Free fishing days are a perfect opportunity for beginners to try out fishing for the first time. If you already have a fishing license, consider taking a friend or family member who has never been fishing, out on the water for the day. States have free fishing days, when everyone is allowed to fish without a license, during the summer. Some states are offering free fishing days coming up here next month!
| Alabama | Second Saturday in June. June 13 |
| Arizona | First Saturday in June. June 6 |
| Arkansas | Second Full weekend in June. June 12-14 |
| California | First Saturday in July. July 4th, September 5th |
| Colorado | First weekend of June. June 6-7 |
| Connecticut | Free Fishing Day May 9th, Free 1 day license, June 21st, August 8th |
| DC | TBD |
| Delaware | First weekend of June. June 6-7 |
| Florida | First weekend in April (freshwater fishing days) April 4-5 Second Saturday and Sunday in June (freshwater) June 13-14 First Saturday and Sunday in June (saltwater) June 6-7 First Saturday in September (saltwater) Sept 5th Saturday following Thanksgiving (saltwater) Nov 28th |
| Georgia | Sep 26th |
| Hawaii | 365 days a year (marine) 365 days a year |
| Idaho | Second Saturday every June. June 13th |
| Illinois | Father’s Day weekend in June. June 19-22 |
| Indiana | First Sunday in May May 3rd First weekend in June. June 6-7 Sept 26th |
| Iowa | First Friday, Saturday and Sunday that land in June. June 5-7 |
| Kansas | First weekend in June. June 6-7 |
| Kentucky | First full weekend in June. June 6-7 |
| Louisiana | Second Saturday and Sunday in June. June 13-14 |
| Maine | Presidents Day Weekend, Feb 15-16 May 30-31 |
| Maryland | First two Saturdays in June. June 6th and 13th 4th of July |
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| Massachusetts | First Saturday & Sunday in June (Freshwater). June 6-7 Fathers Day weekend June (Saltwater) June 20-21 |
| Michigan | Feb 15 & 16 June 13 & 14 |
| Minnesota | MN Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend (MN residents 16 and older fish free with children younger than 16) Jan. 18 – 20, 2020 Take a Mom Fishing Weekend (Minnesota resident moms fish free) May 9-10, 2020 Take a Kid Fishing Weekend (Minnesota residents 16 and older fish free with children younger than 16) June 5-7, 2020 |
| Mississippi | June 6-7 “Mississippi residents can fish without a fishing license (State Fishing Lake and State Park Permits are required to fish in State Fishing Lakes and State Park Lakes on July 4.)” July 4th |
| Missouri | It is the Saturday and Sunday following the first Monday in June. June 6-7 |
| Montana | Father’s Day weekend June 20-21 |
| Nebraska | Free Fishing/Free Park Entry day. May 16 |
| Nevada | Second Saturday in June. Jun 13 |
| New Hampshire | Third Saturday in January. Jan 18 First Saturday in June. June 6 |
| New Jersey | June 6 October 17th |
| New Mexico | First Saturday in June, June 6 last Saturday in September, Sept 26th |
| New York | June 27-28, 2020 September 26, 2020 November 11 February 15-16 |
| North Carolina | Independence Day July 4th |
| North Dakota | First weekend in June. June 6-7 Last weekend in Dec Dec 26-27 |
| Ohio | Father’s Day Weekend June 20-21 |
| Oklahoma | First Weekend in June. June 6-7 |
| Oregon | President’s Day Weekend Feb 15-16 First Weekend in June, June 6-7 August August 15-16 Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov 27-28 |
| Pennsylvania | Sunday before Memorial Day May 24th Independence Day July 4th |
| Rhode Island | First Weekend in May. (Freshwater Fishing only) May 2-3 |
| South Carolina | Memorial Day, May 25th Independence Day, July 4th |
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| South Dakota | Third weekend in May, May 15-17 |
| Tennessee | June 6-12 |
| Texas | First Saturday in June. June 6 |
| Utah | June 6th |
| Vermont | Fourth Saturday in January , Jan 25th Second Saturday in June, June 13 |
| Virginia | First full weekend in June. June 5-7 |
| Washington | first weekend after the first Monday in June. June 6-7 |
| West Virginia | Second Saturday and Sunday in June. June 13-14 |
| Wisconsin | Winter Free Fishing weekend – Third weekend in January, Jan 18-19 Summer Free Fishing weekend – First Saturday and Sunday in June, June 6-7 |
| Wyoming | First Saturday in June. June 6 |
