Captain Greg Karch of Learn 2 Fish With Us and the National Professional Anglers Association held fishing clinics for the third graders of Woodland Elementary on the afternoon of April 9th.  Woodland Elementary is located in Kimberly, Wisconsin.

Ninety-eight third graders learned about the equipment and skills needed to begin fishing, through an interactive Fishing Basics seminar.  Fishing Basics taught students; safety while fishing, spin cast and spinning fishing combos, how to cast safely and accurately, knots, fish identification, live and artificial bait, aquatic invasive species, logging fishing trips, conservation and so much more.  After the seminar Captain Greg and the students asked each other questions which was a fun part of the fishing seminar!!  Captain Greg has been hosting his Fishing Basic seminars for Woodland Elementary, for the last ten years.

At the end of the fishing clinic students learned they would receive a NPAA Future Angler shirt and a fishing educational book thanks to the National Professional Anglers Association, Future Angler Foundation and Learn 2 Fish With, and were the third graders excited!!

Greg would like thank his and Learn 2 Fish With Us sponsor’s which include: National Professional Anglers Association, Shakespeare, Mercury Marine, Berkley, Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, The Boat Doc, Lake Poygan Sportsman’s Club, Dave’s Musky Club, Off Shore Tackle Company, Northland Tackle, TTI Blakemore Fishing Group, WowGee, WalleyeX, Future Angler Foundation and Pioneer Marina.

Captain Greg created a few new edcuational videos to our fishing edcuational video page.

They are:

• Want To Slip Bobber?  Tips For Setting Up The Ideal Fishing Combo / Bobber Rig
• Want To Catch More Fish When Using Hooks
• Organize Your Ice Fishing Jigs And Plastics
• Easy Way Too Reuse Braid And Save
• Using Sppon Jigs While Slip Bobbering To Catch More Fish

On Tuesday, March 19h, Captain Greg of Learn 2 Fish With Us hosted a Fishing Basics seminar for Pack 3050, which is located in Menasha, Wisconsin.  Scouts learned the needed equipment and skills to begin fishing, through Learn 2 Fish With Us Fishing Basics seminar.  Throughout the Fishing Basics seminar scouts were selected to work with Captain Greg on skills, which included casting, knot tying, fish identification and so much more.  Scouts learned; safety while fishing, spin cast and spinning fishing combos, how to cast safely and accurately, simple fishing presentations, how to tie the Clinch and Palomar knot, fish identification, live and artificial bait, aquatic invasive species and so much more.  After the seminar, scouts thought they would need to pass a fishing test to receive a Shakespeare fishing combo, Future Pro shirt and fishing educational book.  Captain Greg let them know they would not need to take a test and everyone would receive the fishing goodies.  The scouts were excited!!

Greg would like thank his and Learn 2 Fish With Us sponsor’s which include: National Professional Anglers Association, Shakespeare, Mercury Marine, Berkley, Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, The Boat Doc, Lake Poygan Sportsman’s Club, Dave’s Musky Club, Off Shore Tackle Company, Northland Tackle, TTI Blakemore Fishing Group, WowGee, WalleyeX, Future Angler Foundation and Pioneer Marina.

To learn more about Learn 2 Fish With Us check out their website at www.learn2fishwithus.com.

Today we held the second session of Fish Club at South Park Middle School. Students learned how to identify the different fish, what is a game fish, where do they reside in Bago, when do they spawn, our state fish and so much more. Each student learned they would receive a spin cast or spinning combo and in the next session will rig their fishing combo. The final session we will go fishing in May!! We could not provide this education or fishing goodies without our great sponsors and donors!!

On Tuesday, March 12th, Captain Greg of Learn 2 Fish With Us hosted two Fishing Basics seminars for the fourth graders of Omro Elementary.  Fourth graders learned about the equipment and skills needed to begin fishing through our interactive seminar!!  Students learned; safety while fishing, spin cast and spinning fishing combos, how to cast safely and accurately, simple fishing presentations, how to tie the Clinch and Palomar knot, fish identification, live and artificial bait, aquatic invasive species and so much more.  After the seminar students received a Future Pro shirt and fishing educational book due to all our great sponsors and donors!!  The students were excited as you can see in the pictures!!!

This was the third year Learn 2 Fish With Us has hosted fishing seminars at Omro Elementary.  Dave, the principle along with the teachers of Omro Elementary were so happy to have us back as they feel we have a fun and educational program.

Captain Greg, Certified Angler Educator of Learn 2 Fish With Us and NPAA member #138 along with Karen Karch NPAA member #121 hosted two seminars during the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sport Show, and did they pack the seminar room!!

The first seminar, ‘Fishing Basics’, was held on Saturday, March 9^th.  ‘Fishing Basics’ educated youth, families and adults to all the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing.  Topics include; safety while fishing, spin cast and spinning fishing combos, casting safely and accurately, basic fishing presentations, knots, fish identification, parts of a fish, live and artificial bait and aquatic invasive species and so much more.  

The second seminar, ‘Beyond The Basics’ was held on Sunday, March 10^th to another full house!!  ‘Beyond The Basics’ seminar is built upon the ‘Fishing Basic’ skills and equipment and educates attendees on: bait caster and line counter reels, jigs and plastics, crankbaits, crawler harnesses, jigging and trolling presentations, how a graph works, maps, filleting a fish and cooking fish.

Thanks to the Future Angler Foundation and Learn 2 Fish With Us sponsors, youth attending the seminars received many of these great fishing items from a Shakespeare fishing combo, mini tackle box with tackle, NPAA Future Pro Shirt, along with a fishing educational book.

On Friday, March 8^th, Xavier kindergarteners learned who Walter The Wily Walleye was!!  Captain Greg of Learn 2 Fish With Us read ‘Walter the Wily Walleye’ from Bob Allen Books to the kindergartners.  Kindergarteners learned where Walter likes to swim and hide, what bait he likes, how he likes to be in school, how he can be sneaky and his special eyes and how they help him see at night!!  Walter also noted, that grownups may catch walleye but they like when kids catch them!!  Walter likes being in pictures but also like to be released back into the lake so he can get bigger!!  Captain Greg brought his monster walleye he caught, which was thirty-three and quarter inches and just over thirteen pounds and were the kindergarteners were impressed.  Students learn about the different parts of a walleye.  Students also learned how important it is to wear a life jacket along with the different baits Captain Greg uses to catch walleye.  Captain Greg and the kindergarteners had such a fun time!!  Students were so excited when they found out each of them was getting a fishing shirt!!

Captain Greg and Karen Karch of Learn 2 Fish With Us and the National Professional Anglers Association attended the Wisconsin Fishing Expo where they hosted Fishing Basics and Beyond the Basics seminars during the Fishing Show.  Wisconsin Fishing Expo was held at the Alliant Energy Center located in Madison. 

Learn 2 Fish With Us provided three total seminars during the Wisconsin Fishing Expo!  Captain Greg kicked off with Fishing Basics at 10 AM on Saturday, February 24th followed by Beyond the Basics at 2 PM.   Another round of Fishing Basics at Noon on February 25th rounded out the event for the Learn 2 Fish with Us Crew. 

In Fishing Basics, across the two sessions, nearly four hundred people attended where they learned the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing.  Youth attending the seminars received one of the following; spin cast fishing combo or a NPAA Future Pro Shirt thanks to the National Professional Anglers Association and Future Angler Foundation.

The Beyond The Basics seminar brought in nearly two hundred people where they built thier skills on advanced tactics like jigging, trolling, cleaning fish, electronics and so much more!! Youth attending this seminar received a mini tackle box with tackle.  All attendants were put into a drawing for one of these great prizes: Pflueger spinning fishing combo, ABU Garcia bait caster fishing combo and Off Shore Tackle Company boards that to Learn 2 Fish With Us sponsors

Greg would like thank his and Learn 2 Fish With Us sponsor’s which include: National Professional Anglers Association, Shakespeare, Mercury Marine, Berkley, Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, The Boat Doc, Lake Poygan Sportsman’s Club, Dave’s Musky Club, Off Shore Tackle Company, Northland Tackle, TTI Blakemore Fishing Group,  WowGee, Future Angler Foundation, Pioneer Marina and WalleyeX lures.

This past Wednesday, Captain Greg hosted his Icing Panfish On Local Lakes for the Yahara Fishing Club.  So many of the members said they learned so much from electronics to fishing equipment Captain Greg uses and why.  Yahara Fishing Club presented Learn 2 Fish With Us with a five hundred dollar grant to be used to support fishing clinics that Learn 2 Fish With Us will host around the Madison, Wisconsin area.

Captain Greg of Learn 2 Fish With Us and Jehan Brown (teacher) kicked off Oshkosh’s South Park Middle School Fishing Club which will host four session over the next three months.  The first session of the Fishing Club attendee’s learn about safety while fishing, spin cast and spinning fishing combos, how to cast safely and accurately along with live and artificial bait.  At the end of club meeting youth learned they would receive a NPAA Future Pro shirt, Off Shore Tackle hat and line cutters and fishing education book thanks to Learn 2 Fish With Us and our sponsors and donors.  The next session Fishing Club members will learn the different know and how to tie them along with identifying fish.  They will also learn where they can catch the fish locally and bait to use.  In the third session, Learn 2 Fish With Us will distribute a new spin cast or spinning combo to each member where they will rig the fishing combo with a bobber, hook and sinker.   The club member will use their newly rigged fishing combo to go fishing in the fourth session and will keep their fishing combo to fish over the summer.