News Release: May 31, 2022: Free Fishing Day Arrives in Texas June 4

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TheLake Finderpage on the TPWD website can help anglers find lakes by region or alphabetically. Check out the River Fishing page to find out where to get access on our flowing waters. Anglers can also enjoy free fishing all year at more than 70 state parks . All other fishing regulations, such as length and bag limits, remain in effect.

June 5 is Free Fishing Day in Texas

This allows you to fish public waters where you would normally need a license to do so. You can always fish in a state park without a license, there just might be an entry fee to get into the park. Also, if you have a lake or pond on your property, you don’t need a license for that either. Saturday, June 4, anyone can fish any body of water in the state of Texas without a fishing license. For those that already have a license, Saturday is the perfect day to invite a couple of folks onto your vessel to cast their lines with you.

TPWD Inland Fisheries Dallas-Fort Worth District staff will be on hand at William Blair Jr. Park Pond for Representative Crockett’s Fish N’ Kids event from 10 a.m. TPWD staff will provide casting education, supply loaner tackle and help the families fish. A display of local fish species that occur in local waters will be on site for attendees to view and learn about fish morphology and biology.

These are days – some states even offer free fishing weekends – where anglers can go fishing without a license. Check out the next free fishing days in your state. – noon he Friends of Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge is hosting a special “Refuge Rocks” fishing event for children ages 4-16 .

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Anglers of all ages and experience levels can find help tutorial videos along with maps and lists of tournaments that take place across the state on Saturday. It happens every year on the first Saturday in June and here we are. That first Saturday of June is straight ahead. Time to get out the rod ‘n’ reel and pick a lake or stream, then polish up the ol’ “one that got away” story cause it’s time to get your fish on… Want to go fishing and not have to get a license? Fishing Get to know your equipment and how to best operate it and learn about fishing through the TPWD Learn To Fish webpages.

You can purchase a license at local retailers or online here. Saltwater Fishing from a Pier –There are numerous wheelchair accessible fishing piers available for public use up and down the coast. Public access sites can be found inevery bay system. Help the Conservation Process -100% of the monies paid to the fishing licenses are used for fishing conservation and restocking of fish in lakes and rivers. Making Texas one of the best fishing places in America.

Saturday is setting up to be a beautiful day in Central Texas, and if you’re looking to get out and enjoy the great outdoors, well, this could be perfect. So get out on Lake Palestine or Lake Tyler or Lake Fork or wherever your favorite fishing spot is and share your joy of fishing with someone who doesn’t get to do it very often. Cinemark has brought back their Summer Movie Clubhouse where every Wednesday, they play a kid’s movie. Tickets are only $1.50, so its an amazing deal every single week. See which movies are playing next and check it out all summer long. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said Free Fishing Day is meant to encourage more people to try fishing.

Fishers help the conservation effort with their license purchase with 100 percent of fishing license fees going to Texas Parks and Wildlife . 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. For more information on licensing, visit theTPWD license page. Anglers help the conservation effort with their license purchase with 100 percent of fishing license fees going to TPWD. Well this Saturday is the perfect time to try something new and you can try it for free – no license required – and see how you like it. You may love it, then find yourself buying boat and hitting the lakes every Saturday for years to come.

Want to sit outside and enjoy a nice day in Wichita Falls? According to Yelp, this is the top ten highest rated outdoor dining experiences in Wichita Falls. Saltwater Pier Fishing -There are countless locations within the Lone Star State where one can access a pier that is accessible to those with disabilities. Public access can be found at ‘every bay system’. That means you can fish recreationally without a license anywhere.