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Free fishing day brings cash, exposure to Anderson project
Thom Gabrukiewicz, Redding Record Searchlight
April 13, 2003
ANDERSON — Lest you think that this city has abandoned its grand design to bring fishing docks to the Anderson River Park Ponds for children and the disabled, guess again.
"We're just about ready to get it off the ground, finally," said Ken Hartman, director of the Anderson Park and Recreation Department. "I'm hoping to start construction this summer."
The city of Anderson, the Shasta Mayflies, the Shasta Fly Fishers and the Shasta-Cascade Bass Anglers came together in 2001 to propose piers and boardwalks for the four ponds near the K.C. Grove picnic area and amphitheater, where the popular Mosquito Serenade concert series is held each summer. Each floating dock has been designed to extend from a concrete pad, where there would be shade areas, picnic tables and information kiosks.
The project hit a bump in 2002 when the nonprofit partnership charged with raising money for the estimated $87,000 project was disbanded, due to problems with the group's status numbers. The $3,000 the nonprofit had raised for the piers was put in the bank. With grants and redevelopment funds, the money is there to start the construction.
But there's more to be done, more money to be raised.
Again this year, the Anderson Park and Recreation Department, the Department of Fish and Game, the Shasta County Child Abuse Prevention Council and various north state businesses and organizations will host a Free Kids Fishing Day and Family Fun Fest from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the K.C. Grove area of the Anderson River Park.
There will be a petting zoo, bounce house, face painting, clowns, crafts, an Easter egg hunt and games. Hot dogs and soft drinks will be for sale from the Anderson Rotary.
And, of course, there will be fishing.
"The fish have been ordered," Hartman said. "Catfish, bass and bluegill this year. Lots of them."
The free fishing event is for all children up to 15 years old. Children must be accompanied by an adult and should bring their own fishing equipment (although there will be some loaner equipment available).
This is a great event and will raise additional funds for a fantastic project. Get the kids out and get them into a lifetime of good times, just by slinging a line. • • • Speaking of a lifetime of fishing, the California Fish and Game Commission recently approved a new education program that will honor anglers who can catch at least six of the state's 11 species of native trout. Anglers who meet the minimum requirement will get a colorful certificate recognizing their accomplishment as part of the new California Heritage Trout Challenge.
To qualify for the certificate — which will be numbered and will feature artwork done by noted fish illustrator Joseph Tomelleri (www.americanfishes.com) — anglers must first catch six different trout from their historic drainages, then document their catch on an application form. Anglers must verify when and where the trout were caught and must include photographs of each fish. There are no time or deadline requirements, so fish you've already caught would qualify, even if it happened decades ago.
In that case, I'm halfway home. I just have to get to the Sierra Nevada and hook up with some cutthroat and golden trout.
Anglers can earn one certificate each year and over time, should they catch a different combination of native fish, they can apply for additional certificates.
The 11 California species include: the coastal rainbow, McCloud redband, steelhead, Eagle Lake rainbow, Lahontan cutthroat (lake resident), Lahontan cutthroat (stream resident), coastal cutthroat, Paiute cutthroat, California golden trout, Kern River rainbow and the Little Kern golden.
This is a great program that will only help to bring attention to the state's native trout species, the hardships the fish face, but also bring out the pure joy of fishing (catch-and-release only, please) for our heritage fish.
A new information and application leaflet is now being printed by the DFG and will be available shortly. The application form also will be available for download at the DFG Web site at www.dfg.ca.gov.
Thom Gabrukiewicz's Outside column appears every Sunday in the Record Searchlight. He can be reached at 225-8230 or at tgabrukiewicz@redding.com.
Thom Gabrukiewicz, Redding Record Searchlight
April 13, 2003
ANDERSON — Lest you think that this city has abandoned its grand design to bring fishing docks to the Anderson River Park Ponds for children and the disabled, guess again.
"We're just about ready to get it off the ground, finally," said Ken Hartman, director of the Anderson Park and Recreation Department. "I'm hoping to start construction this summer."
The city of Anderson, the Shasta Mayflies, the Shasta Fly Fishers and the Shasta-Cascade Bass Anglers came together in 2001 to propose piers and boardwalks for the four ponds near the K.C. Grove picnic area and amphitheater, where the popular Mosquito Serenade concert series is held each summer. Each floating dock has been designed to extend from a concrete pad, where there would be shade areas, picnic tables and information kiosks.
The project hit a bump in 2002 when the nonprofit partnership charged with raising money for the estimated $87,000 project was disbanded, due to problems with the group's status numbers. The $3,000 the nonprofit had raised for the piers was put in the bank. With grants and redevelopment funds, the money is there to start the construction.
But there's more to be done, more money to be raised.
Again this year, the Anderson Park and Recreation Department, the Department of Fish and Game, the Shasta County Child Abuse Prevention Council and various north state businesses and organizations will host a Free Kids Fishing Day and Family Fun Fest from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the K.C. Grove area of the Anderson River Park.
There will be a petting zoo, bounce house, face painting, clowns, crafts, an Easter egg hunt and games. Hot dogs and soft drinks will be for sale from the Anderson Rotary.
And, of course, there will be fishing.
"The fish have been ordered," Hartman said. "Catfish, bass and bluegill this year. Lots of them."
The free fishing event is for all children up to 15 years old. Children must be accompanied by an adult and should bring their own fishing equipment (although there will be some loaner equipment available).
This is a great event and will raise additional funds for a fantastic project. Get the kids out and get them into a lifetime of good times, just by slinging a line. • • • Speaking of a lifetime of fishing, the California Fish and Game Commission recently approved a new education program that will honor anglers who can catch at least six of the state's 11 species of native trout. Anglers who meet the minimum requirement will get a colorful certificate recognizing their accomplishment as part of the new California Heritage Trout Challenge.
To qualify for the certificate — which will be numbered and will feature artwork done by noted fish illustrator Joseph Tomelleri (www.americanfishes.com) — anglers must first catch six different trout from their historic drainages, then document their catch on an application form. Anglers must verify when and where the trout were caught and must include photographs of each fish. There are no time or deadline requirements, so fish you've already caught would qualify, even if it happened decades ago.
In that case, I'm halfway home. I just have to get to the Sierra Nevada and hook up with some cutthroat and golden trout.
Anglers can earn one certificate each year and over time, should they catch a different combination of native fish, they can apply for additional certificates.
The 11 California species include: the coastal rainbow, McCloud redband, steelhead, Eagle Lake rainbow, Lahontan cutthroat (lake resident), Lahontan cutthroat (stream resident), coastal cutthroat, Paiute cutthroat, California golden trout, Kern River rainbow and the Little Kern golden.
This is a great program that will only help to bring attention to the state's native trout species, the hardships the fish face, but also bring out the pure joy of fishing (catch-and-release only, please) for our heritage fish.
A new information and application leaflet is now being printed by the DFG and will be available shortly. The application form also will be available for download at the DFG Web site at www.dfg.ca.gov.
Thom Gabrukiewicz's Outside column appears every Sunday in the Record Searchlight. He can be reached at 225-8230 or at tgabrukiewicz@redding.com.
