What is Sportfishing?
The National 4-H Sportfishing program is a cooperative effort of the educational branch of the American Sportfishing Association, the Future Fisherman Foundation, Cooperative Extension 4-H educators, Aquatic Resource educators and the staffs of state and federal management agencies. It is a youth development program that provides a comprehensive curriculum designed to develop life skills while providing information and motivation to youth and adult audiences interested in sportfishing and/or aquatic resource stewardship. The Vision The vision of this program is to develop life skills in young people and adults while educating them to exercise leadership and support for responsible recreational fishing and stewardship of aquatic resources through an internationally recognized 4-H Sportfishing Program. We believe that this can be accomplished by involving youth in a long-term, on-going, community-based sportfishing and aquatic resources education program. 4-H Sportfishing is comprised of