Summer is all too quickly coming to an end, and so are the season’s Learn to Fish programs. There are still opportunities for youth ages 5 to 15 to learn the basics of freshwater fishing during the last few weeks of August, with programs scheduled to take place at:
Lower Mainland
Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery in Abbotsford (call 604.504.4716 for dates)
Matsqui Park, Fraser River: Aug 16th
Green Timbers Lake, Surrey: Aug 19th
Como Lake, Coquitlam: Aug 13th
Lafarge Lake, Coquitlam: Aug 20th
Alouette Lake, Golden Ears Provincial Park: Aug 19th
Cultus Lake, Cultus LaKe Provincial Park: Aug 14th and 21st
Hicks Lake, Sasquatch Provincial Park: Aug 15th
Lightning Lake, Manning Provincial Park: Aug 18th
Vancouver Island
Tyee Spit, Campbell River: Aug 14th
Lake Ida Anne, Langford: August 19th
Cameron Lake, Port Alberni: Aug 13th
Elk Lake (Waterski Beach), Saanich: Aug 22nd
Buttle Lake, Strathcona Park: Aug 26th
Cowichan Lake, Gordon Bay Provincial Park: Aug 24th
Goldstream Provincial Park: Aug 21st
Sproat Lake, Sproat Lake Provincial Park: Aug 23rd
Okanagan
Two Rivers Park, Princeton: Aug 21st
Children’s Fishing Pond, Kentucky-Alleyne Provincial Park: Aug 12th
Okanagan Lake, Ellison Provincial Park: Aug 13th
Otter Lake, Otter Lake Provincial Park: Aug 22nd
Thompson- Nicola
Lac Le Jeune Lake, Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park: Aug 15th and 21st
Nicola Lake, Monck Provincial Park: Aug 14th
Paul Lake, Paul Lake Provincial Park: Aug 17th
Tunkwa Lake, Tunkwa Lake Provincial Park: Aug 16th
Kootenays
Kaslo, Mirror Lake Campground: Aug 20th
Kootenay Lake, Kokanee Creek Provincial Park: Aug 22nd
Moyie River, Yahk Provincial Park: Aug 16th
Nancy Greene Lake, Nancy Greene Provincial Park: Aug 15th
Summit Lake, Summit Lake Provincial Park: Aug 21st
Surveyors Lake, Kikomun Creek Provincial Park: Aug 28th
Third Champion Lake, Champion Lakes Provincial Park: Aug 14th
Northern BC
Big Bar Lake, Big Bar Lake Provincial Park: Aug 18th
Green Lake, Green Lake Provincial Park: Aug 20th
Horsefly Lake, Horsefly Lake Provincial Park: Aug 19th
The Learn to Fish programs (including loaner rods and tackle) are available free of charge, but many require pre-registration: please visit the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC’s website for event times, meeting spots, and to check registration requirements. Please note that youth must be accompanied by an adult.
