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Get out your fishing rods and reels because Texas’ annual free fishing day is coming up this weekend.
The first Saturday of June is designated free fishing day in Texas, which means no fishing license is required on that day, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
“Free Fishing Day is a wonderful opportunity for anglers to share their knowledge, skills, equipment, and love for fishing with a new participant, yet it’s also more than that,” said Craig Bonds, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries Director. “We hope those trying fishing on this special day will also learn that purchasing a license is an act of conservation. A fishing license purchase is one of the simplest and most effective way people can support fisheries science and management.”
TPWD said anglers help the conservation effort with their license purchase with 100 % of fishing license fees going to TPWD. The fees fund on-the-ground conservation efforts such as fish stocking that help make Texas one of the best places in the country to fish.
