– Files from Pat Matthews, My Cariboo Now
It has officially begun!
The Annual Father’s Day Family Fishing Weekend is celebrating its 25th anniversary of bringing parents and their children together to try this sport now through Sunday.
“The goal of the weekend is to encourage family and friends to get outdoors and go fishing.”
Jessica Greinke, Communications Coordinator with Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC said, “The family fishing weekend aims to make it accessible and inexpensive for people to try fishing or introduce new family members to fishing.”
Greinke noted that there are free fishing days available starting today (June 14)
“This means that the Provincial Government waives the requirement for anglers to buy a freshwater license and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans does the same thing for saltwater licenses.”
She noted this weekend offers a place for families to come together with other angling enthusiasts and that the number of participants has grown over the years.
“The great thing about it being the 25th year is that we’re seeing people that attended when they were younger now bringing their own younger family members. We have around 10-thousand people participate province-wide now in this event. This year the license sales data indicates that there’s been an uptick in the amount of of 16 to 24 year old’s purchasing licenses which is fantastic to see among our youth.”
While you are permitted to fish license free now through Sunday some requirements remain in effect that can be found on the BC Family Fishing website and the Fisheries and Oceans website.
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