2023 Nationwide Free Fishing Days

Alabama – June 3rd – 11th, 2023
Alaska – Ages 15 and under and 61 and older can fish for free year-round.
Arizona – June 3rd, 2023
Arkansas – June 11th – 13th, 2023
California – July 1st and September 2nd, 2023
Colorado – June 3rd and 4th, 2023
Connecticut – May 13th, June 18th, 2023, and August 12th.
Delaware – June 3rd – 11th, 2023
Florida – First Saturday and Sunday in April, and the second Saturday and Sunday in June (freshwater) First Saturday and Sunday in June, and the first Saturday in September (saltwater), also the Saturday following Thanksgiving for saltwater fishing.
Georgia – June 3rd, June 10th, and September 23, 2023
Hawaii – Year round.
Idaho – June 10th, 2023
Illinois – June 16th – 19th, 2023
Indiana – May 7th, June 3rd -4th, and September 23rd.
Iowa – June 2nd – 4th.
Kansas – June 3rd – 4th, 2023
Kentucky – June 3rd -4th, 2023
Louisiana – June 10th -11th, 2023
Maine – February 17th -18th and June 3rd – 4th, 2023
Maryland – June 3rd, June 10th, July 4th 2023.
Massachusetts – Free Freshwater Fishing is June 3rd-4th
Michigan – Feb 18th -19th and June 10th -11th, 2023
Minnesota – Year-round, with some restrictions.
Mississippi – June 3rd- 11th, 2023
Missouri – June 10th, 2023
Montana – June 16th -17th, 2023
Nebraska – May 20th, 2023
Nevada – June 10, 2023
New Hampshire – January 21, 2023, June 3, 2023
New Jersey – June 3rd and October 21, 2023
New Mexico – June 3rd, 2023, September 30, 2023
New York – February 18th -19th, 2023, June 24th – 25th, 2023, September 23, 2023, November 11, 2023
North Carolina – July 4th
North Dakota – June 3rd -4th, 2023, December 30th -31st, 2023
Ohio – June 17th – 18th, 2023
Oklahoma – June 3rd -4th , 2023
Oregon – February 18th -19th, 2023, June 3rd-4th, 2023, November 24th – 25th, 2023
Pennsylvania – May 29th, 2023, July 4, 2023
Rhode Island – May 6th – 7th, 2023
South Carolina – May 29th, 2023, July 4, 2023
South Dakota – June 18, 2023
Tennessee – June 10th, 2023
Texas – June 3, 2023
Utah – June 10, 2023
Vermont – June 10, 2023
Virginia – June 2nd -4th, 2023
Washington – June 10th -11th, 2023
West Virginia – June 10th -11th, 2023
Wisconsin – (winter) January 20th -21st, 2023, (summer) June 3-4, 2023
Wyoming – June 4th, 2023