On Thursday, July 9th, Learn 2 Fish With Us Angler Educator Captain Greg attended the Boy and Girl Scouts at Twin Lake Camp located in Waupaca, WI.  The scouts learn about the equipment, bait and skills needed to achieve the fishing merit badge.  After the educational part of the event it was time for them to catch fish, clean them and then cook them.  Bass, bluegills and perch were caught.  Thanks to Shakespeare Fishing each youth received a fishing combo that Captain Greg helped them rig with a Tru-Turn hook, sinker and bobber.   All the kids had a blast.  Thanks for having us at camp. 

This was the first fishing clinic Learn 2 Fish With Us has hosted in three months.  We took extra precaution by having plenty of hand sanitizer and commercial grade sanitizer to keep our equipment safe. 

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Due to the COVID-19 virus we have postponed all fishing clinics in April.  We may postpone fishing clinics in May and June due to the status of the COVID-19 virus.  We believe in maintaining a safe environment for youth, families and volunteers that attend our events.  Please check our calendar for an up to date calendar of our 2020 fishing clinics.  

Learn 2 Fish With Us and National Professional Anglers Association (NPAA) hosted Fishing Basics and Advanced Fishing Basics seminars at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sport Show on Saturday, March 7^th.   Learn 2 Fish With Us and NPAA members Karen #121 and Greg Karch #138 hosted the seminars.  A half hour before the Fishing Basics seminar was to start, families were lined up for the Fishing Basics seminar.  All youth sixteen and under received a Shakespeare fishing combo thanks to the NPAA.  Fishing Basics seminar, educates youth and families to all skills and equipment needed to begin fishing in an interactive approach.  Captain Greg felt that Fishing Basics needed to have an interactive approach so he could keep youth engaged throughout the forty-five minute seminar.  Youth, families and adults learned safety while fishing, bait, presentations, fishing equipment and aquatic invasive species.  After the seminar parents came up to Greg to say how amazed they were, that he kept youth engaged throughout the seminar!!

The second seminar ‘Advanced Fishing 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, jigging and trolling presentations, how a graph works, maps, filleting a fish and cooking of the fish.  Greg was amazed at how many adults attended this seminar.  Youth sixteen and under received a Plano mini tackle box that had Northland jigs, Tru-Turn hooks, sinkers, plastics and a bobber.  Everything needed while fishing!!  Learn 2 Fish With Us provided the giveaway.

Learn 2 Fish With Us, National Professional Anglers Association (NPAA) and the Wisconsin Fishing Expo have partnered for the last eight years to bring youth fishing education to the Wisconsin Fishing Expo!!  Thanks to the Learn 2 Fish With Us and NPAA members Karen #121 and Greg Karch #138 for hosting three seminars this past weekend.  Dan, an organizer of the Wisconsin Fishing Expo, asked Greg, if he would consider building an advanced fishing basics seminar for the 2020 seminar line up!!  Over the last seven years they have had thousands of youth attend Greg’s ‘Fishing Basics’ seminar, and this would be a great building block for the youth and adults to learn more on fishing!!  Greg accepted the request and built ‘Advanced Fishing Basics’ which was introduced to the public this past Saturday during the Wisconsin Fishing Expo!! 

Greg and Karen hosted two ‘Fishing Basics’ seminars during the show which educated youth, families and adults to all the skills and equipment need to begin fishing.  ‘Fishing Basics’ educates attendees on; 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.  ‘Advanced Fishing 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, jigging and trolling presentations, how a graph works, maps, filleting a fish and cooking of the fish.

Thanks to the National Professional Anglers Association and Learn 2 Fish With Us, youth attending the seminars received one of the following; Shakespeare fishing combo, Shakespeare soft-sided tackle bag or a NPAA Future Pro Shirt. 

Greg would like thank his and Learn 2 Fish With Us sponsor’s which include: Badger Sportsman, National Professional Anglers Association, Shakespeare, Mercury Marine, Triton Boats, The Boat Doc, Lake Poygan Sportsmans Club, Battle On Bago, Berkley, Dave’s Musky Club, Off Shore Tackle Company, Northland Tackle, TTI Blakemore Fishing Group, Maui Jim, Mad Wraps, Future Angler Foundation and The Reel Shot.

On Sunday, February 23rd, Learn 2 Fish With Us Angler Educators Mark Moran & Greg Karch attended American Marine & Motorsports sports show which was held in Shawano, WI.  This kicked off Learn 2 Fish With Us open water seminars which include Fishing Basics and Advanced Fishing Basics.  Captain Greg said “Spring Is Here”!!

Youth and parents learned about safety while fishing, different fishing combos, how to cast safely and accurately, how to tie a Palomar and Clinch knot, live and artificial bait, fish identification, part of a fish and so much more!!  To end the seminar Captain Greg talked about Aquatic Invasive Species and how they can prevent the spread of them!!

Each youth went home with a NPAA Future Pro shirt and a Mercury Marine head band.