Please see above for photos and video from the 2008 event which was held Saturday November 8th, 2008 at Tropical Park in Miami, FL
Last year, more than 200 kids, many of whom had never fished, got to learn the ways of
the rod and reel -- and enjoy a picnic lunch -- under a cloudless sky.
We had Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, new faces and old faces all joining the fun. With the help of 28 volunteers, they learned how to cast, tie knots,
bait hooks and reel in fish -- maybe not big ones, but big enough to pull on the
line.
"This is about getting kids fishing" according to Judy Lewis. Her late husband was a South Florida fishing pioneer who developed the fishing
kite -- a mainstay in all South Florida billfish tournaments. Lewis ran the kite-making business after her husband's death in 1997, but recently retired and closed it down. The fishing tournament, scheduled for Feb. 28-March 2, is entering its 14th
year.
