Click Here
Friday May 24 2013
Juneau: 55°F
Now in Digital HD on Ch. 5.1!
Latest Alaska headlines from KTUU.com » Sutton Man Dies in Standoff With Troopers » Alaska Agencies Raise Awareness, Patrols for Memorial Day Safety » JBER Soldier Found Guilty of Abusive Sexual Contact » Kauai Indictment in Former Alaska Woman's Murder » Water Shortage Costs Kivalina Students 3 Weeks of School » Witnesses Describe Night of Devante Jordan's Murder » Airport Proposals Raise Coastal Trail Concerns » Public Comment Period on Pebble Report Nearing Deadline » Voter Case from November Election Under Review » UAF Nearing Partnership for Veterinary Program » No fatalities after Interstate 5 bridge collapses over river in Washington state » ASD Budget Shortfall Limits Summer School Options » APD Cruiser Escorts Moose off Field at Service High » Kotzebue Search Efforts for Snowmachiners Scaling Back » Kokhanok Woman Arrested in Man's ATV Crash Death » Tow Vessel Fuel Problems Preceded Kulluk Grounding » State: Man Lost Toes after Couple's Medicaid Fraud » Fort Yukon Flooding Danger Mostly Over » Oil and Gas Group Sues over Bearded Seal Listing » Officials Say Two-State Voting Case Under Review » Mat-Su Borough Hikes Cigarette Tax » AHFC Seeks Comments on Smoke-Free Public Housing Units » Ice Jam Breaks on Yukon River » Rig Manager Testifies in Shell Barge Grounding » State Planning Replacement of Tustumena » Deployed Military Police Heading Back to Alaska » AFD Investigating Fire, Possible Burglary at Midtown Coffee Stand » NTSB: Pilots in Deadly Midair Collision Weren't in Contact » Court-Martial Begins for JBER Soldier Accused of Abusive Sexual Contact » Yup'ik Fishermen Found Guilty of Illegal Fishing » Canadian Guide Sentenced for Illegal ANWR Sheep Hunts » Washington Man Convicted in Juneau Woman's Death » Invasive Plants Close Lake near Nikiski to Planes, Boats » ASD Educators Prepare For Natural Disasters » Parnell Signs Bills on Oil Tax, Budgets » Assembly Votes to Indefinitely Postpone Public Testimony Reform Ordinance » Finalist for Archaeology Curator to Give Talk » Graphic Photos Shown On Day 2 of Jones-Nelson and Harris Trial » AFD: Sunrise Grill Burglarized Before Weekend Fire » German Mount McKinley Climber Dies after Heart Attack » Former Alaskan Missing on Florida Keys Boating Trip » Former APD Officer Faces Records Misconduct Charges » Kulluk Coast Guard Hearing: Panel Collects Details of Shell Towing Procedures » Alaska Pacific University Approves Tuition Cut » ADFG Reduces Bag and Possession Limit for Razor Clams » Coast Guard Begins Hearing for Kulluk Marine Casualty Investigation » Military Announces Third Anchorage Sexual Abuse Case This Month » Bail Denied for James Wells in Kodiak Coast Guard Murders » Kenai Woman Wins Nenana Ice Classic Again » Money Stolen after Village Bingo Hall Burglarized » Grown Up: Young Adults Recall Their Life in Foster Care » Judge's Decision Called a Win for Yupik Fishermen » Nenana Ice Classic Tripod Has Latest-Ever Fall » No Signs of Missing Snowmachiners in Kotzebue Search » Minor Flooding Reported in Fort Yukon » Pavlof Volcano's Ash Prompts Flight Cancellations » Dimond Center Affected by Brief Power Outage » State Announces Plan to Assess Oil & Gas at Refuge » Do Iliamna Lake Seals Warrant an Endangered Species Listing? » State's Request for Waiver from Education Law Approved » Pavlof Volcano Eruption Ongoing, Ash Up to 22K Feet » Interior Alaska: Flooding Damages Homes in Circle » Man Believed Dead after Stolen Kayak Overturns » Alaska Among Five States to Receive Money For Tsunami Relief » Weather Hampers Search for 2 Snowmachiners near Kotzebue » No Injuries After Small Plane Crash Lands at Goose Bay Airport » DOT to Install Rumble Strips on Richardson and Parks Highway » Sutton ATV Rider Suffers Serious Head Injuries » Kenai Borough to Assess Nikiski Groundwater » Trial Due to Begin in Juneau Baby Death » Man Found Dead on Construction Site in Fairbanks » Alaska Air National Guard Members Receive Silver and Bronze Stars » Outdoor Death Near Mulcahy Stadium Not Suspicious, APD Says » Anchorage Sets New Record for Longest Snow Season » Long Winter Stalls Area Parks Improvements » Hundreds Walk in March of Dimes Charity Event on Snowy Morning » Spenard Farmer's Market Kicks Off 4th Season » Coast Guard Sets Hearing for Kulluk Grounding » Alaska Gold Miners Remain Optimistic Despite Dropping Gold Prices » Copper River Salmon Arrives for Consumers in Anchorage » Late Spring Delays Palmer Farmers, Anchorage Growers Remain Optimistic » Infant's Death Following ATV Crash Under Investigation » Yukon River Breakup Causing Flooding in Eagle » Juneau Empire Names New Publisher » Man Accused in Kodiak Coast Guard Killings Wants Release » Late Season Snow Takes Aim on Southcentral » Snow, Cold Delay Opening of Denali Highway » Coast Guard Finds Safety, Fishing Violations During Boarding » Anchorage Bike to Work Day Takes Place Today » Alaska Unemployment Rate Falls Again » Missing Teen from Eagle River Found Alive and Well » Man on Cheney Lake Ice Taken into Custody » Renovation Work to Start on Alaska Capitol » Pavlof Volcano Continues to Erupt With Lava, Ash » Sled Dog Could Face Death After Attacking Toddler » Bethel Woman Gets 22 Years in Death
Home News Weather Contact Southeast Spotlight FAQ
Zach Gordon Youth Center teaching kids how to fish
Published: 07/14/2011 13:00:00
Here in Southeast Alaska, one of the most popular forms of recreation is fishing, it's not only a lot of fun, but it can also help put food on the table. A lot of kids don't get a chance to go fishing though so the Zach Gordon Youth Center has an answer for that, they're holding classes to teach kids how to fish, and having lots of fun doing it.
Crandall Mark, the Recreation Coordinator at the Center, explains how the kids are the ones who get to choose where to fish.
"Every day the kids tell me where they want to go fishing, I don't force them to go somewhere where they don't want to, they may have an idea of where they've been fishing before so basically what happens is I just give all the kids a little slip of paper with those five different choices on it, they circle their favorite location, I count up all the votes and whichever spot gets the most votes, that's where we go fishing at that day."
"Seven votes for Harris Harbor, so the winner is Harris harbor."
"And I try and concentrate on making this class fun because I mostly have beginning level type people who come to my class and like a lot of other activities, the first impression of something new is very important, especially fishing. And so I have learned that the herring jigs baited with the small cocktail shrimp is a deadly combination for catching an amazingly wide variety of fish. I've had kids catch all five species of alaskan salmon on them as well as large dolly varden, and a few steelhead and weird things like crabs and starfish and sea anemone and so it's always really fun for the kids because they never know what's going to come out of the water with the herring jigs. There's really no chance that the kids will get bored and get turned off by fishing because they're catching a lot of things."


http://www.juneau.org/parkrec/youthcenter/

By: Rik Pruett - rik@kath.tv

It's not just TV when it features you and your community

©2013 - North Star Television Network