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6 | Fishing Info: 402-471-0641 Permits WHO NEEDS A FISHING PERMIT? A Nebraska permit is required of residents and nonresidents age 16 and over. Nonresidents under age 16 need not have a fishing permit if they are accompanied by someone who has a Nebraska fishing permit. A fishing permit is required to take, or attempt to take, fish, bullfrogs, snapping turtles, barred salamanders, or mussels by any legal method. An angler must carry the fishing permit while actively fishing. RESIDENT PERMITS The requirements to qualify as a Nebraska resident to buy a fishing permit: • Reside in Nebraska continuously for at least 30 days before making application for a permit and intend to become a Nebraska resident. • Residents in school in another state or stationed outside Nebraska as part of a military assignment that have maintained Nebraska as their state of legal residency. • Active-duty military personnel and full-time students stationed or attending school in Nebraska for a period of at least 30 days. • A new resident should be prepared to provide documentation of residency (driver's license, voter registration, etc.) to an officer when in possession of a permit. NONRESIDENT PERMITS A nonresident fishing permit is required of all people who are not Nebraska residents, except those listed above and those under 16 years of age who are accompanied by someone with a Nebraska fishing permit. WHEN FISHING PERMIT IS NOT REQUIRED Owners or their guests fishing on a private water body are not required to have a fishing permit if all of the following apply to that water: 1) is located entirely on private land, 2) is entirely privately stocked, 3) does not connect by inflow or outflow with any other water outside such land, and 4) is not operated on a commercial basis for profit. In addition, any licensed commercial put-and-take operation is exempt from a fishing permit. MOBILE PERMITS Nebraska hunt (small game), fish, resident fur harvest permits, and associated stamps may be purchased, accessed or displayed on a mobile device. The image of a mobile permit may be displayed and saved on a device such as a phone or tablet. Visit OutdoorNebraska.org for more information. OTHER TYPES OF PERMITS Fee-Exempt Permits – These are available to resident veterans who: • are 50 percent disabled as a result of armed forces service • receive a pension from the Veterans Administration as a result of a total and permanent disability not incurred in the line of duty while in military service • obtained fee-exempt permits before Jan. 1, 2006 Veteran and Senior Permits – An annual fish/hunt permit is available for resident veterans age 64 and older and residents age 69 and older. Special Fishing Permit – This annual permit is for physically or developmentally disabled residents who cannot cast or retrieve unassisted. • This entitles the disabled person and one person assisting him or her to take, fish, catch, harvest, or possess any aquatic organism in compliance with state regulations. • If the person assisting does not have a valid fishing permit, they are restricted to one daily bag limit between the two anglers. • Disabled person is a person certified by a physician to have a permanent physical impairment or developmental disability that results in the inability to use fishing equipment unassisted. • Applications are available from Game and Parks district offices and service centers, as well as the Omaha office and Schramm Education Center.

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