Captain Greg and volunteers of Learn 2 Fish With Us shared their passion for fishing with the cub scouts of Oshkosh.  The fishing clinic took place the evening of May 13^th at Winnebago County Park located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  It was the perfect night to host the fishing clinic as it was sunny and warm, maybe even the best evening of 2021!!

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.  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, Warmouth and Crappies!!  So many scouts look forward to coming back fishing!!  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 a fishing combo thanks to the National Professional Anglers Association.  Learn 2 Fish With Us provided fishing tackle and a Shakespeare My Fishing Journal to each of the scouts.

Captain Greg was excited to see the mail this week as the Woodland third grader made him thank you cards for the recent virtual fishing clinic.  Captain Greg really appreciated them.

Learn 2 Fish With Us teamed up with PHYX Productions and Head 2 Head Fishing to livestream a Fishing Clinic into five third grade classes at Westside Elementary, which is located in Kimberly, Wisconsin.  The virtual Fishing Clinic took place the afternoon of May 7th.  Learn 2 Fish With Us has presented in-person fishing clinics for Westside Elementary for the last ten years, and during the planning stages for this year’s fishing clinic we were notified that Kimberly School District only allowed teachers on school grounds.  So, Executive Director/Angler Educator Greg Karch worked with PHYX Productions to see about livestreaming their Fishing Basics seminar into Westside.  PHYX Productions studio supplied the technology and equipment to host the Fishing Clinic, which allowed Westside and Learn 2 Fish With Us to see each other, along with being able to communicate back and forth, as if Captain Greg was at Westside!!  Captain Greg and Westside Elementary were very happy with the success of their first virtual Fishing Clinic. 

Fishing Basics seminar teaches students about the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing; such as, 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, students had time to ask questions such as: ‘Captain Greg how old are you??’, ‘What is the biggest fish you caught?’, ‘How long have you been fishing?’ and so many more.

At the end of the virtual fishing clinic students learned they would receive a NPAA Future Angler shirt along with a fishing educational book thanks to the National Professional Anglers Association and the Future Angler Foundation and were the third graders excited!!

Captain Greg and volunteers of Learn 2 Fish With Us shared their passion for fishing with the seventh graders of Webster Stanley Middle School which is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  The afternoon of May 6^th, one hundred twenty-four seventh graders were split into two groups where they first learned the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing through Captain Greg’s Fishing Basics seminar.  Fishing Basics teaches them; 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.  Over sixty percent of the students had never fished before so they were excited to go fishing!!  After the Fishing Basics seminar, the seventh graders walked across the street to Menominee Park and fished Millers Bay where they caught crappie, bluegill and perch were caught. 

After fishing each seventh grader received a NPAA Future Pro shirt and Shakespeare My Fishing Journal thanks to the National Professional Anglers Association.

This was Learn 2 Fish With Us first in school fishing clinic since the inception of COVID.  Learn 2 Fish With Us has scheduled many more clinics in the month of May and will work with nearly one thousand youth.

Learn 2 Fish With Us teamed up with PHYX Productions and Head 2 Head Fishing to livestream a Fishing Clinic into five third grade classes at Woodland Elementary, which is located in Kimberly, Wisconsin.  The virtual Fishing Clinic took place the afternoon of May 4th.  Learn 2 Fish With Us has presented in-person fishing clinics for Woodland Elementary for the last ten years, and during the planning stages for this year’s fishing clinic we were notified that Kimberly School District only allowed teachers on school grounds.  So, Executive Director/Angler Educator Greg Karch worked with PHYX Productions to see about livestreaming their Fishing Basics seminar into Woodland.  PHYX Productions studio supplied the technology and equipment to host the Fishing Clinic, which allowed Woodland and Learn 2 Fish With Us to see each other, along with being able to communicate back and forth, as if Captain Greg was at Woodland!!  Captain Greg and Woodland Elementary were very happy with the success of their first virtual Fishing Clinic. 

Fishing Basics seminar teaches students about the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing; such as, 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, students had time to ask questions such as: ‘Captain Greg what is how biggest fish?’, ‘What are good places to fish around here?’, ‘What is your favorite fish to fish for?’ and so many more.

At the end of the virtual fishing clinic students learned they would receive a camo fishing visor along with a fishing educational book and were they excited!!

This video will show you how to remove the walleye cheeks which is the best part of the walleye!!  This video will also show you how to remove the mud vein which can make a fish taste really fishy or muddy.

Learn 2 Fish With Us and Head 2 Head Fishing Pro Walleye Series hosted fishing clinics at Elizabeth Park which is near Detroit, Michigan.  This was Learn 2 Fish With Us furthest fishing clinic at near five hundred miles from home base!! The fishing clinics were held April 13th, 14th and 15th from  4:30 to 6:30 PM.  The youth and families were excited to learn about the skills and equipment needed to begin fishing.  Many different non-profit organizations attended the Fishing Basics seminar where there learned: safety while fishing, spin cast and spinning fishing combos, casting, different fishing presentations, knots, fish identification, live and artificial bait and aquatic invasive species.  After the seminar the youth practiced tying knots and casting.

At the end of the fishing clinic the youth all learned that they would receive a Shakespeare fishing combo, NPAA Future Pro Shirt, My Fishing Journal and Tru-Turn hooks!!  They were so excited!

Learn 2 Fish With Us so enjoyed working with the Head 2 Head Pro Walleye Series and look forward to the next fishing clinic  we will hold at Lucky’s On The Lake which is on Lake Wisconsin.

Check out the Shore Fishing destinations as we now have the following counties; Dane, Door, Green Lake, Outagamie and Winnebago.  We will continue to add new locations, pictures and tips throughout the year.  So keep checking back!!

This past month Learn 2 Fish With Us has been busy adding Shore Fishing destinations and will continue to grow this fishing resource for you.  To see Shore Fishing destinations, click on menu bar ‘Shore Fishing’ and select county and scroll through the page for an area you would like to fish.  Shore Fishing menu item provides some or all of the information for each location such as; address, picture of the fishing area, description of fishing area, fish in area, when fish might be present in area and type of fish, presentation he used to catch fish along with the fish he caught.  So keep checking back as we will continue to grow the shore fishing destinations!!