It's A Fishing Holiday: No State Licenses Needed this Weekend

This is your chance to try fishing without having to buy a permit.

Missouri's Department of Conservation gives up its annual Free Fishing Days on Saturday and Sunday June 11-12.

Anyone may fish state waters without a permit, a trout permit or a prescribed area daily tag during the two Free Fishing Days.

However, requirements for special permits still may apply at some county, city or private areas.

Normal regulations, such as size and daily limits of fish, still apply on the weekend.

Sunset Hills encourages the use of the orange mailbox at Watson Trail Park Lake to deposit the $3 (adult) and $1 (kids and seniors) fees for fishing. It helps cover the cost of stocking the one-acre lake every Spring. 

"Borrow a neighbor's rod and reel, or go out to a Conservation Area where a Free Fishing Days program is scheduled, and borrow ours," according to the state website.

MDC lists these local spots:

Valley Park Access (to the Meramec River)

Carp Lake, South County (off Tesson Ferry Road)

Bee Tree Park Lake, South County (Telegraph Rd. and I-270 area)

Willmore Park (I-55, Gravois to Hampton area)

Route 66 State Park Access, South County (I-44 west to Lewis exit, to Meramec River)

Greentree Park Access, Kirkwood (Marshall Road between I-270 and Hwy 141)

Emmenegger Nature Park, Powder Valley/Kirkwood (Geyer to Cragwold roads, turn south on Stoneywood)

Creve Coeur Park Lake

New Ballwin Park Lake

Jefferson Lake (in Forest Park)