J. J. Keller Foundation, Inc. has provided financial support over the years to make sure our fishing clinics our FREE to the schools and groups we provide fishing clinics for. J.J. Keller Foundation, Inc. and Learn 2 Fish With Us, together we are making a difference in the communities.

Learn 2 Fish With Us would not exist without our great volunteers that give their time along with sharing their passion for fishing.    Besides sharing their passion they are making sure that our fishing clinics our educational, fun and safe.  Thank you to our awesome volunteers!!  Check out the pictures of all or volunteers over the year!!

Learn 2 Fish With Us appreciates the financial support of the Lake Poygan Sportsmen’s Club. This group has supported Learn 2 Fish With Us over the years along supporting so many projects on the upper lakes of the Lake Winnebago system. Lake Poygan Sportsmen’s Club mission is ‘Sportsmen working together to help maintain and restore the natural habitat in the Lake Poygan and the lower Wolf River ecosystem for all creatures that inhabit it’, To learn more or to become a member go to https://lakepoygansportsmensclub.org/

Thanks Lake Poygan Sportsmen’s Club for your support of OUR fishing clinics!!

This week we would like to highlight Shakespeare Fishing and Berkley Fishing as they have supported Learn 2 Fish With Us since our inception 15 years ago. Learn 2 Fish With Us only uses Shakespeare’s fishing combos to teach youth, as their equipment is durable and easy to use!! Thanks Shakespeare and Berkley for your support over the years.

On Monday, October 10^th, Learn 2 Fish With Us traveled to Pulaski, Wisconsin to teach scouts and siblings the sport of fishing.  The evening started out with scouts and siblings learning the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing.  They 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. 

Learn 2 Fish With Us was happy to be back as they hosted a fishing clinic for the Pulaski scouts in 2019 and they said Learn 2 Fish With Us was the talk of the pack since then.

Thanks to the National Professional Anglers Association, Future Angler Foundation and Learn 2 Fish With Us sponsors, each youth received a fishing combo, NPAA Future Pro Shirt and fishing educational book. 

This past month, Learn 2 Fish With Us Facebook went viral!!  Learn 2 Fish With Us post an average of two to three fishing educational post per week which includes fishing videos, tips and our in-person fishing events.  Last month we had two knot post, that went viral.  The first post was a Palomar knot, and Learn 2 Fish With Us had just over five million reached.  The second post, was the Clinch and Improved Clinch knot, which had just over 19 million reached.  These post had thousands of comments and theses post were shared nearly ten thousand times!!  Learn 2 Fish With Us now has many new followers from all across the globe, showing how important it is to sharing our fishing education!!

Learn 2 Fish With Us and our volunteers educated youth on vital skills needed to begin fishing during The Big Event, which was held Saturday, September 16th at Heritage Hills State Park in Green Bay, Wisconsin.   The Big Event is a fundraiser for Encompass, which as programs to promote a healthy body and healthy mind for young children.  Learn 2 Fish With Us believes that fishing promotes a promote a healthy body and healthy mind for all!!  Captain Greg Karch and his crew taught youth how to cast safely and accurately, fish identification and how to tie a Clinch and Palomar knot in Learn 2 Fish With Us fishing education booth.  All skills that are so vital when fishing as a family.   You should of seen and heard the excitement when a youth would catch a Backyard Bass!!  We had over five hundred people that entered the fishing educational booth.

Thanks to all our great sponsors and volunteers we have a great 2023!!

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Learn 2 Fish With Us and NPAA Members Greg and Karen Karch, Rick and Mark hosted a fishing clinic during the Snooze In The Zoo event.  Snooze In The Zoo is an event where families camp overnight in the Menominee Park Zoo, which is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  This fishing part of this event was held on Saturday afternoon, June 9^th.

Fifty youth along with their parents attended the event, which started out with families learning the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing through Learn 2 Fish With Us Fishing Basics seminar.  Campers learned; safety while fishing, how, spin cast and spinning fishing combos, casting, setting the hook, simple fishing presentations, knots, live and artificial bait, fish identification, aquatic invasive species, catch and release and so much more.  After the seminar, the group was split up into two smaller groups where half went fishing and the other half went on a scavenger hunt throughout the zoo.  After an hour each group rotated.  Considering we were fishing in the afternoon, and in September, many fish were caught which included, bluegill, pumpkinseed and perch.  Many youth caught there first fish and were very excited!!

Each youth received a fully rigged fishing combo, NPAA Future Pro shirt and Go Fishing educational book thanks to our great sponsors!!  When the youth learned they would be keeping the fishing combo they fished with, they were very excited and looked forward to future fishing trips.

When Captain Greg asked the youth ‘Have you ever gone fishing?’, not one youth raised their hand.  Captain Greg said ‘That is going to change today!!’.  This was the second group from the Greater Milwaukee Boys & Girls Club that attended a Learn 2 Fish With Us fishing clinic this summer.  The second fishing clinic was held on August 4^th, at Smokey’s Musky Shop, on Pewaukee Lake, in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Captain Greg presented his Fishing Basics seminar which taught attendees the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing.  Youth learned; safety while fishing, spin cast and spinning fishing combos, how to cast, different fishing presentations, fish identification, knots, live and artificial bait, aquatic invasive species, keeping a fishing log and so much more.  After the seminar, youth went fishing for almost two hours where they caught Bass, Bluegill’s and perch.  All fish were released to fight another day.

Each youth received a fully rigged fishing combo, NPAA Future Pro shirt and fishing educational book thanks to our sponsors!!.  These youth were excited as they look forward to using their fishing combos over the summer!!

On Monday, July 31^st, Learn 2 Fish With Us held Fish Camp at Creekside Elementary, for Sun Prairie’s YMCA.  Fish Camp lasted the entire day, where over one hundred youth were introduced to the great sport of fishing.  Like many Learn 2 Fish With Us events, Learn 2 Fish With Us traveled nearly one hundred miles to host this event.  Fish Camp sessions were designed to make sure each group of youth received the needed training to begin fishing.  Captain Greg works with each organization to host the most productive education for the time and age of the youth.

Fish Camps first session of the day was for youth that were between the ages of five and six years old.  Youth were split up into four groups where they attended four fishing stations.  First station, youth learned how to cast and for many this was the first time they had a fishing combo in their little hands.  The next station, youth learned about the different bait used while fishing.  Youth really enjoyed touching the bait, which included; nightcrawlers, leeches, thunder bugs and hellgrammites.  Station three, youth picked a fish from our fish identification banners and drew it.  The final station, youth selected which of Bob Allen’s stories they wanted read to them.  They had the choice of ‘Walter the Wily Walleye’ or ‘Battle of the Bass Largemouth vs. Smallmouth’.

Fish Camps second session was hosted for youth between the ages of 7 and 8 and the third session was hosted for youth ages 9 to 13.  In the second and third session youth first attended our Fishing Basics seminar where they learned the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing.  After the seminar youth attended three hands on educational stations.  The first station youth learned how to cast safely and accurately.  The next station youth tied a Clinch and Palomar knot.  Final station, youth learned how to identify the different fish along with learning the different bait we use to fish.

Each youth attending Fish Camp received a NPAA Future Pro shirt and fishing education book thanks to our sponsors.