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Free Fishing Weekend
Posted: 02.13.2010 at 11:15 PM
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No license needed on area waters

If your valentine prefers to be outdoors - and if you're both pinching pennies - and why not enjoy a free fishing weekend?

This weekend marks Michigan's winter free fishing weekend. Residents and non-residents alike can fish without a license. It's an annual tradition since the year 2000, and a way for the state to promote fishing and awareness of Michigan's natural resources.

Michigan has 3,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, 36,000 miles of river and 11,000 inland lakes. A number of activities at state parks and state fish hatcheries have been scheduled to coincide with the weekend, and many provide free equipment and bait.

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