Fishing Anyone?

Are you taking the boys fishing this summer? If you are, you can receive lots of credit for doing that activity!

1. Fishing Belt Loop. Complete these three requirements:

A. Review your local fishing regulations with your leader or adult partner. Explain why they are important, and commit to following them.

B. Demonstrate how to properly bait a hook.

C. Try to catch a fish.

2. Wolf Elective 19A-F

19A. Identify 5 kinds of fish (Bass Pro Shops in Opry Mills has a great live display of sport fish)

19B. Rig a Pole and go fishing.

19C. Fish with members of your family and do your best to try to catch a fish. (BSA Family Activity and Fishing Belt Loop requirement)

19D. Know the rules of safe fishing.

19E. Tell about some of the fishing laws where you live. (Fishing Belt Loop Requirement)

19F. Show how to use a rod and reel.

3. Completing all of Wolf Elective 19A-F is one part of the World Conservation Award

4. BSA Family Enjoying Family Fun is to go fishing as a family and learn and follow local fishing regulations. (Wolf Elective 19C, part of Fishing Belt Loop Requirement)

5. Earn your "Master Angler Patch" By submitting the following:

A. Scout Name

B. Address

C. City, State, Zip

D. Date of Fishing Trip

E. Body of Water Fished

F. Distance from Home

G. Air Temp

H. Water Temp

I. Water Clarity (Clear, Slightly stained, Stained, Muddy)

J. Lures Used

K. Line Type

L. Type of Reel Used (Spinning, Spincasting, Baitcasting, other)

M. Number of Fish Caught

N. Species of Fish Caught

Submit info and a PHOTO from the trip to:

Master Anglers Program

FLW Outdoors

30 Gamble Lane

Benton, KY 42025

As you can see, one fishing trip can cover lots of awards and electives and many of the requirements (like learning fishing laws) are covered in more than one activity.

Have fun!

BSA Family Activities 1

Enjoying Family Fun.

Here is the first set of activities for the BSA Family Award. Select one of these activities as one of two requirements for the Learning Through Family Fun and Adventure section. We will have others listed in the coming weeks for a second area of this topic.

This weeks activities come from the "Enjoying Family Fun" section.

From the BSA Famil Workbook: Purpose: To encourage family members to spend time together having fun and sharing adventures.

1. Hold a family game night. (CHESS belt loop if you would like to teach your Scout to play chess)

2.Visit a museum, art gallery or art exhibit. (fulfills one requirement for the COLLECTING belt loop.) We're going to take in the Lane Motor Museum near Opryland http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/

3. Go Bird watching. ELECTIVE 13D (also goes toward the *World Conservation Award)

4. Go on a famly bike ride, discuss proper bike safety. REQUIREMENT 9E and also fulfills the requirements for the Bike Belt loop.

5. Fly home made or purchased kites. If you choose to make home made kites, you can receive credit for ELECTIVE 5A, and if you choose to make one of the kites (or all of them)ELECTIVE 5B, 5C and/or 5D.

6. Plant a family garden. ELECTIVES 15 A-D depending on what kind of garden you choose to plant. This also fulfills some of the requirements for the *World Conservation Award.

7. Go fishing. Learn about local fishing laws and regulations. ELECTIVES 19 A-F depending on which activities you want to do. Also fulfills the Fishing Belt loop. And is part of the *World Conservation Award as well.

Like I said, there are about 100 activities, I just picked a few that went along with other scout awards. Email me for other ideas if you don't like any of these.

*World Conservation Award. Check page 226 in your Wolf Handbook for more information about the World Conservation Award requirements.