Go fish! Colorado launches resident digital fishing license

Colorado residents can now display their fishing license on their smartphone through the myColorado™ app.

ColoradoParks and Wildlife’s esident fishing licenses arenow accessible through myColorado™, he State of Colorado’s official obile app. Resident anglers will urchase their fishing licenses the ame waythey always have and eceive aprinted physical license, ut now they will also have the ption to display it within the yColorado app. The myColorado app givesColoado residents the ability to create n electronic version of their Coloado driver’s license or state idenification (ID) cardontheirsmarthone as proof of identity within he state. Now,resident anglers an use it to show theyhave avald fishing license as well. The yColorado app can be downloadd from the Apple AppStoreor oogle Play.Visit myColorado.gov o learnmore. “Weare excited to make it as asy as possible for Coloradans to how they’ve purchased their fishng licenses, allowing them to coninue enjoying our state’s great utdoors,” said Governor Jared olis. “Since my children are nder 16, they can fish for free, ut when Igot my license acouple years ago Iwas surprised that herewasn’t an optiontodisplay y license on my phone. Whilea aper license still worksfor many eople, it canbeeasytoforgetat ome, but many parents like me lways have their phone on them. This newoption meets Coloradans wherethey’reat, providing 21st centuryservice.” “Resident fishing licenseprodcts areagreat way for CPW to nter the digital arena with our icenses,”said CPW Director Dan renzlow.“We’llcontinue to xploreoptions for making proof f holding avalid license or pass

easier for our customers.” Check out themyColoradoFAQ documentfor more information

about howtoaccess your resident fishing license withinthe app Wallet. Thespecific fishing products

anglers will see will include: •Resident annual

•Resident youthannual •Resident senior annual •Resident 1-day •Resident additional-day •Resident senior low-income ifetime •Resident disability lifetime •Resident VA lifetime •Resident firstresponder lifeime •Extra rodstamp Moving forward, CPW will xploreadding new products to he myColorado mobile app, such s individual park passes,dog-off eash passesand some annual unting licenses.

t’stime to go fish!

CPWreminds anglers that it’s ime to get ready for another seaon of fishing. Coloradans and on-resident visitors alike canpurhase a2021 annual fishing license nline, at your local CPW office or t anyofour hundreds of authoized sales agents statewide. An annual 2021 licenseisvalid rom March 1, 2021 through arch 31, 2022. CPWprovides a ange of options for anglersincludng boththe annual fishing license nd one-day fishing licenses as well as educational opportunities or those new to angling. One excellent resource is the PW Fishing Report whichispubished bi-weekly.The CPW Fishng Reportisavailable online, hrough the CPW Fishing app,and y subscribing to an email newsetter.The reportprovides thelatst fishing news and events in Colrado, describes current fishing onditionsacross thestate and ssues astocking report. CPW stocks 90 millionfishannully into Colorado’s waters to nsurequality angling opportuniies. CPWdoes not receivegeneral ax dollars and fishing licensefees upportall statewide hatcheryand ish-stockingoperations. Up-to-date regulations and pricng for annual, daily and multi-day icensescan be found in the2021 oloradoFishingBrochure(Spansh version). For individuals ages 8 through 64, a$10.40 Habitat tamp is required withthe first

license purchase for the year. Youth under age 16 can fish for free and CPW provides opportunities throughout theseason to learnhow to fish.

Check out themyColoradodigital fishing license media toolkit for answers to frequently asked questions, social media messages, and stock images and screenshots for this exciting new feature. To learn moreabout fishing in Colorado, including 37 angling locations within Colorado state parks, visit our website at cpw.state.co.us.