FREE FISHING DAY—Fish anywhere in Texas for free on this 
day 05 [“…any public waters.”] Details on Passport to Texas. 

This is Passport to Texas

What better way to celebrate the beginning of summer 
break than to take the family fishing. And there’s no 
better day than Saturday June 2nd: Free Fishing Day

06— Free fishing day is a day when no one needs a license on 
any public waters. 

Karen Marks is the aquatic education manager for TPWD.

20—A lot of our state parks already have free fishing in the 
parks any time of the year. But this Free Fishing Day, Saturday 
June 2nd is a day where you can go anywhere in the state of 
Texas, and go fishing without a license. So, are we talking 
freshwater and saltwater, Karen? That’s correct: freshwater 
and saltwater. 

The timing of Free Fishing Day couldn’t be better this 
year. Karen explains.

16—I was looking at our stocking schedule –so you can check 
the fishing reports and the stocking schedules online—but, I 
noticed that at our neighborhood fishing parks that are 
regularly stocked, April through November with Catfish, one of 
the stocking dates is June first—which is the day before the Free 
Fishing Day—so your catch rate ought to be pretty good.

Find information on free Fishing Day and neighborhood 
fishin’ ponds on the TPW website.

The Sport Fish Restoration program supports our series.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife, Cecilia Nasti.








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