On Thursday, June 23rd Captain Greg hosted a Thrivent Action Team event to rig fishing combos with a bobber, sinker and hook for upcoming fishing clinics.  Volunteers helped rog two hundred and ten fishing combos.  Thanks so much volunteers!!

Learn 2 Fish With Us held a fish camp at YMCA’s Sunrise Elementary which is located in Appleton, Wisconsin.  Fish Camp took place on Wednesday, June 22^nd.  During Fish Camp, Captain Greg hosted three different sessions.  Session one was for kindergarten through first grade, and these campers learned how to cast safely and accurately use Shakespeare’s Mickey Mouse and Barbie fishing combos while catching Backyard Bass, how to identify fish by drawing pictures of the fish that they liked, and finally NPAA Member #121 Karen Karch read ‘Walter The Wily Walleye’ to the campers.

The second session, was for campers that were in second through fourth grades and the third session was for campers in fifth through eighth grades.  These two sessions Captain Greg presented his Fishing Basics seminar which taught campers on the equipment and skills needed to begin fishing.  Fishing Basic teaches; safety while fishing, 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.

All campers said they so look forward to utilizing their fishing skills next time they get out fishing, which hopefully will be soon.  The YMCA Summer Camp was left with fully rigged fishing combos complements of the Future Angler Foundation and Learn 2 Fish With Us.  Each youth received a fishing goodie, NPAA Future Pro shirt and Shakespeare fishing educational book thanks to the National Professional Anglers Association, Future Angler Foundation and Learn 2 Fish With Us.

On Tuesday, June 14^th, Captain Greg Karch of Learn 2 Fish With Us and National Professional Anglers Association (NPAA) taught kindergarten through fifth grade the Fishing Basics.  Captain Greg, hosted two Fishing Basics seminars at Tigerton  Elementary Summer School for seventy-five students, where they learned about the equipment and skills needed to begin fishing through an interactive seminar!!  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.  This was Learn 2 Fish With Us first time hosting a fishing clinic in Tigerton, Wisconsin.

So many of the students were excited to learn about the skills and equipment and said ‘they so look forward to getting out fishing this summer!!’.

The teachers were excited to learn that Learn 2 Fish With Us will be hosting fishing clinics at the Outagamie Conservation Club next year, and they’re looking to do a field trip to learn and go fishing.

United States Forest Service, National Professional Anglers Association and Learn 2 Fish With Us partnered to host a fishing clinic for youth during Michigan’s Free Fishing Weekend, which was June 11^th and 12^th.  The fishing clinic was held in the Ottawa National Forest at Camp Nesbit which is located in Watton, Michigan. 

The morning started out by future anglers learning the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing through Captain Greg’s Fishing Basics seminar.  After the seminar, youth attended hands on educational stations, where they learned to tie fishing knots and cast safely and accurately.  Next, a casting contest was held for three different age categories which was based on how many Backyard Bass could be caught in three minutes.  You should have heard all the cheering along with the excitement of ‘got another one!!’.  John was the champion where he caught five Backyard Bass.

Next up, was fishing on Camp Nesbit Lake, where the highlight of the day was a five pound bass caught by Bill.  Future anglers caught many bluegills with some going over eight inches.  Near the end of the event, Captain Greg showed families how to fillet fish

Thanks to the National Professional Anglers Association each youth attending the fishing clinic received a fishing combo, Future Pro shirt and fishing educational book.

Outagamie Conservation Club Kids Fishing Day was a huge success during Wisconsin’s Free Fishing Weekend.  Over three hundred youth a ttended the event which was held in Hortonville, Wisconsin.  During the event youth enjoyed the outdoors by fishing in a stocked pond, learning more about fishing through hands on education and archery. 

Captain Greg and volunteers of Learn 2 Fish With Us educated youth on casting accurately and safely, how to tie a Clinch and Palomar knot and how to identify the different fish, skills that will really help while they fish.  During the day youth had the opportunity to fish in a stocked pond that had northern, bass, trout, perch, bluegill and crappie.  You should have seen all the smiles and youth yelling ‘got another one’.  The biggest fish for the day was a twenty-one inch bass, what a lunker!!

In 2023, Learn 2 Fish With Us will host fishing clinics in which schools will take a field trip to Outagamie Conservation Club where students will learn about the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing and then will go fishing in the stocked pond.  Captain Greg so looks forward to working with the Outagamie Conservation Club to introduce this program!!

Captain Greg and all our volunteers so appreciate the thank you cards we get from hosting our fishing clinics.  These were from Westside and Woodland Elementary.

Captain Greg, volunteers of Learn 2 Fish With Us, VFW and scout leaders shared their passion for fishing with Wounded Warriors and Cub Scout families of Green Bay area.  The morning of May 22nd started out with the families getting a catered breakfast which included everything you could possibly want for breakfast!!  After breakfast, the families attended Captain Greg’s Fishing Basics seminar which taught the families; 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 Fishing Basics seminar, families traveled to a pond located in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  Fishing started out slow, but it did not take long for youth to say “Fish On!!”.   Many memories were made as eight youth caught their first fish!!  Bluegills, Bass and Trout made up the catches.  The pond had special regulations, where you must be under eighteen to fish.  The restrictions for the pond also allowed selective harvest for the youth, where they could keep one bass and seven bluegills, this so helps protect the resource for the youth!!

Each youth was excited as they received a fishing combo and NPAA Future Pro shirt and fishing educational book thanks to the Future Angler Foundation and Learn 2 Fish With Us.

The day may have started out gloomy and raining but by the end of the day the Oaklawn Elementary fourth graders were all smiles.  Captain Greg from Learn 2 Fish With Us held three fishing sessions for the fourth graders.  Each session started out by Captain Greg educating the students on the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing through his Fishing Basics seminar.  After the Fishing Basics seminar, the fourth graders went fishing for just over an hour where they caught bluegills, bass, perch, bullheads.  The fishing sessions were held at Menominee Park, which is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Friday, May 20^th.

Each student received a NPAA Future Pro shirt thanks to the National Professional Anglers Association.  Learn 2 Fish With Us and our sponsors, provided a mini tackle box with tackle and a Shakespeare My Fishing Journal for each of the students.