Resident License Qualifications

A resident is any person who has established a bona fide or actual residence for at least 60 days and who declares intentions of becoming a citizen of Arkansas. Ownership of Arkansas real estate by a person living outside the state does not qualify the owner as a resident.

Also, the following students (who must carry proof of full-time enrollment in schools, colleges or universities while hunting or fishing in Arkansas) are eligible to purchase a resident licenses:        

• Resident foreign exchange students attending school outside of Arkansas       
• Nonresident foreign exchange students attending school in Arkansas       
• Residents of Arkansas enrolled as full-time students in colleges and universities outside of Arkansas       
• Nonresidents enrolled as full-time students in colleges and universities in Arkansas.   

Active-duty servicemen and women permanently assigned in Arkansas are granted resident privileges for hunting and fishing. Active duty servicemen and women who were Arkansas residents at the time of entering service are also granted resident privileges for hunting and fishing, regardless of where they are currently stationed.

License Descriptions

Resident Fisheries Conservation License entitles a resident to fish the waters of the state with noncommercial tackle. A Resident Trout Permit must also be purchased to retain trout or to fish in certain waters.

Resident 3-Day Trip Fishing License entitles a resident to fish the waters of the state with noncommercial tackle for the 3-day period specified. A Resident Trout Permit must also be purchased to retain trout or to fish in certain waters.

Resident Trout Permit is required to retain trout or to fish in certain waters in addition to a Resident Fisheries Conservation License, a Resident Trip License, or resident lifetime fishing licenses. Not required for holders of the non-expiring $1,000 Lifetime Resident Hunting and Fishing Sportsman's Permit. No stamp will be issued.

Resident Guide License, Fishing is required of any person who guides, aids or assists another person, for pay or other consideration, in the taking of fish. This license does not include fishing privileges.

White River Border Lakes License entitles Arkansas Resident Fishing License holders to fish in Missouri waters of Bull Shoals, Norfork and Table Rock Lakes without having to purchase a nonresident fishing license from Missouri.