Here in Indiana they're having four days of fishing for any Indiana resident. No fishing license needed.

 

http://www.eregulations.com/indiana/fishing/free-fishing-days/

NJ does it a couple times a year.

Most of the states do it. It's part of National Fishing and boating week

http://takemefishing.org/nfbw/

Missouri does

 

http://mdc.mo.gov/fishing/places-fish/free-fishing-days

Wisconsin had a midwinter and midsummer free fishing weekend. Great idea. Gets the Moms and Pops out with the kids.

VA has two days every year I think. 

SC does it on July 4th and Memorial day

Michigan has two free fishing weekends. One Memorial day weekend, and another in January for ice fishing. Or steelhead, or whatever else you catch when it's butt cold outside.

I'm pretty sure Kentucky does it for a weekend. Good program..there's a local lake that setups a day to coincide with it where they give away fishing stuff to the kids.

VA does indeed have a free weekend tied to Take A Kid Fishing. Their weekend is usually in the first half of June

Yes, PA does it also. I believe twice a year.

To be honest I don't know if Mass does or not, but they generally don't give anything away for free.

Kansas does. The first full weekend in June is free fishing weekend.

 

Tom

Yup twice a year. I know ppl who only fish on those days. Sad huh?

To be honest I don't know if Mass does or not, but they generally don't give anything away for free.

 June 6-7, 2015 in Massachusetts

Ct has two days but I now live in was and don't know here

Florida does it also. Not sure of the dates...I do remember it has been on fathers day weekend in the past

Florida does it also. Not sure of the dates...I do remember it has been on fathers day weekend in the past

 

I posted a link that shows every state and the dates of free fishing days. Here it is again.

http://takemefishing.org/nfbw/

thanks scott!

Georgia does it one day a year

Georgia does it one day a year

 

According to the link above, they'll do it 3 days this year. 6/6/15, 6/13/15 and 9/26/15

last year it was sometime in june for louisiana

Yep, fathers day is one free day. There are a few other events, like take a soldier fishing on Oneida that are free dats too.

Iowa does it twice a year

Sounds like it's a great few days to introduce someone to the sport!