Syndication: The Columbus Dispatch
(Albany, NY) — It may be winter, but New York is getting ready for fishing season. Governor Kathy Hochul has announced New York state’s free fishing days. There are six designated dates when the state’s fishing license requirement is waived for freshwater fishing all across New York. The state’s free fishing days are February 17th to 18th which is Presidents’ Day Weekend, June 29th to 30th, September 28th which is National Hunting and Fishing Day, and November 11th which is Veterans Day. The Free Fishing Days program began in 1991 to give people who might not fish a chance to try the sport of freshwater fishing at no cost.
