Fort Clinch State Park Fishing Pier, Amelia Island, Florida
Every year a fun fishing event (also an educational experience), is available for kids aged 4 to 16 at Fort Clinch State Park in Fernandina Beach. This year the Kids’ Fishing Clinic is Saturday, March 12, 2011 from 9 am to 1 pm. A joint effort of Fort Clinch State Park, the Friends of Fort Clinch, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, this Kids’ Fishing Clinic aims to teach lessons about tying knots, fishing ethics, tackle, habitat, casting and more.
The free fishing clinic (also free for accompanying adults), takes place on the half-mile long fishing pier at the state park. Also, 500 kids will take home their own rod and reel combo, a free gift. Plus, a complimentary hot dog lunch is provided to every participant. What a nice way to spend some time outdoors with the family and learn about saltwater fishing, not to mention the freebies.
WANT TO HELP OUT? BECOME AN ECO-VOLUNTEER
Eco-volunteers are needed at this Fort Clinch event for various activities, including setting up and breaking down equipment, presenting information at skill stations, helping the children who will be fishing on the state park’s half-mile-long fishing pier, serving lunch, registration, helping with parking and crowd control. Eco-volunteers can register online through Eco-Volunteer USA. A nice “thank you” to the eco-Volunteers for helping out is a free state park pass to be received in the mail. Volunteers must be at least 17 years old and should arrive at Fort Clinch early at 7:30 am and expect to stay until 2 pm (lunch will be provided). For more information on volunteering at this Fort Clinch event March 12, 2011, call Eco-Volunteer USA at (850)562-5300. Or send eMail to: Christine.Small@volunteerusafund.org.
GETTING THERE — DIRECTIONS TO FORT CLINCH STATE PARK, AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA
Take I-95 to the Fernandina Beach/Callahan exit (Exit 373). Travel east toward Yulee/Amelia Island on A1A (which turns into 8th Street when within the city limits of Fernandina.) It’s around 15 miles from I-95 to arrive at the corner of 8th Street and Atlantic Avenue. Turn right on Atlantic Avenue and head east toward the ocean, about two miles, where the entrance to Fort Clinch State Park will be on the left (you’ll see Main Beach Park at the oceanfront in the distance). For more information, Call Fort Clinch at 904-277-7274.
