Here’s when you can fish free, without a license in Texas
June 5 is Free Fishing Day
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This year, Free Fishing Day falls on June 5.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said Free Fishing Day is meant to encourage more people to try fishing.
More than 70 state parks offer free fishing year-round, although entry fees still apply as well as length and bag limits.
“Free Fishing Day is a wonderful opportunity for anglers to share their knowledge, skills, equipment, and love for fishing with a new participant, yet it’s also more than that,” TPWD inland fisheries director Craig Bonds said last year. “We hope those trying fishing on this special day will also learn that purchasing a license is an act of conservation. A fishing license purchase is one of the simplest and most effective ways people can support fisheries science and management.”
Stranded sea turtle gets second chance at life thanks to recovery, rehabilitation team
The turtle will spend time at a rehabilitation facility, officials say
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One stranded Loggerhead sea turtle has gotten the chance of its lifetime quite literally.
According to a Facebook post by the Padre Island National Seashore, staff with the Division of Sea Turtles Science and Recovery rescued a stranded loggerhead sea turtle on the seashore Sunday.
According to officials, the turtle was in “definite need of help,” covered in barnacles and was taken to the Texas Sealife Center for evaluation and rehabilitation.
According to seashore officials, even though it is sea turtle nesting season, stranded turtles can wash in at any time.