Pay lakes in Kansas
Kansas has 2 pay lakes.
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Do you need a fishing license at a pay lake in Kansas?
It depends. No Kansas fishing license is needed in a private water fishing impoundment (man-made, wholly on the operator's land, isolated from streams) unless KDWP stocked it in the last 10 years; otherwise a license is required.
"(b) The provisions of subsection (a) do not apply to fishing by: ... (4) a person fishing in a private water fishing impoundment unless waived pursuant to K.S.A. 32-975, and amendments thereto;"
Source: K.S.A. 32-906 Fishing licenses required; exceptions, checked November 2026. Compare every state on our pay lake license rules page.
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