Wed, 12 Aug 2015

Last Call for Learn to Fish

Photo: FFSBC

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.