“Let’s Go Fishing” New Instructor Training

Are you interested in sharing your passion for fishing with others? Become a Let’s Go Fishing Instructor!

This training will cover policies, curriculum and more leaving you with the skills needed to assist or conduct a program in your community.

Register HERE.

Let’s Go Fishing is a network of volunteer instructors who encourage and teach Vermonter’s aquatic education on behalf of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. Volunteers with the Let’s Go Fishing Program encourage and teach young people and their families how to fish, emphasizing that fishing is more than just catching fish. Vermont Fish & Wildlife provides support to all instructors through detailed trainings, curriculum, staff support and equipment. Annually the program reaches over 8,000 Vermonters and is supported by sport fish restoration funds.

PRESS RELEASE:

Let’s Go Fishing Program Seeks Instructors

Training workshop set for April 26

MONTPELIER, Vt.—The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is seeking volunteers to become instructors for the Let’s Go Fishing program to pass on Vermont’s fishing tradition to the next generation of Vermonters. 

The department will be hosting a one-day training workshop for new instructors on Saturday April 26 at the Fish and Wildlife office, 111 West Street in Essex Junction.

Instructors in the ‘Let’s Go Fishing’ program organize and instruct clinics in their communities for Vermonters of all ages. 

Participants in the training workshop will learn how to teach a basic fishing clinic, as well as learn about regulations and ethics, aquatic ecology, fisheries management, and habitat conservation.  They will also learn to conduct specialized fishing clinics, including clinics on ice fishing and species-specific fishing. 

The class is informal, and it is not necessary to have a high level of fishing expertise to become an instructor.

“This is an excellent opportunity for people passionate about fishing to share their love of the sport with others,” said Fish and Wildlife educator Corey Hart.  “It is also an excellent resource for educators seeking to bring important topics such as aquatic ecology and habitat management into their classroom through hands-on activities.”

There is no charge for the training, and all curriculum materials will be provided. 

The workshop runs from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  Pre-registration is required, and you must be 18 years of age to participate.  Those interested can register on Fish and Wildlife’s website April Events calendar or by emailing letsgofishing@vermont.gov.

Once completed, pending a background check, attendees will become certified instructors and have access to program equipment and resources for their programs.