Rick Scott announces license-free saltwater fishing day on September 5

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Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday announced that Saturday, Sept. 5, will be a “license-free saltwater fishing day for Florida residents and visitors,” he said in a news release.

“Florida is the fishing capital of the world and we hope even more families and visitors fish in our waters this Labor Day weekend,” he said.

This month’s license-free day is one of eight license-free fishing days each year in the state; all bag limits, seasons and size restrictions apply.

To learn more, visit MyFWC.com/License.

For fishing tips, go to MyFWC.com/Fishing and select “Saltwater Fishing.”

Before joining Florida Politics, journalist and attorney James Rosica was state government reporter for The Tampa Tribune. He attended journalism school in Washington, D.C., working at dailies and weekly papers in Philadelphia after graduation. Rosica joined the Tallahassee Democrat in 1997, later moving to the courts beat, where he reported on the 2000 presidential recount. In 2005, Rosica left journalism to attend law school in Philadelphia, afterwards working part time for a public-interest law firm. Returning to writing, he covered three legislative sessions in Tallahassee for The Associated Press, before joining the Tribune’s re-opened Tallahassee bureau in 2013. He can be reached at [email protected].