No fishing license? No problem! Check out this handy list of 2017 Free Fishing Days by State.
Most states offer anglers a free day to fish without requiring a license around the first weekend of June. Some states give a few different days a year. Check your free fishing days by state below!
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Alabama – 6/10/17
Arkansas – 6/09/17 to 6/11/17
Arizona – 6/3/17
California – 7/01/17 & 9/02/17
Colorado – 6/3/17 to 6/4/17 First full weekend of June, each year
Connecticut – 5/13/17
District of Columbia – 6/02/17 to 6/04/17
Delaware – 6/3/17 to 6/4/17
Florida:
First Saturday and Sunday in April (freshwater)
Second Saturday and Sunday in June (freshwater)
First Saturday and Sunday in June (saltwater)
First Saturday in September (saltwater)
Saturday following Thanksgiving (saltwater)
Georgia – 6/3/17, 6/10/17 & 9/23/17
Hawaii – 365 days a year (marine)
Iowa – June 2, 3 & 4
Idaho – 6/10/17 Second Saturday every June
Illinois – 6/16/17 to 6/19/17 Father’s Day weekend in June
Indiana – 4/15/17, 5/20/17, 6/3/17 to 6/4/17
Kansas – 6/3/17 to 6/4/17 The first full weekend in June
Kentucky – 6/3/17 to 6/4/17 The first full weekend in June
Louisiana – 6/10/17 & 6/11/17
Maine – 6/3/17 & 6/4/17
Maryland – 6/3/17, 6/10/17, 7/4/17
Massachusetts – 6/3/17 & 6/4/17
Michiga – a6/10/17 & 6/11/17
Minnesota – 5/13/17 to 5/14/17, 6/9/17 to 6/11/17, 1/13/18 to 1/15/18
Missouri – 5/6/17
Mississippi – 6/3/17 to 6/4/16 & 7/4/17
Montana – 6/17/17 to 6/18/17
North Carolina – 7/4/17
North Dakota – 6/3/17 to 6/4/17 & 12/30/17 to 12/31/17
Nebraska – 5/20/17 Saturday before Memorial Day Weekend
New Hampshire – 6/17/17 The first Saturday in June , 1/20/18 The third Saturday in January
New Jersey – 6/10/17 & 10/21/17
New Mexico – 6/4/17 & 9/24/17
New York – 6/24/17 to 6/25/17 & 11/11/17
Nevada – 6/10/17
Ohio – 5/6/17 to 5/7/17
Oklahoma – 6/3/17 to 6/4/17
Oregon – 6/3/17 to 6/4/17
Pennsylvania – 5/28/17 & 7/4/17
Rhode Island – 5/06/17 to 5/07/17
South Carolina – 5/29/17 Memorial Day, 7/4/17 Independence Day
South Dakota – 5/28/17 to 5/30/17
Tennessee – 6/10/17
Texas – 6/3/17
Utah – 6/10/17
Virginia – 6/2/17 to 6/4/17
Vermont – 01/28/17 Free ice fishing day
Washington – 6/10/17 & 6/11/17
Wisconsin – 6/3/17 & 6/4/17
West Virginia – 6/10/17 & 6/11/17
Wyoming – 6/3/17
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