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New Colorado fishing license year starts today
Blog by: Matt Snider , CO 4/1/2024 (Return to blogs)
Today is the beginning of a new year for Colorado fishing licenses - you can purchase or renew yours today online on the CPW website. That link should take you directly to the fishing license form. If you need additional licenses such as hunting, or need more information on the process or storing the license on your phone, you can begin here.
Since, as CPW states, a license that you purchase online may take 10 days to reach you by mail, you can use a temporary number in place of the actual license.
Per the CPW website, "a temporary authorization number (TAN) can be used until the license(s) are received in the mail. The TAN is currently valid for 45 days after date of purchase. Please print or write down (must be legible) the TAN and carry it with you while fishing until you receive your license."
Season dates, fees, new regulations, etc. can be found here. You can also purchase your license at a retailer or a CPW office.
You can reach someone at (303) 297-1192 if you have questions.
Also note that a valid hunting or fishing license (or SWA pass) is required for everyone 16 or older to access a State Wildlife area, and a valid fishing or hunting license is required to access a State Trust Land property. Here is a map of the SWAs. Here is info on STLs.
Fishing with two rods on the ice, or trolling with two rods, or somehow casting two fly rods at the same time? Be sure to add a second rod stamp to your fishing license!
Photo: CPW
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Matt Snider is a lifelong fly fisherman who has turned his attention to the "other species" of Colorado, namely any non-trout species. Having caught multiple warmwater species in Colorado on the fly in Colorado, Matt built FishExplorer as a means for anglers to maintain updated lake conditions, an element he finds critical in catching fish and enjoying our resources. An advocate of alternative fly fishing and fisheries preservation, Matt is an avid wiper and muskie fisherman traveling with boat in tow in pursuit of these hard-to-find fish. If a fish is willing to eat something, his bet is that it will eat a fly...