INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says Indiana residents won’t need a license to go fishing in Indiana waters this weekend.

The Free Fishing Weekend is held each year to introduce or reacquaint Indiana residents to fishing. Recreation areas across the state are planning fishing derbies, casting clinics, fish cleaning demonstrations and cooking classes in conjunction with the free fishing Saturday and Sunday. A list of sites offering special events for kids for the weekend is at http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/3598.htm

Indiana DNR says all other fishing regulations remain in effect for the weekend.

The agency says children ages 17 and younger do not need a fishing license at any time.

Posted 6/2/2011