Sources
The official agency pages behind this site. Link status was checked 2026-10-23.
What “checked” means. The registry records that each page loaded as a real page (not an error) on 2026-10-23. It does not mean we have extracted numbers from every page. Numbers appear on this site only on pages that show their own source and verification date. Some fee links are hub pages that do not list dollar amounts.
Regulation pages: 50 of 50 reachable. Fee pages: 49 of 50. Free fishing pages found: 22 of 50.
| State | Agency | Regulations | License fees | Free fishing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (Outdoor Alabama) | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | Free days |
| Alaska | Alaska Department of Fish and GameNo statewide free sport-fishing day found on official pages; Alaska residents 60+ and disabled veterans with an ADF&G ID card fish without a license. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Arizona | Arizona Game and Fish DepartmentSite is behind a Cloudflare challenge for plain HTTP clients; verified in a real browser. Dedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | none found |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Game and Fish CommissionFree-fishing URL is the 2026 announcement; AGFC also lists a /freefishing redirect. | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| California | California Department of Fish and Wildlife | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Colorado | Colorado Parks and WildlifeFree-fishing URL is the 2026 event page; CPW rule: first full weekend of June. | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Connecticut | Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (Fisheries Division)Regs URL is the official 2026 Angler's Guide PDF. Fees and free days share one DEEP page. | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Delaware | Delaware DNREC (Division of Fish & Wildlife)Free-fishing URL is the official 2026 DNREC news release. | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Florida | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Georgia | Georgia Department of Natural Resources (Wildlife Resources Division) | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Hawaii | Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (Division of Aquatic Resources)Hawaii has no general recreational saltwater fishing license; freshwater license details need a dedicated page (not yet located). No statewide free-fishing day identified. | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | none found |
| Idaho | Idaho Department of Fish and Gameidfg.idaho.gov returned HTTP 503 (planned service-impact notice) at verification time; URLs appear in official search listings but could not be loaded today except the rules PDF. | Regulations | FeesunverifiedHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | Free daysunverified |
| Illinois | Illinois Department of Natural ResourcesRegs URL is the official 2026 fishing regulations PDF. | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | Free days |
| Indiana | Indiana Department of Natural Resources (Division of Fish & Wildlife) | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Iowa | Iowa Department of Natural ResourcesIowa DNR hub page covers regulations, license info and free fishing days; a dedicated fee page was not located. | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Kansas | Kansas Department of Wildlife and ParksDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Kentucky | Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife ResourcesDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Department of Wildlife and FisheriesDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Maine | Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and WildlifeFree-days info appears on the IFW fishing landing page; dedicated page not located. Fee page is the license-requirements page; fee table location needs confirmation. | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Maryland | Maryland Department of Natural Resources | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Massachusetts | Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife)Dedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Michigan | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Minnesota | Minnesota Department of Natural ResourcesNo dedicated free-fishing web page located; Free Fishing Weekends are listed in the official regulations booklet (https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fishing_regs.pdf, p. 26). | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parksmdwfp.com serves an incomplete TLS certificate chain, so plain curl fails; verified in a real browser. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Missouri | Missouri Department of ConservationDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Montana | Montana Fish, Wildlife & ParksDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionSite is behind a Cloudflare challenge for plain HTTP clients; verified in a real browser where possible. | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | none found |
| Nevada | Nevada Department of WildlifeFree-fishing URL is a 2026 local event page; a statewide free-day page was not located. | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire Fish and Game DepartmentFreshwater regulations landing page not yet located; /laws-and-rules is the general rules page. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| New Jersey | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Division of Fish & Wildlife)Pages render client-side; verified in a real browser. | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | Free days |
| New Mexico | New Mexico Department of Game and FishDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| New York | New York State Department of Environmental Conservationdec.ny.gov blocks plain HTTP/headless clients (Cloudflare); all three URLs were read successfully via WebFetch on 2026-10-23. | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | Free days |
| North Carolina | North Carolina Wildlife Resources CommissionDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| North Dakota | North Dakota Game and Fish DepartmentFree-days info mentioned on the licensing page; dedicated page not located. | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | none found |
| Ohio | Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Division of Wildlife)Regs URL is the official 2026-27 fishing regulations PDF (the older ohiodnr.gov/static/... path now returns 404). It also lists license fees and Free Fishing Days; the web license page is a hub with no dollar amounts. | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | none found |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Department of Wildlife ConservationFree-days info mentioned on the regs page; dedicated page not located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Oregon | Oregon Department of Fish and WildlifeFee URL is the official ODFW recreational license fee schedule PDF. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Fish and Boat CommissionDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (Division of Fish & Wildlife)Site is behind a Cloudflare challenge for plain HTTP clients; verified in a real browser. | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | none found |
| South Carolina | South Carolina Department of Natural ResourcesDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | none found |
| South Dakota | South Dakota Game, Fish and ParksSite is slow/unreliable for plain HTTP clients. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Tennessee | Tennessee Wildlife Resources AgencyDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located (mentioned on license-sales page). | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Texas | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | Free days |
| Utah | Utah Division of Wildlife ResourcesDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| Vermont | Vermont Fish & Wildlife DepartmentDedicated free-fishing-day page not yet located. | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | none found |
| Virginia | Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Washington | Washington Department of Fish and WildlifeDedicated free-fishing-weekend page not yet located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |
| West Virginia | West Virginia Division of Natural Resources | Regulations | FeesHub page; no dollar amounts listed. | Free days |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | Regulations | Fees | Free days |
| Wyoming | Wyoming Game and Fish DepartmentRegs URL is the fishing landing page; dedicated free-fishing-day page not located. | Regulations | Fees | none found |