Free Fishing Weekend

Ohio Department of Natural Resources: Residents can fish is all public waters without a fishing license May 2-3 as part of the state's annual free fishing weekend, ODNR announced this week.  An estimated 1.3 million people fish each year in Ohio, and the ODNR Division of Wildlife stocked more than 43 million fish in 2014, the department reported, noting that the sale of fishing licenses, along with the Sport Fish Restoration program, continue to fund Division of Wildlife fish management operations.