The Iowa Department of Natural Resources – Fisheries Bureau invites stakeholders to provide informal comments on a draft rulemaking proposal prior to initiating rule making.

During the 89th General Assembly, House File 234 was passed and signed into law on June 8, 2021.  House File 234 establishes a new lifetime trout fishing license for Iowa residents who are at least 65 years of age.  House file 234 also initiated this rule making process to set the fee for the new lifetime trout fishing license.  

The current resident trout fishing fee is $14.50 which includes a $2 administrative fee.  We are proposing to set the new lifetime trout fishing license at $65.  The revenues from this fee are used exclusively to stock state trout streams and urban trout ponds.  Click on the following link for more information on our trout program.
https://www.iowadnr.gov/fishing/trout-fishing