Requirement
7. Get the fishing regulations where you live, and understand why they exist
Required Often forgotten
Obtained and reviewed, then explained: why they were adopted and what following them achieves. This is also what tells you whether requirement 10 is legal on your water.
Notes and warnings
Note. Do this early and do it for the water you will actually fish. It is what tells you the season, the limits and whether a fish may be kept at all, which requirement 10 needs to know before anything is cooked. In some states obtaining the regulations is a form and a wait rather than a download.
Where this step comes from
- Fishing Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 7 · Asks for the regulations to be obtained and reviewed, and for an explanation of why they were adopted and what following them accomplishes.