Over Two Thousand Five Hundred Future Anglers Introduced To Fishing At Farm Technology Days
Sep 1st, 2015 by OutdoorsFIRST
Modified Sep 1st, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Learn 2 Fish With Us and the NPAA teamed up to provide a fishing experience to all the youth entering the 4H Youth Area of Farm Technology Days. The fishing experience consisted of Lake Shakespeare which is a thirty by forty foot blue tarp which was stocked with thirty-five Backyard Bass, Fish Identification posters, knot tying, live bait and the Clean Drain Dry message. Lake Shakespeare was a huge success as youth learned how to cast through hands on instruction and when they had a good cast, they would catch a Backyard Bass!!! We saw so many youth running to the booth as they heard a youth say ‘Fish on!!!’. Greg commented ‘So many youth were casting for the very first time and many of them caught their very first fish’!!! When casting with a combo, Greg was instructing them to point their fishing combo to where they wanted to cast. Next, look behind them making sure no one was behind them. Then, press the button or open the bail and proceed with the rod slowly over there should to ten o’clock, from there they would come forward over their shoulder and once the rod tip reaches two o’clock, proceed to release the button or release the line. Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles were all impressed on how well the kids would cast after the instruction. Besides educating many anglers on how to cast for the first time, Greg helped experienced anglers become more accurate while casting with a few tips!!! ‘Casting plays such a big part of fishing, so you really need to hone in on this skill!!’, Greg said. Besides casting, future anglers also learned more on fishing by tying knots, checking out the bait and the fish identification posters!!! Another big hit was Learn 2 Fish With Us truck wrap which has a large walleye on it. So many of the youth and families took pictures of them and the truck.