From Wisconsin Waters to Your Plate Fishing for Dinner An Instructor’s Guide to help you lead people to the water and help them fish It’s not too late to learn how to reel in dinner! Welcome | Teach | Inspire Wisconsin Angler R3 Angler Education WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES • PUBLICATION NUMBER LEF-002 • 1ST EDITION 2019, REV. 2020 (online version) • DNR.WI.GOV Fishing for Dinner Fishing for Dinner is a companion to its predecessor, Angler Education. Financial support for these programs is provided by the federal Sport Fish Restoration Fund. This fund is generated by an excise tax on fishing gear, boating equipment and boat motor fuel, and is then apportioned out to states for use in sport fish habitat restoration projects, boating access projects, and aquatic resources education programs, such as the Angler Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation (R3) programs, Fishing for Dinner and Angler Education. Thank you for your participation in Angler R3 programs. As always, if you have recommendations for the programs, please let us know. Theresa Stabo, Angler R3 Coordinator, Angler R3 Program Office Repurposed Author:Theresa Stabo, Angler R3 Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Copy Editor: Hunter Nikolai, Hunter R3 & Hunter Education Assistant, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Contributors and Reviewers: John Motoviloff, R3 Coordinator, National Wild Turkey Federation Andrew Krismer, Angler R3 Assistant, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources All photos by Theresa Stabo unless otherwise noted. Lorraine Ortner-Blake, Graphic Designer Jeff Schimpff, Punctuation Coach, Sounding Board and Author’s Fishing Partner For questions or suggestions related to the Angler R3 program, please contact: Angler R3 Coordinator | 608-577-6332 | [email protected] For questions about publication orders, contact our support office: 608-333-2057 or [email protected] Please use an order form to request materials; contact us if you need a new one. You may email your order form to us or use our fax number, 608-266-3696, or mail it to: Angler R3, LE/8 | Department of Natural Resources | P.O. Box 7921 | Madison, WI 53707-7921 Angler Education The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources provides equal opportunity in its employment, programs, services, and functions under an Affirmative Action Plan. If you have any questions, please write to Chief, Public Civil Rights, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C.Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240. This publication is available in alternative format (large print, Braille, etc.) upon request. If you need technical assistance or more information, please call the Accessibility Coordinator at 608-267-7490 / TTY Access via relay – 711. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PUBLICATIONAdventures NUMBER LEF-002 • 1ST EDITION and 2019, REV. Memories 2020 (online version) • DNR.WI.GOV Enjoy Wisconsin’s Wild Side Printed on Recycled Paper Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources • FISHING FOR DINNER Welcome | Teach | Inspire IN NS AN O G C L S E I R W Fishing for Dinner Dear Coaches, Mentors, Instructors and Trainers, Thank you for sharing your time and talents with aspiring anglers. We are grateful that you want to introduce people to the life in our lakes and streams, help them develop a caring relationship with the world of fisheries and help them develop fishing skills. Recruitment To the uninitiated, fishing can be perplexing. Where do I go, what bait do I use, how do I select the right gear and then how do I use it? What rights do I have to access the waters of Wisconsin? How can I play a role in ensuring that our waters will be fishable and swimmable into the next millennium, long after we’ve passed? Retention Consider what can we all do to help beginners identify as anglers and make fishing part of their outdoor lifestyle, after an introduction. Reactivation Perhaps you know someone who fished long ago, but for various reasons has not picked up a rod and reel for several years. This program is also an invitation to lapsed anglers to come on back and get reacquainted with their fisheries. Maybe that describes yourself and you are ready to jump back in by sharing your knowledge and skills with beginners. Yes, you can lead people to the water, and while you can’t make them fish, you can show them how to get started and encourage them to continue through the Fishing for Dinner program. That’s what this manual is about. We’re glad you’re here to help! Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources • FISHING FOR DINNER Welcome | Teach | Inspire i IN NS AN O G C L S E I R W Fishing for Dinner About this manual Chapter 1 of this manual is the chapter you might be inclined to skip. Please at least give it a glance because it contains background on why we’re doing this, the nuts and bolts of our program policies, expectations we have of trained and certified volunteers, and what those volunteers can expect from us, the DNR, in terms of support. Chapter 2 offers teaching tips and Chapter 3 holds program content with instructional outlines to help you smoothly deliver a Fishing for Dinner class. These materials can be adapted to fit a range of audiences, be they adults, families, school groups or youth programs. Our Angler Education lesson plans for school-age groups are available online, if those would be more suitable for your group. Finally, there is a two-part appendix; Part A is for non-certified group leaders who want to give it a try and Part B for certified Angler R3 volunteers who will have access to additional resources after attending a training workshop and completing certification requirements. So, let’s get started. Resource available online Sample resource available in appendix ii Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources • FISH, WISCONSIN! Welcome | Teach | Inspire Table of Contents Chapter 1: A Rationale for R3: Why We’re Here . 2 Appendix Table of Contents . 41 The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation . 2 Appendix – Part A The Outdoor Recreation Adoption Model . 3 ~ for non-certified and certified program leaders Wisconsin Angler R3 . 4 LEF-008, Safety Checklist and Site Evaluation . 42 A. Overview . 4 Form 4100-217, Mentor Background Check . 43 B. Goal and Objectives of the Angler R3 Program . 4 Form 3600-226, Application and Authorization C. Roles and Responsibilities of the Wisconsin to Conduct an Educational Outdoors Skills Activity— Department of Natural Resources . 5 Fishing License Waiver. 44 D. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Form 8500-167, Authorized Mentors for Angler R3 Volunteer Position Descriptions . 5 Educational Outdoor Skills Activity . 46 E. Angler R3 Volunteer Position Descriptions Chart . 6 Form 8500-166, Educational Outdoor Skills Angler R3 Volunteer Standards of Conduct . 8 Activity Participant Roster and Report . 48 Federal Program Compliance Requirements. 10 LEF-012, Go WILD–Get a DNR Customer ID Number . 50 Tips for Program Compliance . 11 Fishing with Disabled Anglers . 12 LEF-012Y, Go WILD–info sheet for youth . 51 Special Considerations for On-the-Water Activities . 14 LEF-010, Junior Angler Outline and Attendance Sheet (suggested outline for working with groups of Watercraft . 14 children or cognitively disabled anglers) . 52 Incident and Accident Reporting . 15 Liability Information . 15 Sample Class Planning Resources Chapter 2: Program Planning Tool Kit . 17 Fishing for Dinner Class Registration Sample . 53 Planning and Delivery . 17 Planning Course Outlines and Agendas . 54 Adult Learning Principles: An Overview . 18 Five-Session Format . 54 Got Kids? . 19 Weekend Format . 56 Program Organization Checklist . 20 Sample Student Agenda . 58 Format, Flow and Logistics . 21 Participant Take-home Resource List . 59 Chapter 3: Fishing for Dinner Participant Confirmation and Packing List . 60 Course Content . 23 Fishing for Dinner Resources: Quick-Check . 61 Angler Knowledge . 23 Wisconsin Fisheries . 23 Appendix – Part B Fish Contaminants. 25 ~ for volunteers certified by the DNR Aquatic Invasive Species . 26 Instructor Planning and Reporting Forms Where Can I Fish? Public Trust Doctrine . 27 Where the Fish are . 28 LEF-004, Angler R3 Program Proposal . 62 Angler Skills . 29 LEF-005, Angler R3 Materials Order Form . 63 Fish Identification . 29 LEF-007, Angler R3 Reporting and Reflections Form . 65 Knots . 30 LEF-009, Group Photo Release Fishing Gear . 32 (useful if not addressed in the registration form) . 67 Types of Rods & Reels . 32 DOA-6441, General Incident Report . 68 Terminal Tackle . 33 Participant Forms Baits & Lures . 34 Preparations and the Outings . 35 LEF-011, Angler R3 Participant Agreement . 69 Fish Handling. 35 LEF-003, Angler R3 Volunteer Application . 70 Regulations . 37 DNR FORM 9700-008, Parental Permission Clean and Cook the Catch . 39 & Acknowledgment For youth 17 & under . 71 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources • FISHING FOR DINNER Welcome | Teach | Inspire A Rationale for R3 1Why We’re Here Recruitment The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is necessary to A review of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, which can also be counter-balance applied to fisheries, helps to explain the rationale for our collective R3 efforts. Early 20th an expected Century conservation leaders, particularly hunters and anglers, recognized that wildlife and wild places were in jeopardy and took action. A series of wildlife protection laws and decline a philosophy to manage wildlife evolved over time and led the establishment of seven in license sales basic tenets that continue to guide us. This, in turn, gave rise to the “user pays” system due to an aging we know today, whereby hunters and anglers fund wildlife and fisheries management by two main sources: 1) license and stamp sales and 2) federal excise taxes on hunting and population and fishing equipment. other factors. The conservation crossroads we find ourselves at today—the long-term decline of hunters and anglers and projected conservation-revenue shortfall—is a clarion call to action, much like that heard by those pioneering conservationists over 100 years ago.