Volunteer fishing coaches needed in Chico!

Steve Carson · Post by **Steve Carson** » Wed May 11, 2011 1:29 pm

OK guys, its that time again.
The largest single-day children's fishing event in the known world is happening on May 21 [Saturday] from 7 AM to 1 PM at Horseshoe Lake in Upper Bidwell Park.
We are definitely in need of as many "fishing coaches" as we can possibly get from the bass fishing community.
We expect at least 3,000 kids to show up to catch their first fish [8,000 pounds of catfish planted!].
Even if we had 150 bass anglers show up to help, it would not be too many.
The volunteer orientation is at 6:30 AM, but come whenever you can; plenty of volunteers have to leave after a few hours, and the kids just keep coming right up until the end.
For Chico/Paradise/Oroville locals, there will also be a tackle rigging/repair session on Thursday night 5/19 from 5 PM to 8 PM to rehab the 600 loaner rods.
See you there!

Steve Carson · Post by **Steve Carson** » Thu May 12, 2011 12:42 pm

Forgot to add, you can e-mail me with further questions at scarson@sunset.net
Hopefully the mods can secure this with a sticky until May 21.

Steve Carson · Post by **Steve Carson** » Sat May 14, 2011 10:47 am

One other pretty cool feature is that if a kid catches and releases any of the resident largemouth bass that live in Horseshoe Lake, he/she gets a new rod and reel combo courtesy of the Chico Bass Club.
That way the onslaught of kids has minimal impact on the local fish population, while we encourage them to keep the stocked catfish.
Most years something like 5 or 6 bass get caught and released, and two years ago a kid got a 7-pounder.

Cooch · Post by **Cooch** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:41 am

Steve, I have placed this for ya at the top as a "Sticky'!

We got four very important events going on this weekend folks, The Steve Carson's Chico event, Wounded Warrior, C.A.S.T. for kids and the CalBASS Deaf kids event on the Delta. If you are free and available to help us out, please do contact those here running the events as there is sure ta be an event in your area this weekend where we get the chance to share our love of bass fishing with special groups! Come on out and join the fun!