TAKE ME FISHING provides some wonderful resources online for the fishing newbie or enthusiast!

They have information on various fishing types including salt water fishing, freshwater fishing, ice fishing, and fly fishing. They have a wonderful resource on getting started with fishing.

Be sure to check them out!

Texas Parks and Wildlife provides some wonderful resources.

They provide a guide called, “Take me fishing: A Basic Guide for the Beginning Angler.”

You can find the FREE PDF here here.

New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation provides a broad set of resources to help the new as well as the experienced angler.

They have a guide entitled, “I FISH NY Beginners’ Guide to Freshwater Fishing”, which you can find here. But they also have a broad range of information for intermediate level fisherman as well as safey and conservation.

MEDIUM.COM provides a fundamental fishing resource online called “A Guide to Fishing for the First Time.”

You can find it here.

Nature Sport Central has a resource called Fishing For Beginners  – Get Started Guide.” This guide has all the basics, from bait and fishing techniques, to filleting and freezing your catch!

You can find this resource online here.

ACTIVITY: Draw lines to connect the lure to the correct name.

Answers:

Draw a line from picture 1 to Spoon.
Draw a line from picture 2 to Spinner Bait.
Draw a line from picture 3 to Swim Bait.
Draw a line from picture 4 to Surface Lure.
Draw a line from picture 5 to Artificial Fly.
Draw a line from picture 6 to Soft Plastic Jig.
Draw a line from picture 7 to Plug.

ACTIVITY: Crossword Puzzle.

Note: this crossword has a couple of answers that may be difficult for younger age boys. But this is a good time to help him to RESEARCH and LOOKUP answers online by using any of the tools above, including simply using Google, too.

Answers:

1 Down – Surf.
2 Down – Baitcasting.
3 Down – Fly.
4 Across – Trolling.
5 Across – Centerpin.
6 Across – Spinning.

(Note: early editions of the Activity book had the wrong question for #6 printed inside. It should read, “This real spins as your line is being retrieved.”)

7 Across – Spincast.

ACTIVITY: Wordsearch.

Answers:

1. Cutthroat Trout.
2. Brim, Sunny, Copper Nose.
3. Sunfish.
4. Blind.
5. Northern Cavefish.
6. Steelhead.
7. Chain Pickerel.
8. Pike.
Handle with care: Catfish.

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