From the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR): Now through the end of 2016, the MD DNR is offering a half-price incentive to 16-year-old anglers purchasing a fishing license for the first time. In Maryland, anglers under the age of 16 are not required to possess licenses. “Young anglers are the environmental stewards of tomorrow,” Fisheries Service Director Dave Blazer said. “We are launching the 16 in 16 discount program to encourage them to engage and become committed to the future of fishing in Maryland.” If you are 16 years old at the time of purchase in 2016, you will automatically receive a 50 percent discount on your 365-day resident, non-resident, non-tidal, or Chesapeake Bay and Coastal fishing license. Not included in this discount program: recreational crabbing licenses, trout stamps, short-term licenses, and sport boat licenses. Licenses may be purchased online, through department service centers, or at most bait and tackle shops and outdoor outfitters. Twelve-year old Mikael Miller (holding net) and his friend Jacob Copley, along with Mikael's mother Linda, all of Annapolis, boated legal stripers to 25" in the upper Bay. Courtesy of Linda Miller