FAMILY FISHING EVENTS: You get a line, and I'll get a pole 
and we'll go fishing at a state park fishing hole ... details 
ahead on Passport to Texas.
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PTT from TPWD and the Sport Fish Restoration Program

It's fun, it's free, it's fishing, and it happens all year long 
at Texas state parks with angling opportunities.

We've got the family fishing celebration going on in our state 
parks, which will include some great activities for the family. 
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Ann Miller is aquatic education coordinator at Texas 
Parks and Wildlife.

We've got a good number of state parks that are putting on 
some really neat events to introduce people to fishing who 
haven't fished, or to reintroduce people to fishing who may not 
have fished in quite awhile. :13

Miller says these activities are intended to whet your 
family's appetite for the angling life.

These activities will get you started from how to tie your hook 
on, to how to choose baits, to how to cast, and how to read the 
waters so you know where the good spots are to go fishing. :13

And participants may reel in more than fish during these 
events.

Many of those events will include some prizes, some 
giveaways ... and people will get some time to actually fish with 
some experts who can help them, give them some really good 
tips. :12

Family Fishing Celebration events are listed on the TPWD 
web site. 

That's our show for today ... supported by the Sport Fish 
Restoration program.. working to increase fishing, and 
boating opportunities in Texas ... 

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.