Fishing

Women's 'fishing university' opens doors

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Sue Fields Tolliver wants a hobby to de-stress from graduate school at Nova Southeastern University. Belinda Martin would like to go trolling offshore aboard her 23-foot boat in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Kathryn Feanny of Fort Lauderdale wants to spend more quality time with her husband.

The three women were among 50 who attended a recent “Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing!” weekend saltwater seminar in Dania Beach. The seminar series, now in its 16th year, is the brainchild of Fort Lauderdale marketing executive Betty Bauman. Billed as the women’s “fishing university;” and the “no-yelling” school of fishing, it has drawn about 6,000 women of all ages who want to learn more about sport fishing in a friendly, noncompetitive environment.

Source: MiamiHerald.com

The MN Fishing Opener Is Here

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Whether on an annual opener trip or just out on the water for a few hours, folks here in the Northland are happy to say, it's fishing season in Minnesota. 

Dick Washburn has fished the Minnesota opener for more than 50 years.  "I started here when I was a young man, but I'm not going to give up," Washburn said.  

Fishing has a special place in his family.  His six kids are all grown up with their own families now, but they still spend opener with their dad.

It's a day for the Washburn family to remember the many fishing season they have spent together on the lake.  "We're all going to stop and have a big lunch and laugh and tell stories about the good old days," Washburn said. 

Source: WDIO-TV