Saturday Fishing Class 25 September 2010

Saturday Fishing Class started a little earlier this last weekend as the students called me to tell me they are all ready. We had a few new students this weekend and the other students helped them get their fishing rods ready. Once everyone was all set up we walked down to the boat ramp to start fishing. The students had the best day fishing to date. They caught more pinfish, grunt and snapper than we could count. We actually lost count about an hour after fishing. The also caught some bluerunner, a houndfish, and hooked barracudas and a snook. All in all we had an amazing time on Saturday I am seeing them improved every week we are out there.

Saturday Fishing Class 9/11/10

This past Saturday I met some of the students at the Sims Center and met the remaining students at the boat ramp. When we arrived the students who had already painted their fishing rods grab their rods and headed down to the boat ramp to start fishing. The students who needed to still paint their fishing rods stayed at the classroom with me to start painting. Having watched the students from the previous week, those students who painted this week were able to see what worked best and which colors looked the coolest and produced some amazing rods.

Once we were all done painting the fishing rods, we all headed down to the boat ramp to start fishing too. I had given the students my camera to start taking pictures as they had expressed a lot of interest in photography. The students caught some amazing fish including 2 sheep-head, a barracuda, a blue-runner, a jack crevalle, and the usual grunts and snappers. One of the students also caught a pinfish which is now living in our fish tank.

On the walk back to the classroom, once all the bait was done, I was speaking to the students about the photos and how they are going to go on our blog. Kevens and Darian express interest in helping write the blog, and some of the other were extremely interested in taking the photos for the blog. So this weeks blog is going to feature the students photos and hopefully their writing when they finish writing it. You can see two of their photos above. One thing I did talk to them about was taking a picture of themselves with the fish, as all the photos are of just the fish. They explained to me that a close up picture of the fish is more important than taking a picture of themselves!

Saturday Fishing Club Boat Trip and Rod Building 8/2/10 and 8/4/10

Last Saturday we took the Saturday Fishing Club fishing on the boat to say thank you for all their hard work they have done on the classroom thus far. The fishing was very slow Saturday due to the west wind. We set up a few drifts and caught a few remoras and not much else. On the way in we trolled 2 yellow bucktail jigs and caught 4 bonitos and a bluerunner. Despite not catching much the kids had an amazing time fishing and swimming.

Monday I picked up the kids early and we headed to the classroom. We started the morning fishing and caught some snappers and grunts, and caught 2 more fish for our fish tank. Once the bait was done we went back to the classroom and the kids learned how to paint their own fishing rods. Everyone started getting their rods ready and some finished painting theirs. We are going to finish them up this afternoon.

Saturday Fishing Club 8/28/10

Last Saturday was a huge day for all of us at the Florida Fishing Academy, as well as for the kids. We started out bright and early showing up at the Boat Ramp and met with Capt. Rich. The plans for the day were to work on the new Florida Fishing Academy building, go fishing, and cook lunch. The kids, along with some awesome volunteers, started removing the wood wrapping the building. Once the kids needed a brake we all went down to the water to start fishing. The fishing plan was to try catch some fish for our fish tank, as well as some larger fish. The kids caught some smaller fish for the tank, along with some big legal snappers and big grunts. Around noon Robert, one of the older students, starting grilling hot dogs and hamburgers for the students and volunteers. Very good I might add!! With full bellies everyone started working on the building again to finish removing all the wood from the outside of the building. We would like to thank all the volunteers, the students, and the City of Boynton Beach employees for all their hard work last Saturday and we can not wait to see how the building turns out when it is finished in a few weeks.