{"id":21719,"date":"2018-05-10T15:03:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T19:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=21719"},"modified":"2018-05-10T17:13:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T21:13:34","slug":"maryland-offers-three-license-free-fishing-days-in-june-and-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/05\/10\/maryland-offers-three-license-free-fishing-days-in-june-and-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Offers License-Free Fishing Days in June and July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Statewide Opportunity to Give Angling a Try<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/427\/18655767701_72eebfe0a1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of young men fishing from a jetty\" width=\"351\" height=\"263\" \/>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> invites new or experienced anglers to enjoy\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Fisheries\/Pages\/free-fishing.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland\u2019s License Free Fishing Days<\/a>\u00a0June 2, 9 and July 4.<\/p>\n<p>This is a unique opportunity for Marylanders to test their fishing skills without the need to obtain a fishing license, trout stamp or registration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cFree fishing days are the perfect opportunity to give the sport a try before deciding whether to get a license,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/fisheries\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fishing and Boating Services<\/a> Director David Blazer said. &#8220;Fishing is open from the surf of the Atlantic Ocean to the mountain streams of Western Maryland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>All anglers must follow current size and catch limits. An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/fishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online guide<\/a> is available and a printed version can picked up at many\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/service_centers.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">service centers<\/a> or local bait-and-tackle shops.\u00a0 The department also has dozens of other resources to help new or experienced anglers, including <a href=\"http:\/\/gisapps.dnr.state.md.us\/PublicFishingAccess\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">angler access maps<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/06\/21\/click-before-cast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Before You Cast<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Fisheries\/Pages\/fishfacts-index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fish identification charts<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anglers who decide to get or renew their license can do so <a href=\"https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/dnrcompassportal\">online<\/a>, by phone or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/service_centers.aspx\">at a licensing and registration service center<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statewide Opportunity to Give Angling a Try The Maryland Department of Natural Resources invites new or experienced anglers to enjoy\u00a0Maryland\u2019s License Free Fishing Days\u00a0June 2, 9 and July 4. This is a unique opportunity for Marylanders to test their fishing skills without the need to obtain a fishing license, trout stamp or registration.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,11],"tags":[3521,2997],"class_list":["post-21719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","tag-click-before-you-cast","tag-david-blazer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21719"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21751,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21719\/revisions\/21751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}