Sign up for a Let's Go Fishing
class today. Courses are designed to teach families basic ecological
concepts, fishing skills and new ways to enjoy the outdoors together.
Courses cover basic techniques for year-round fishing in ponds,
lakes, streams and the ocean. A typical course offers six hours
of hands-on instruction, plus a field trip. Children, ages eight
and up, as well as adults, are welcome. Children must be accompanied
by a parent or adult.
Let's Go Fishing is part of the New Hampshire
Fish and Game Department's Aquatic Resources Education Program.Let's Go Fishingcourses are offered throughout the state
by trained volunteer instructors. Instructors bring with them a
wealth of experience and knowledge to help the beginning angler
get started. All courses are free. (For
more details on what you will learn, click here.)
Let's Go Fishing Contact Information,
call (603) 271-3212 weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., or email aquatic-ed@wildlife.nh.gov.
Registration for all Let's Go Fishing courses is on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Let's Go Fishing Current Class Schedule
for 2009
New courses will be posted below as they become available.
TOWN
LOCATION
DATE/TIME
COURSE TYPE
CONTACT FOR REGISTER
& COURSE INFORMATION
Key for Description:
CR=Classroom, FT=Field Trip, O=Other
BARRINGTON
Barrington Town Hall
January 10, 2009 (times to be announced)
Saltwater Ice Fishing
Skip Marquette - 664-5596
MILFORD
Riley Bros. Lumber
39 Christmas Tree Lane
February 7 & 14, 2009 - CR
February 21, 2009 - 1pm - 4pm - FT
Ongoing kids Clinics, setting up tip ups, drilling holes, baiting the hook
NH Fish & Game Dept - 271-3212
MANCHESTER
Amoskeag Fishways
February 13, 2009 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm - CR
February 14, 2009 - 9am - 12pm - FT at Dubes Pond
Ice Fishing
Amoskeag Fishways - 626-3474
LANCASTER
North Country Resource Center
February 21, 2009 - 9am - 3pm
Ice Fishing
If you’d like to learn more about “hard water” fishing, then you are in luck. UNHCE 4-H program is teaming up with staff and volunteers from NH Fish & Game to conduct a one day ice fishing workshop. Youth who attend must be accompanied by an adult. This free workshop will start with classroom instruction and then move to a top-secret hot spot on the ice for some live action. Class size is limited and registrations are taken on a first-come-first-serve basis. Call Coös Extension
4-H Office at 788-4961 to learn more
or to sign up.
PETERBOROUGH
Peterborough Rec Dept
March 5, 2009 - 5:30pm - 7pm - CR March 7, 2009 - 10am - 2pm - FT
Ice Fishing
Craig Fraley - 924-8080
Sorry, there are not courses available at this time, please check back periodically for new course listings.
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