Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- May 29, 2007

The five secrets to raising an angler (:39)

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Suggested Intro:

SUNDAY IS "FISH FOR FREE DAY" ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA, AND YOU MAY BE PLANNING TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE TO THE SPORT OF FISHING. BUT A YOUTH SPECIALIST IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS YOU'LL HAVE MORE SUCCESS IF YOU KNOW THE FIVE SPECIFIC STEPS TO ENCOURAGING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ANGLERS. GARY ABDULLAH HAS THE STORY:

Story:

(:13) MANY FISHING FANS HOPE TO PASS THEIR LOVE OF THE SPORT TO CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN. BUT PENN STATE NATURAL RESOURCES SPECIALIST SANFORD SMITH SAYS EXTENSIVE RESEARCH HAS PINPOINTED SOME SPECIFIC ELEMENTS THAT CAN HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO APPRECIATE THE PASTIME:

Smith Actuality:
(:18) "THE FIVE STEPS FOR ENCOURAGING A YOUNG ANGLER WOULD BE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A GREAT INTRODUCTORY EXPERIENCE WITH FISHING, GIVE THEM SOME ACCESS TO THE RESOURCE IN THE FUTURE - IN OTHER WORDS, GET THEM OUT THERE FISHING ON A STREAM OR A POND, GIVE THEM ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT FOR FISHING - PREFERABLY THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT, PROVIDE SOME INSTRUCTION, AND THEN GIVE THEM FAMILY SUPPORT."

(:08) SMITH SAYS THE LAST STEP CAN BE THE TASTIEST ONE, SINCE IT USUALLY MEANS EATING YOUR YOUNG ANGLER'S CATCH. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.

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