Calling All Anglers - Take a Friend Fishing for Free on Saturday Sept. 8

09/04/2012

Calling All Anglers - Take a Friend Fishing for Free on Saturday Sept. 8

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The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) encourages anglers to
go fishing with a friend or neighbor who doesn’t have a license this
Saturday, the second of two days in 2012 when fishing licenses are not
required.

DFG offers two Free Fishing Days each year - usually around the Fourth
of July and Labor Day weekend - when it’s legal to fish without a
sport fishing license. This year, the Free Fishing Days were set for the
Saturdays following Independence Day and Labor Day (July 7 and Sept.
8).

All other fishing regulations, such as bag and size limits, gear
restrictions, report card requirements, fishing hours and stream
closures remain in effect. Every angler must have an appropriate report
card if they are fishing for steelhead or sturgeon anywhere in the
state, or for salmon in the Smith and Klamath-Trinity River systems.

Free Fishing Days provide a low-cost way to give fishing a try. Some
DFG Regions offer a Fishing in the City program where anglers can go
fishing in major metropolitan areas. Fishing in the City and Free
Fishing Day clinics are designed to educate novice anglers about fishing
ethics, fish habits, effective methods for catching fish and fishing
tackle. Anglers can even learn how to clean and prepare fish for
eating.

Anglers should check the rules and regulations at
www.dfg.ca.gov/regulations/ for the waters they plan to fish. Wardens
will be on duty to enforce them. For more information on Free Fishing
Days, please visit www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/fishing/freefishdays.html.