On Saturday and Sunday, June 2 and 3, anyone can fish in Maine without a license, except for those few who’ve had their fishing license suspended or revoked.
“It is our hope that families would take advantage of this weekend, and take advantage of what Maine has to offer,” Andrea Erskine, deputy commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, said Wednesday in a news release in Augusta.
“We are looking for future anglers to carry on the tradition,” she said.
With a free fishing weekend, all other rules and regulations, including bag and possession limits, do apply, Doug Rafferty, MDIF&W spokesman said in the release.
Maine has a lot to offer, particularly when it comes to fishing.
The department stocks more than 1 million fish annually and the state has more than 30,000 miles of streams and rivers and more than 3,000 lakes and ponds, Rafferty said.
“That gives plenty of room to roam for more than 21 species of freshwater game fish managed by the department,” he said.
“So, get out and enjoy Maine waters.”
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