Michiganders and visitors will have three days to enjoy world-class winter fishing without a license this month.

The semi-annual Free Fishing Weekend will be held across the state on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Feb. 15-17. Monday was added to this year’s winter fishing weekend to coincide with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ changeover to a new license sales system.

The DNR is not only waiving the license requirement during the long weekend but also the Recreation Passport entry fee to all 103 state parks and 1,300 DNR-managed boating access sites, giving anglers a plethora of fishing location options.

Four state parks are planning family-oriented events on Saturday, Feb. 15, to celebrate winter fishing:

Registration is not required for these free events.

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