches in total length may be transported live beyond the boundaries of this state .
Bream .................................................. ..................................... 50
Rainbow Trout .................................................. ...................... 5

creel limits for 2015, these are for the north part of the state in general.Black Bass .................................................. ............................. 10
Includes combinations of largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, Alabama, shoal and those species formerly known as “redeye” bass, Guntersville Reservoir and Its Tributary of Town Creek - It is illegal to possess any largemouth or smallmouth bass less than 15 inches in total length.
Walleye .................................................. .....................................2

Sauger .................................................. ......................................5
(It is illegal to possess any Sauger less than 14 inches in total length)
White Bass .................................................. ............................. 15
Yellow Bass .................................................. ............................ 15
Saltwater Striped Bass, and Hybrids or Combinations ....... 15
No more than five of the 15 may exceed 22 inches in total length. See exceptions for Lewis Smith, Inland, Yates, and Thurlow reservoirs and Lake Martin.
Crappie .................................................. .................................. 30
(It is illegal to possess any crappie less than nine inches in total length taken from Alabama public waters, including Aliceville Reservoir and Pickwick Reservoir. Waters exempt from the nine-inch crappie limit include impoundments less than 500 surface acres, and the reciprocal waters of the Chattahoochee River and Impoundments and their tributaries, Bear Creek Reservoir (Big Bear Lake of the B.C.D.A. Lakes), Lake Jackson at Florala and Weiss Reservoir. (See exception for Weiss Reservoir.)
Catfish
It is illegal to possess more than one (1) catfish over 34 inches in total length taken from Alabama public waters. No blue or flathead catfish over 34 inches in total length may be transported live beyond the boundaries of this state .
Bream .................................................. ..................................... 50
Rainbow Trout .................................................. ...................... 5

Thanks to both of yall.

Thanks for your service guys and DB thanks for the reminder...I have a lifetime license but need to buy my wife a license so I will wait until Monday.

Didn't know you could buy before the 1st. Thanks.

Thanks for the reminder and also for posting limits. Did not know there was actually a limit on bream.

Also, found out the hard way (wife did not have a license) you can purchase license on line, and if you buy it on a smart phone you do not have to keep the paper license on you as long as you have your phone you can use it to show proof of purchase. Also the state will kindly send a reminder email when time to renew.