GASA - NEW DATE 4-hour Fishing Clinic (7th-12th grades)

Name: GASA - **NEW DATE** 4-hour Fishing Clinic (7th-12th grades)
Start: 2025-04-23T10:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-23T14:30:00-04:00
Location: Suncoast Youth Conservation Center

Schedule

Wed Apr 23 2025 at 10:30 am to 02:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Suncoast Youth Conservation Center | Apollo Beach, FL

ARRIVAL/CHECK-IN: 10:15am
Wednesday, December 11
Students begin by learning the basics of ethical angling including basic gear, proper fish handling techniques, fishing regulation basics, and why it’s important to protect marine fisheries. Once the concept of ethical angling has been introduced, students will practice skills including tying on a hook, properly identifying and measuring fish, and casting a fishing rod. Finally, students will try out catch-and-release fishing on SYCC’s brackish water pond.
Minimum 20 students.
MAX 50 students.
1:5 ratio chaperones
First come, first serve
Registration & Donation due by: November 20
The Suncoast Youth Conservation Center (SYCC) is the educational hub of the Florida Conservation and Technology Center’s (FCTC) Center for Conservation located on the eastern shore of Tampa Bay. Situated on a 20-acre campus with 6,000 feet of indoor and outdoor teaching space, SYCC shares the campus and shoreline with the Manatee Viewing Center, The Florida Aquarium, the University of Florida, and Tampa Electric Company. SYCC specializes in inshore saltwater fishing and paddling adventures, hosting immersive, educational field trips and family programs during the school year and week-long day camps in summer.