Two clinics will be offered in the Twin Cities metro area and two in southern Minnesota. Fishing is an opportunity many children have right in their back yard, said Jean Bergerson, state coordinator for the BOW program. It is also a sport that children and parents alike can start without investing a lot of money.
Many neighborhoods have local fishing ponds or accesses to lakes they can fish from shore.
These workshops will teach both the children and parents the basics of shore fishing. They will have the chance to spend the last part of the day fishing together. Equipment will be provided for the day s fishing. Each participant will go home with a bag of goodies designed to encourage them to continue fishing as a recreational activity. Someone will go away with a new fishing rod as a door prize for the day.