High School Fishing Team

Icehunter · **Joined:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:38 pm **Posts:** 40

I'm a teacher/coach at Holy Cross Secondary School. Recently, through a personal love of fishing and the outdoors, I have started a Fishing Team/Club at our school. From grade 9-12, we have over 30 very keen students who have committed to our program and new members are joining weekly. We are committed to improving our knowledge and fishing skills.

I have applied and received enough funding for only 10 students to take them to the annual Edu-Cast High school tournament near Aylmer, Ontario on May 30th. Organized by Pro Darren Jacko, over 1200 students from across Ontario participated in this 2 day event last year.

Being in our infant stage, we currently have very little resources available. If you have any advice or tournament info we could enter, locations to take 30 kids to fish from shore. Old equipment that could be re used by students etc. anything would be very helpful. Fishbum will be designing a team jersey later this week for us and currently have 4 spots left as sponsors. (worth a shot).

Again anything at all would be extremely helpful, thank you

BigMac · **Joined:** Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:18 pm **Posts:** 1383

This is awesome to see. Good for you for driving this program. Good luck in your fundraising !

stripey85 · **Joined:** Wed May 09, 2012 11:32 am **Posts:** 152

as a graduate of Holy Cross circa 1999-2000, this is awesome news, too bad it wasnt around when i was attending there! lol
hope all goes well, if you need any help let me know.
wont be able to help as a sponsor, but possibly be able to help out with events and such
ill send you an email address via PM

TheLandshark · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:12 pm

Two thumbs up for planting a seed

Gerritt · **Joined:** Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:28 am **Posts:** 66

Good news! In terms of sponsors.... I wonder if any resorts will step up to the plate........

Jim Lyon · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:12 pm **Posts:** 423

My son is on the team, rarley speaks to me but does want to go fishing. I sent you an email at work about the sponsorship thing. I wonder if you could get some of the better anglers come and do a presentation at the school ( probably require a police check) I am wondering how much you can do with getting help without the whole police check thing?

furious · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2014 3:36 pm

This is great to hear!!!

There is also the Student Angler Federation. It is a part of the TBF group as luck would have it the President of The Canadian Bass Anglers Federation just happens to live in Kingston. They have a pretty established program which provides a lot of bonuses for the kids.

Here is a link: http://www.highschoolfishing.org/

Jim Lyon · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:12 pm **Posts:** 423

Colin...that's good info. As far as I know they still need a couple of sponsors...is only $100 so can anyone help out

jignpigman · **Joined:** Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:32 am **Posts:** 216

Ice hunter if you call me at work tomorrow I am sure I can assist you with with sponsorship. I have sponsored numerous clubs, charities etc. including several school events locally every year. I share with you the same passion for fishing and would be glad to give back to something that means a lot to me and our community as a whole.

Gord
Gord & Kims No Frills
613-389-0090

kevin weir · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:06 pm **Posts:** 4

I would help you out.
I too Graduated from holy cross my
e-mail is kevinweir40@gmail.com

stripey85 · **Joined:** Wed May 09, 2012 11:32 am **Posts:** 152

Depending on how many kids are able to fish would it be an idea to have a student paired up with an adult or someone who has a boat and do like a pro am format? The boat wonder would be fishing for his own and same goes for tr student? That would be of interest?

Icehunter · **Joined:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:38 pm **Posts:** 40

Thanks again for all the help and support. Here is where we are so far.
sponsors that have helped kids out with Jerseys (Fishbum) and donations:

Canadian Tire (Mike Howe)- major partner
Scott Lake Lodge and Flyouts
Kingston Dodge and Car Loans Kingston
Phone Works
Wards Marina
Vance outdoors
Grant's No Frills

Also a Big thanks to J. Semark for the Rods and Reels and the large box of lures and plastics. that was awesome!

Also Big Jim McLaughin has offered to do a fishing seminar with our kids. I might be more excited then the kids.

thanks again for all the messages and the assistance, any advice is much appreciated.

JimW · **Posted:** Thu May 01, 2014 4:08 pm

Hey icehunter

I teach at athens high school north of brockville. This will be the 6th year i. will be taking some of my high school fishing team members to the Edu-cast tournament. We have had atleast 1 student place in in the top 10 three times in the last 4 years and qualify for the Edu-cast Championship on Lake Erie in June.

We also do a Lake Ontario salmon charter trip with the students and we are planning a st. Lawrence carp trip in Jume.

There are not many high school tournaments in ontario. I have been thinking about trying to set up a eastern ontario tournament for awhile.

We are also signing up our school club as a Bassmaster High School Nation Club which will give a few of my more serious anglers a chance to compete for the opportunity to fish the High School Bassmasters Championship in the US.

We should talk and see if we can work together on some ideas to benefit us both.

Jim Wilson
Warriors Fishing Team

Athens District High School

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