{"id":41506,"date":"2024-05-14T12:42:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=41506"},"modified":"2024-05-14T12:42:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:42:28","slug":"marylands-license-free-fishing-days-provide-access-to-angling-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/05\/14\/marylands-license-free-fishing-days-provide-access-to-angling-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland\u2019s License-Free Fishing Days Provide Access to Angling for All"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will offer license-free fishing days for all state residents and visitors on June 1, June 8, and July 4. These annual events provide anglers a unique opportunity to explore the state\u2019s diverse fishing without needing a fishing license, trout stamp, or registration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The department hosts license-free fishing every year on the first two Saturdays of June and on the Independence Day holiday to take advantage of peak spring and summer fishing. 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 all current regulations, including size and catch limits found in the department\u2019s <\/span>fishing and crabbing guide<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The department also has dozens of other resources to help new or experienced anglers, including <\/span>angler access maps<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>fish identification charts<\/span><\/a>. In addition, anglers of any level are encouraged to sign up for the weekly <\/span>Maryland Fishing Report<\/span><\/a>, which provides up-to-date fishing information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This year the department is encouraging anglers to catch invasive species such as snakeheads and <\/span>blue catfish<\/span><\/a>, which are affecting the overall Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Both fish are great options for eating and a wide variety of recipes are available on the <\/span>Maryland\u2019s Best website<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aside from these free fishing days, and certain <\/span>license-free areas<\/span><\/a>, anyone 16 or older fishing in Maryland must possess a license, which can be obtained or renewed <\/span>online<\/span><\/a>, through the department\u2019s <\/span>mobile app,<\/span><\/a> or in person at a <\/span>department service center<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>a participating <\/span>retail sports license agent<\/span><\/a> in the state, or by calling<\/span>\u00a0866-344-8889<\/span> during normal business hours.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will offer license-free fishing days for all state residents and visitors on June 1, June 8, and July 4. These annual events provide anglers a unique opportunity to explore the state\u2019s diverse fishing without needing a fishing license, trout stamp, or registration.\u00a0 The department hosts license-free fishing every year  Read the Rest…<\/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":[3473,4979,4314],"class_list":["post-41506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-license-free-fishing","tag-sportfishing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41506","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=41506"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41509,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41506\/revisions\/41509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}