Captain Greg and volunteers of Learn 2 Fish With Us shared their passion for fishing with over sixty scouts of Oshkosh. The fishing clinic took place the evening of May 16th at Winnebago County Park located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It was the perfect night to host the fishing clinic as it was sunny and warm and the rain stayed away.
The evening started out with the scouts learning the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing through Captain Greg’s Fishing Basics seminar. Fishing Basics teaches; 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. Angelo, the local Lake Winnebago fish biologist talked to youth about fish tagging along with showing them how it was done and the data they collect.
After the Fishing Basics seminar, scouts walked to the pond which was a catch and release. Due to this being a catch and release pond, it did not take long for the scouts to start catching fish!! Scouts caught Largemouth Bass, Bluegill and hybrids. Captain Greg would love to see more fishing locations that are catch and release to allow youth and families to be able to catch fish!!
Each youth was excited as they received with a fishing combo or mini tackle box with tackle, a Future Pro Shirt and a fishing educational book that to the Future Angler Foundation and Learn 2 Fish With Us.
