From community youth fishing events to statewide junior bass fishing tournaments to Hooked On Fishing, Not On Drugs events to Pathways to Fishing programs, there is no shortage of efforts to introduce young people to sport fishing.
However, an experience I had on a recent fishing trip to Lake Erie opened my eyes to an introductory angling avenue that should be seeing more traffic.
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