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    ohio river license

    Can anyone tell me about fishing license requirements for the ohio river? Can you fish the Kentucky side with an Indiana license? Thanks

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    Re: ohio river license

    I believe you can fish any part of the Ohio River and tributaries coming from the Indiana side with an Indiana License. You can't go into tributaries coming from Kentucky unless you have a Ky license.


    This seems to be what I remember, but it has been a few years since I have looked those rules over. Your best bet is to check the IDNR website.

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    Re: ohio river license

    Quote Originally Posted by bmck25 View Post
    I believe you can fish any part of the Ohio River and tributaries coming from the Indiana side with an Indiana License. You can't go into tributaries coming from Kentucky unless you have a Ky license.


    This seems to be what I remember, but it has been a few years since I have looked those rules over. Your best bet is to check the IDNR website.
    u can fish the ky side but cant got into the creeks u can sit on ky side with ind. lic. same here in ky we can fish off ind. side with ky lic. but not in creek with out ind, lic.

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    Re: ohio river license

    I have been approached by KY F&W to check my KY NR license while fishing the main river (no where near a creek). This was below the Cannelton Dam and was fishing blowdowns along the bank.

    I gave him my IN license first but told us we needed a KY to fish the river on that side.

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    Re: ohio river license

    I agree w/ the other guys, you can fish Kentucky side, but not into the tributaries.

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    Re: ohio river license

    Quote Originally Posted by Hoosier Hunter View Post
    I have been approached by KY F&W to check my KY NR license while fishing the main river (no where near a creek). This was below the Cannelton Dam and was fishing blowdowns along the bank.

    I gave him my IN license first but told us we needed a KY to fish the river on that side.
    He was wrong. KY/IN has a receprocosity agreement for the Ohio river. Someone with an IN fishing license can fish anywhere on the Ohio River (including bank fishing on the KY shore) except for creeks and embayments on the KY side. I always carry a copy of the Indiana Fishing Guide with me so I can show DNR/F&W the rules if questioned.

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    Re: ohio river license

    Quote Originally Posted by LJWrench View Post
    He was wrong. KY/IN has a receprocosity agreement for the Ohio river. Someone with an IN fishing license can fish anywhere on the Ohio River (including bank fishing on the KY shore) except for creeks and embayments on the KY side. I always carry a copy of the Indiana Fishing Guide with me so I can show DNR/F&W the rules if questioned.
    this is correct. I find that most CO's really have no idea what they are talking about. I wonder how they get that job.

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    Re: ohio river license

    Just had this conversation with a friend today and he said a friend of his told him he didn't need a license to fish the KY side of Cannelton. From past posts I told him he was wrong and he would need a KY license. Well I just called and told him I was wrong. Thanks for making it clear.

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