Families reel in fun times at Kids Fishing Day

By Matthew Nash • April 27, 2022 1:30 am
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Craig Larson helps his 3-year-old son Barrett net a rainbow trout during Kids Fishing Day on April 23. It was Barrett’s first catch ever, Larson said.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Craig Larson helps his 3-year-old son Barrett net a rainbow trout during Kids Fishing Day on April 23. It was Barrett’s first catch ever, Larson said.

Young anglers caught fish after fish under perfect skies at the 2022 Kids Fishing Day on April 23.

Puget Sound Anglers-North Olympic Peninsula Chapter hosted six hours of free fishing at the reclamation pond north of Carrie Blake Community Park with ready-to-use poles, help with bait and hooks, and cleaning, icing and bagging each rainbow trout caught.

By the numbers: Organizers said the first 50 children 14 and younger received free fishing poles to keep, hundreds of people checked out poles for use, and two adults fell in the water while helping their little ones net their fish.

Year-round, children 14 and younger can fish for free and without a license in the park with each child limited to keeping the first two fish they catch.

For more about the anglers group, visit psanopc.org and facebook.com/psanopc.

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Brooke Pederson, 9, of Joyce reels in from the side of the reclamation pond as her parents Erik and Paula watch. She soon thereafter caught her first fish.

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Brooke Pederson, 9, of Joyce reels in from the side of the reclamation pond as her parents Erik and Paula watch. She soon thereafter caught her first fish.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Jonis Alokoa, 13, of Sequim casts out during Kids Fishing Day on April 23 as AJ Martinez, 16, of Port Angeles watches.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Jonis Alokoa, 13, of Sequim casts out during Kids Fishing Day on April 23 as AJ Martinez, 16, of Port Angeles watches.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Bentley Wopperer, 4, of Port Angeles shows off his catch during the Kids Fishing Day event. His dad Terry Wopperer said it was Bentley’s first catch ever.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Bentley Wopperer, 4, of Port Angeles shows off his catch during the Kids Fishing Day event. His dad Terry Wopperer said it was Bentley’s first catch ever.

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Yuliya Berretta of Port Angeles helps her daughter Elise, 4, reel in a fish with advice from Barry Baker with the Puget Sound Anglers-North Olympic Peninsula Chapter. Hundreds of people gathered on April 23 for the club’s annual Kids Fishing Day in Carrie Blake Community Park.

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Yuliya Berretta of Port Angeles helps her daughter Elise, 4, reel in a fish with advice from Barry Baker with the Puget Sound Anglers-North Olympic Peninsula Chapter. Hundreds of people gathered on April 23 for the club’s annual Kids Fishing Day in Carrie Blake Community Park.