Fishing in the City
San Francisco Bay Area

Learn-to-Fish Clinics

These 45-minute clinics offer instruction in the basics of fishing including knots, casting, rigging, safety, ethics and urban runoff. All equipment and tackle is available to participants and anglers are required to use rods provided. There is no charge for the clinics; however, there may be a park entrance fee. Each adult may bring up to two children and a driver's license is required for rod loan.

These events are for children ages 5-15 only. Adults are not allowed to fish. Most programs begin at 8 AM. Clinics begin about every 10 minutes with the final clinic starting at 10 AM, or when we have reached the maximum capacity for the day which is usually 150 participants.

• What to know about fishing clinics

Date	Location	City	Time	Information	To volunteer
Sunday February 10, 2013	Sandy Wool Lake	Milpitas	Clinic 8-10 AM Fishing to 11:30	ethan.rotman@wildlife.ca.gov	volunteer@prk.sccgov.org (408) 355-2254
Sunday March 17, 2013	Campbell Perc Ponds	Campbell	Clinic 8-10 AM Fishing to 11:30	ethan.rotman@wildlife.ca.gov	volunteer@prk.sccgov.org (408) 355-2254
Sunday March 24, 2013	Lake Ralphine	Santa Rosa	Clinic 8-10 AM Fishing to 11:30	jtibbetts@srcity.org (707) 543-3298	jtibbetts@srcity.org (707) 543-3298
Saturday April 20, 2013	Lake Chabot	Vallejo	Clinic 8-10 AM Fishing to 11:30	akenaston@gvrd.org	akenaston@gvrd.org
Saturday April 20, 2013	Scottsdale Pond	Novato	Clinic 8-10 AM Fishing to 11:30	ethan.rotman@wildlife.ca.gov	ethan.rotman@wildlife.ca.gov
Saturday April 20, 2013	Lake Elizabeth	Fremont	Clinic 8-10 AM Fishing to 11:30	jhoward@fremont.gov (510) 790-5541	jhoward@fremont.gov (510) 790-5541
Saturday April 27, 2013	Scottsdale Pond	Novato	Clinic 8-10 AM Fishing to 11:30	ethan.rotman@wildlife.ca.gov	ethan.rotman@wildlife.ca.gov
Sunday April 28, 2013	Sandy Wool Lake	Milpitas	Clinic 8-10 AM Fishing to 11:30	ethan.rotman@wildlife.ca.gov	volunteer@prk.sccgov.org 408 355-2254
Sunday May 12, 2013	Lake Cunningham	San Jose	Clinic 8-10 AM Fishing to 11:30	ethan.rotman@wildlife.ca.gov	volunteer@prk.sccgov.org 408 355-2254

More events may be added.
All events are first-come, first served unless otherwise noted.
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• Free Fishing Days
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• The 10 pound Murdock Fish
  A special 10 pound tagged Rainbow Trout dubbed the “Murdock Fish” has been released into Bon Tempe Reservoir (Marin County) to honor the late Outdoor Writer Dick Murdock. Anyone catching the Murdock fish should either have their picture taken or record the number from the tag and contact Marin Independent Journal at (415) 382-7822 or Ethan Rotman at ethan.rotman@wildlife.ca.gov.

For more information about the Fishing in the City program in the San Francisco and South Bay areas, contact Ethan Rotman, ethan.rotman@wildlife.ca.gov, (415) 892-0460.