{"id":8541,"date":"2019-04-11T16:20:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T21:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/?p=8541"},"modified":"2019-04-11T16:20:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T21:20:25","slug":"north-dakota-club-teaches-kids-to-enjoy-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/north-dakota-club-teaches-kids-to-enjoy-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota club teaches kids to enjoy fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLEHARBOR, N.D. (AP) \u2014<\/strong> Not even deep snow could keep nearly 200 anglers from descending on Lake Audubon. The occasion was the Bis-Man Reel and Rec\u2019s 35th Annual Ice Fishing Derby, an event that has become a \u201cdon\u2019t miss\u201d for many fishermen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis time of year people just want to get out and have some fun,\u201d said Don Schick, Bis-Man president. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if it is three feet of snow and cold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several of the participants have been fishing the popular derby for many years, Minot Daily News reported. Mike Hutchins of Minot, who caught the largest northern pike of the derby, thought he\u2019d been drilling holes at the derby for about 20 years. But it\u2019s not just the fishing that attracts eager participants. The money raised through the event goes toward the Bis-Man club\u2019s \u201cTake A Kid Fishing\u201d endeavor.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything is geared toward that,\u201d said Wayne Blohm, vice-president. \u201cWe have a little over 700 members and this is one of our fundraisers for the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are geared to get youth involved in the sport of fishing,\u201d added Jeffrey Herman, board member. \u201cWe have a youth event out at Sweet Briar Dam. We try to get as many children out there as we can. There\u2019s many activities to do that day and they go out and fish too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Club members volunteer their time and their boats for the yearly event at Sweet Briar. Adults helping children learn and enjoy fishing is a priority for the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so many kids that have never even been in a boat,\u201d said Schick. \u201cThey don\u2019t have that opportunity. It\u2019s a big thing. It\u2019s a very good day. That\u2019s what it is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Audubon fishing derby is very kid friendly too. Bis-Man Reel and Rec holds a children\u2019s fishing derby alongside the adult derby. Generous prizes are handed out as well. Every child who catches a fish is rewarded with a free lure donated by one of many sponsors. Some young anglers walk away with fishing rods and other prizes. Every child gets something to take home from the yearly outing that is free to youthful participants.<\/p>\n

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COLEHARBOR, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Not even deep snow could keep nearly 200 anglers from descending on Lake Audubon. The occasion was the Bis-Man Reel and Rec\u2019s 35th Annual Ice Fishing Derby, an event that has become a \u201cdon\u2019t miss\u201d for many fishermen. \u201cThis time of year people just want to get out and have some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11658,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-fishing-clinic","post_format-post-format-link"],"acf":[],"youtube_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8542,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8541\/revisions\/8542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/icefishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}