{"id":33494,"date":"2021-05-21T08:24:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T12:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=33494"},"modified":"2021-05-21T08:47:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T12:47:47","slug":"maryland-license-free-fishing-days-offered-in-june-and-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/05\/21\/maryland-license-free-fishing-days-offered-in-june-and-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland License-Free Fishing Days Offered in June and July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opportunity for New and Returning Anglers Statewide<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/452\/18467242299_9faa6121f2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of woman and daughter fishing from a bridge\" width=\"352\" height=\"264\" \/>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> announces upcoming license-free fishing days for 2021 on June 5, June 12, and July 4 \u2014 a free option to explore Maryland\u2019s diverse and unique fishing experiences without needing a fishing license, trout stamp, or registration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland hosts license-free fishing days annually on the first two Saturdays in June and on the Independence Day holiday. On these days, any individual may catch and possess finfish in any tidal and nontidal waters of Maryland, as long as it\u2019s for recreational purposes. All anglers must follow current size and catch limits found in the department\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/fishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fishing and crabbing guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The department also has dozens of other resources to help new or experienced anglers, including <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/gisapps.dnr.state.md.us\/PublicFishingAccess\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">angler access maps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/06\/21\/click-before-cast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click Before You Cast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> environmental monitoring reports, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Fisheries\/Pages\/fishfacts-index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fish identification charts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aside from these free fishing days and certain <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Fisheries\/Pages\/free-fishing.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">license-free areas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, anyone 16 or older fishing in Maryland must possess a license, which can be obtained or renewed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/dnrcompassportal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or on the department\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/dnrapp.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mobile app<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The department reminds all anglers that the Hogan Administration\u2019s highest priority is keeping Marylanders safe and advises to continue following <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/daily-life-coping\/participate-in-activities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CDC guidance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for all outdoor activities, and keep up with the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">latest information on Maryland\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/covidlink.maryland.gov\/content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">covidLINK website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opportunity for New and Returning Anglers Statewide The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces upcoming license-free fishing days for 2021 on June 5, June 12, and July 4 \u2014 a free option to explore Maryland\u2019s diverse and unique fishing experiences without needing a fishing license, trout stamp, or registration. Maryland hosts license-free fishing days annually<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/05\/21\/maryland-license-free-fishing-days-offered-in-june-and-july\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/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":[4979],"class_list":["post-33494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","tag-license-free-fishing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33494","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=33494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33496,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33494\/revisions\/33496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}