{"id":38684,"date":"2023-05-31T08:45:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T12:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=38684"},"modified":"2023-05-30T19:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T23:25:09","slug":"maryland-department-of-natural-resources-announces-three-license-free-fishing-days-scheduled-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/05\/31\/maryland-department-of-natural-resources-announces-three-license-free-fishing-days-scheduled-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Department of Natural Resources Announces Three License-Free Fishing Days Scheduled for 2023"},"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: 367px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51240485331_61a64321be.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of single fisherman in the water\" width=\"357\" height=\"268\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Nicki Strickland, submitted to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Photo Contest<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Natural Resources offers license-free fishing days for all state residents and visitors on Saturday, June 3, Saturday, June 10, and Tuesday, July 4.\u00a0<\/span><\/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 for recreational purposes in any tidal and nontidal waters of Maryland. 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\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">angler access maps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 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 weekly <\/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\"><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 offers license-free fishing days for all state residents and visitors on Saturday, June 3, Saturday, June 10, and Tuesday, July 4.\u00a0 Maryland\u2019s annual license-free fishing days offer anglers a unique opportunity to explore the state\u2019s diverse fishing without needing<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/05\/31\/maryland-department-of-natural-resources-announces-three-license-free-fishing-days-scheduled-for-2023\/\">&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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,11],"tags":[5044,3473,4979],"class_list":["post-38684","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\/38684","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=38684"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38687,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38684\/revisions\/38687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}