The Sports Port is an authorized ãWalk-Inä License Vendor for the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (you can get your license at our shop). For an itemized list of the license fees, click here.
FREE FISHING WEEKEND
June 6 & 7, 2009 - No license needed Take a friend or family member fishing for free--you won't need a fishing license to fish any waterbody statewide for these two days! It is time well spent with family and friends. Your purchase of a fishing license directly supports fishing, stocking, education and fish habitat management programs.
Fishing any of Massachusettsâ inland waters (fresh water) requires a fishing license (unless a minor under fifteen years of age). However, no fee is charged for any license to a resident citizen of Massachusetts over the age of seventy or who is blind or mentally retarded or a paraplegic.
Fishing licenses do not have to be displayed in a visible manner, but they must be carried on your person and shown on demand to any officer empowered to enforce these laws, and to landowners or lessees while on their property. A hunting, fishing or trapping license is not a permit to trespass on private land, posted or not. Remember, your privilege to enter on private land is a courtesy extended to you by the owner. Practice courtesy yourself if you want to continue hunting or fishing.
For a
plain language description of the Massachusetts regulations on the taking of fish,
click here.
