Division of Fish & Wildlife

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ALERT: The Division of Fish & Wildlife has received a number of calls recently from anglers who thought they were buying a Delaware fishing license from the website fishinglicense.org when they made a purchase from the site. This private unaffiliated website does NOT sell licenses, but sells information about fishing and how to obtain fishing licenses for $19.99 - the same information that is readily available without cost on the Division of Fish & Wildlife's website. Delaware fishing licenses, meanwhile, are sold online ONLY on the Division of Fish & Wildlife website, www.fw.delaware.gov, at the licensing desk in DNREC’s Richardson & Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901, and by authorized license agents statewide. ONLY the Division of Fish & Wildlife's website is authorized to sell Delaware fishing and hunting licenses online. For additional information on Delaware fishing and hunting licenses, please call 302-739-9918.

Pending Regulatory Actions

Latest News & Events 

Delaware Fish Facts for Recreational Anglers interactive website

New in the Delaware Fishing Guide for 2019:

 - Two Delaware Elite Anglers Named.

 - Designated Trout Waters Extended in Pike Creek.

 - Two New State Records.

 - Purchase a Delaware Recreational Fishing License Plate.

 - Improved Fishing & Boating Access 

 Related topics:

• Buy a fishing license online
• Get a FIN
• ADVISORY: If you purchased a Delaware fishing license (with the exception of the Non-Resident Boat Fishing License) your FIN number was automatically generated and appears on your license, with no further FIN registration necessary.
• Summary of Fishing Seasons, Sizes and Creel Limits
• Fishing Report (Updated weekly)
• Renew Boat Registration
• Fish Consumption Advisories
• Invasive Species in Delaware
• Shark Identification Guide
• Report Atlantic sturgeon carcasses 
• Inland Bays Shellfish Aquaculture
• Delaware's Shad and Herring (A Recreational Angler ID Guide)
• NMFS' blueline tilefish emergency action
• Artificial reefs receive SMZ designation  

More Recreational Fishing Info

Related: Click here to see where your fishing license dollars go. 

Fisheries Biologist Cathy Martin, with a 6.5 lb largemouth bass taken by electrofisher in Broad Creek on the Nanticoke River.

This program is authorized with State fish and wildlife agencies for sport fish management, boating access and aquatic resource education.