Leave your worries and your wallet behind,
as you discover nature through the fun of fishing.
JEFFERSON CITY–The best things in life are free, sometimes. The weekend of June 9 and 10 is one of those times, as the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is suspending fishing-permit requirements for those two days.
MDC designates
the weekend after the first Monday in June as Free Fishing Days in
Missouri each year. The idea is to encourage people to explore the
state’s fishing opportunities without having to purchase
permits, trout stamps or trout park daily tags.
Fishing is a lifetime sport, something equally doable whether you are 9
or 90. Free Fishing Days is designed to encourage lapsed anglers and
first-time fishers to wet a line at one of Missouri’s more than 300
MDC-owned or managed fishing lakes, ponds or stream
accesses. Carefully managed fisheries at these areas produce an
abundance of opportunities to catch fish ranging from crappie and
catfish to trout and muskellunge.
Normal fishing regulations, such as limits on size and number of fish,
remain in effect during Free Fishing Days. Regulations are outlined in
the
2012 Summary of Missouri Fishing Regulations, which is available wherever fishing permits are sold, or online at
www.mdc.mo.gov/node/6108.
Special permits may still be required at county, city and private
fishing areas. Free Fishing Days exempts anglers from MDC permit and tag
fees only, not parking or other park fees.
Public fishing areas are available in every county in Missouri. Many
offer disabled-accessible facilities. For more information about places
to fish, visit
mdc.mo.gov/node/2478 or contact the nearest MDC office.
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