Conservation program teaches fishing skills, relaxation
BRANSON MO NEWS: The weather co-operated well, perhaps bringing more families Saturday to the Missouri Conservation Department’s annual Kids’ Fishing program behind the department’s Jefferson City headquarters.
“We’ve got some great fishing ponds here at the Conservation Department headquarters,” Fisheries specialist Andrew Branson said Saturday morning.
He oversees programs that “help people learn how to fish,” he explained, adding: “We’ve got some people who have never fished before — and this is a good way to come out and learn the basics.”
Brittany Baldwin, of Jefferson City, brought her son, Kayden, almost 5, to the event, “just to have an opportunity for our family to have some time to spend together and be active in beautiful Missouri.”
Kayden spent some time on a parking lot, practicing how to cast — how to release the line so it would go into the water and attract a fish, rather than going sideways to the grass — with volunteer Brenda Hancock, who then went with the mother and son to the small pond.
Baldwin said she’s not a fisherman, and the Kids’ Fishing Day was “something new for both of us to try, and he’s been interested.”
Kayden said it’s fun and “exciting to catch a fish and then throw it back into the water.”
Jason Stapp, of Jefferson City, stood beside the pond and fished with his two sons while his wife, Amanda, snapped pictures of their catch and carried their sleeping third son, only 8 months old.
“We appreciate the opportunity to come out for this since we’re in town,” Amanda said. “I grew up on a farm and my husband grew up on a farm; it’s just nice to have an opportunity to get back to those roots.”
Jason added: “It’s a good opportunity to teach them about nature and wildlife and how to fish.”
The attraction, he …
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