New Hampshire’s guide trip record rule, in plain words
If you hold a New Hampshire guide license, the state’s Fish and Game rules ask you to keep a written record of every guiding trip. This page lists what goes in it. We checked it against the state’s published rule text on November 10, 2026.
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What goes in the record
Rule Fis 1303.01 says a licensed guide keeps written records for every guiding trip. Each record includes:
- The dates you guided
- The towns where you guided
- The species sought
- For each client: address, hunting or fishing license number, and phone number
Sources: NH Code of Administrative Rules, Fis 1300 and 1400 (guide licensing) (checked 2026-11-10)
When to write it and how long to keep it
Update the record within 10 days after the trip ends. Keep it for at least 5 years. If the Fish and Game executive director, or an agent they designate, asks to see your records, you make them available.
Sources: NH Code of Administrative Rules, Fis 1300 and 1400 (guide licensing) (checked 2026-11-10)
Check every client’s license
Rule Fis 1302.01(b) makes the guide responsible for confirming that each client holds a valid license. A license-checked box beside each client on your record is a simple way to note that you did.
Sources: NH Code of Administrative Rules, Fis 1300 and 1400 (guide licensing) (checked 2026-11-10)
Some trips need a separate report
Rule Fis 1303.02 asks for a written report to the Fish and Game law enforcement division within 10 days after a trip when any of these happened:
- A client was injured beyond minor first aid
- You or a client injured someone else
- A client’s property was damaged by more than $2,000
- A violation led to a summons for you or a client
Sources: NH Code of Administrative Rules, Fis 1300 and 1400 (guide licensing) (checked 2026-11-10)
Your license ends December 31
A New Hampshire guide license expires on December 31 of the year it was issued (Fis 1301.02(g)).
Sources: NH Code of Administrative Rules, Fis 1300 and 1400 (guide licensing) (checked 2026-11-10)
A printable trip record
We made a one-page trip record with a field for each item the rule lists and a license-checked box for each client. Print it, fill it in by hand or on screen, and file it. It is free and needs no account.
Fish Fish keeps the same fields for each guided trip in the app, reminds you until the record is complete, and exports a CSV or prints a copy.
Read the rule itself
This page describes New Hampshire’s rule and is not legal advice. Rules change, and the state’s published text is the one that counts. We last checked it on November 10, 2026. The rules were amended effective October 22, 2025.