DEEP Commissioner Robert Klee participates in “Free Fishing License Day” and “Saltwater Fishing Day.”

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

When:           Saturday, August 15, 2015

                        11:00 a.m.

 

Where:          The Pier at Ft. Trumbull State Park

                        90 Walbach Street

                        New London

Directions:

Northbound on I-95   Take Exit 83 (Downtown New London).  Go straight at light onto Huntington Street.  Take right onto Jay Street.  Go straight onto Truman Street, then left onto Blinman Street.  Follow Blinman Street to Howard Street and go straight onto Howard Street.  Then make left onto Walbach Street and right onto East Street. Park entrance is on the left.

Southbound on I-95  Take Exit 84S (Downtown New London). Merge onto Eugene O’Neill Drive.  Follow Eugene O’Neill Drive and take left onto Tilley Street.  Make right onto Bank Street and then left onto Howard Street.  Follow Howard Street and make left onto Walbach Street, then right onto East Street. Park entrance is on the left.   For further information contact Cyndy Chanaca, DEEP Office of Communications at cyndy.chanaca@ct.gov.   Background information: Sponsored by the No Child Left Inside Program ® and the Connecticut Aquatic Resources Education (CARE) program, Saltwater Fishing Day at Ft. Trumbull State Park, New London combined with “Free Fishing License Day statewide, provides families the opportunity to plan an outing focused around fishing together without purchasing a fishing license for each angler.   To fish free on August 15, anyone – resident or non-resident – can obtain a free one-day fishing license good for both inland and saltwater fishing through DEEP’s online sportsmen licensing system (www.ct.gov/deep/sportsmenlicensing) or at any venue that sells fishing licenses.