For the privately owned lake, you don't need to have fishing license. If you go to public lake or stream fishing, river fishing, fly fishing, you will need to get a fishing license. It's universal throughout USA.
love fishing when fresh water salmon fishing once........in canada used to go river bass fishing, with spinners off the back of a boat, great fun
I'd be bass fishing of course! Nappy N,- no high beats the high of catching a BIG bass.