{"id":36158,"date":"2022-05-26T11:23:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T15:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=36158"},"modified":"2022-05-26T11:23:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T15:23:43","slug":"three-license-free-fishing-days-scheduled-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2022\/05\/26\/three-license-free-fishing-days-scheduled-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Three License-Free Fishing Days Scheduled for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dates in June and July Opportune Time to Try Fishing<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 363px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51241669690_62c1991c96.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of people fishing on a beach at sunset\" width=\"353\" height=\"265\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Jeff Swartzendruber, submitted to the 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland DNR Photo Contest<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announces its 2022 license-free fishing days will be held on Saturday, June 4, Saturday, June 11, and Monday, July 4.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland\u2019s annual license-free fishing days offer anglers a unique opportunity to explore the state\u2019s diverse fishing without needing a fishing license, trout stamp, or registration. 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 DNR <\/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><\/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\">. In addition, anglers of any level are encouraged to sign-up for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/public.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/MDDNR\/subscriber\/new?qsp=CODE_RED\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Fishing Report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which provides up-to-date fishing information.\u00a0<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dates in June and July Opportune Time to Try Fishing The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announces its 2022 license-free fishing days will be held on Saturday, June 4, Saturday, June 11, and Monday, July 4.\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":[5044,3473,4979],"class_list":["post-36158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","tag-fishing","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-license-free-fishing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36158","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=36158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36171,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36158\/revisions\/36171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}