Florida sells a hard, credit card-style fishing license for an additional fee, and one card can hold up to seven licenses or permits. FWC’s page says “A hard, credit card-style license can be purchased at an additional fee in addition to purchasing your license or permits. NOTE: Each hard card can hold up to seven different licenses or permits” (FWC, retrieved Oct. 6, 2026). The pages checked do not state the price of the hard card.
FWC’s lifetime license page says “The cost of a lifetime license includes a credit card-style plastic card.” Lifetime saltwater runs $126.50 to $301.50 by age, covered in our lifetime license cost guide.
FWC says the Fish|Hunt FL app “makes it easy to ensure you are never without your fishing and hunting licenses and permits. It can be used to renew, store, and purchase your licenses and permits.” The app works on Apple and Android devices.
FWC lists four ways: online at GoOutdoorsFlorida.com, in person at a license agent or tax collector’s office, by calling 888-FISH-FLORIDA (888-347-4356), or through the Fish|Hunt FL app.
FWC’s license pages say the vendor may charge an issuance fee of 50 cents. The How to Order page lists online handling fees of “$2.25 or $1.75 + 2.95% surcharge of total sale” and phone handling fees of “$6.25 + 2.95% surcharge of total sale per person.” Also: “All sales are final. License and permit fees and charges are nonrefundable.”
A Florida resident 65 or older can use a free Resident 65+ Hunt/Fish Certificate instead of a license. See our over 65 guide.
Standard fees are in the Southwest Florida fishing license guide, and military and disabled veteran options are in the disabled veteran and military license guide.