Free Family Fishing Festival
I just received this press release from my good friend and Bethel, Maine connection Wende Gray of Gray Marketing. This sounds like an unbelievable event for everyone. I plan on attending to get photos, shoot some video and get the story out to millions but don’t wait to see it here. Plan to attend. It’s FREE and what a fantastic opportunity and family outing.
Free Family Fishing Festival
The Bethel Chamber of Commerce in co-operation with Trout Unlimited will host a free family fishing festival on Saturday, June 3. The festival will be held along the banks of the Androscoggin River from 9 am to 4 pm.
Free casting workshops are set for the morning. Members of the Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited will teach the workshops. Instruction will follow the curriculum developed by Trout Unlimited’s First Cast program for Kids. Instruction for the entire family will utilize the format of the Passport to Fishing and Boating program developed by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation. Equipment will be provided by Maine�s Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
A fishing opportunity is scheduled from 11 am to 2 pm to practice kids’ newly learned, casting skills. Youngsters will release the derby fish after they are caught. This will help to teach the “catch and release” ethic important to preserving Maine’s fishing resource.
In the afternoon, kids will learn how to tie flies. Materials will be provided by TU and will include fibers from Sunday River Alpacas-a local Alpaca farm. Every child will be able to take home a hand-tied fly.
Exhibitors include the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife with a mobile unit information booth, the Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program; and The Maine Conservation School of Bryant Pond, a camp facility for juniors and adults offering programs in Maine’s traditional outdoor activities.
Families are welcome to bring a pack lunch. An outdoor barbecue will be available at the Festival. All parents and kids registering for the event will be eligible for prizes from local outfitters and businesses.
The weekend of June 3 and 4 is a free fishing weekend in Maine. Resident and Non-resident freshwater fishing licenses are waived each day. June 3 is the first day of National Fishing & Boating Week, a program of the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation. RBFF is a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase participation in recreational angling and boating and thereby increase public awareness and appreciation of the need for protecting, conserving and restoring the nation’s aquatic and natural resources. The Bethel Family Fishing Festival is one of many nationwide events that provide families with an opportunity to have fun on the water. The festival welcomes three-generation families, single parent families and the family pet.
For information contact the Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce at 1-800-442-5826 or on line at www.bethelmaine.com. For those families wishing to stay overnight and fish or canoe the Androscoggin River on Sunday, special family packages are available for the weekend at local lodging establishments.
Tom Remington
William Joseph Big Fishing Duffle – $ 249.00
From: LandBigFish.com
Heh Tom-See ya in late May. Looks like the White Mountain National Forest will be signing on too.
Wende
March 9th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
That part of the Androscoggin is full of nearly untouched smallies, too! Wish I could be there to take some kids out in my boat.
Tom, have you tried to contact the Maine Bass Federation? Try mebass.com
Jack
March 17th, 2006 at 10:05 am
Hey Jack, you and I need to get out in a boat sometime. I’ll bring the older kiddos and we can teach them how to hook a worm. Bet they would love that!
Steve
March 17th, 2006 at 11:51 am
[...] So, I thought I would give her some incentive. On April 3rd there is a free family fish day I am taking my 2 oldest kids to and grampa is coming along. The drive to get there would be about 3 hours over where grampa’s camp is. The incentive is if she can potty train and be out of diapers by then I would bring her fishing with us. [...]
April 11th, 2006 at 6:53 am
[...] Despite the terenchel downpours all weekend the Family Fish Day that took place this Saturday over in Bethel was a success. Most people stayed in where it was warm and dry but there were still a lot of children who came out and faced the rain and wind. [...]
June 5th, 2006 at 9:14 am
[...] Despite the torrential downpours all weekend the Family Fish Day that took place this Saturday over in Bethel was a success. Most people stayed in where it was warm and dry but there were still a lot of children who came out and faced the rain and wind. [...]
June 5th, 2006 at 9:38 am
[...] Family Fish Day in Bethel, Maine By Steven Remington Despite the torrential downpours all weekend the Family Fish Day that took place this Saturday over in Bethel was a success. Most people stayed in where it was warm and dry but there were still a lot of children who came out and faced the rain and wind. [...]
June 5th, 2006 at 9:39 am
[...] Despite the torrential downpours all weekend the Family Fish Day that took place this last Saturday over in Bethel was quite fun for the family. Most people stayed in where it was warm and dry but there were still a lot of children who came out and faced the rain and wind. [...]
June 10th, 2006 at 3:08 pm