Trout Pond, Pearce Estate Park, Bow Habitat Station

Just one visit can get kids hooked for life.
Photograph by: Andy Nichols , Swerve

Trout Pond, Pearce Estate Park, Bow Habitat Station

Swerve/Calgary Herald, August 28, 2013

This is not T-ball for anglers. Yes, the Kids Can Catch Trout Pond in Pearce Estate Park is stocked and, yes, that name almost guarantees success, but the fish aren’t exactly jumping onto the shore.

“It’s easier at the start of the season,” says Tamara Unruh, public outreach programmer at the Bow Habitat Station (BHS), which oversees the pond. “The fish are smarter than you think, and they learn what a hook looks like.”

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Looking back along the Bow River - 2012 Season

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Trout Pond at Bow Habitat Station (Calgary) LAST YEAR. July 2012 ‪#‎bowriver‬

Fishing ‘a lost art,’ grandpa laments

Seasoned fisherman Logan Whiteley, 7, tries his hand at catching trout at the Bow Habitat Station in Calgary on Saturday, July 7, 2012.

Photograph by: Christina Ryan , Calgary Herald

Fishing ‘a lost art,’ grandpa laments

Kid-friendly Inglewood trout pond opens on Alberta’s free fishing weekend

By Annalise Klingbeil,

Calgary Herald

July 7, 2012

As Gerry Button watches his grandsons cast fishing poles into a newly opened trout pond in Inglewood, memories of his own youth come flooding back.

He spent his childhood fishing in northern Saskatchewan, but the avid outdoorsman fears that in an era of computer games and other distractions, children just aren’t interested in angling anymore.

“Hunting and fishing — it’s a lost art for kids that live in a city like this,” Button said.

Button and his family were one of hundreds of people at Saturday’s grand opening of a child-friendly catch-and-release trout pond at Bow Habitat Station.

The opening coincides with Alberta’s free fishing weekend. People in the province are allowed to cast a line without a licence in any public water body, outside of national parks, until Tuesday.

New catch and release pond brings fishing to the inner city

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Kids Can Catch Trout Pond - "The First Cast"

"The First Cast" 
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To kick off free fishing weekend and National Fishing Week, Bow Habitat Station held a grand opening celebration of its newest feature, the Kids Can Catch Trout Pond.

This photo is "The First Cast", officially opening the Kids Can Catch Trout Pond this morning.

The five individuals who participated in "The First Cast" were all speakers during the Grand Opening Celebration.

From left: Deepak Obhrai, Member of Parliament for Calgary East, Colton Quinn, Youth Spokesman, from Sarcee Fish & Game Association, Honourable Diana McQueen, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Ted Morton, Founding Committee Chair and Emcee, Lloyd Horn, Past President, Bow Habitat Station Volunteer Society

Check out our 30-photo album, and more information, from this event.

Kids Can Catch Trout Pond: Grand Opening - Sat July 07

Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

To kick off free fishing weekend and National Fishing Week, Bow Habitat Station will hold a grand opening celebration of its newest feature, the Kids Can Catch Trout Pond.

Albertans and visitors can fish without a licence in any public water body that has an open fishing season, outside of national parks.

Pancake Breakfast at 9 a.m. with activities throughout the day! Activities include:

- Trout Pond Dedication Ceremony

- Fishing

- Investigation Stations

- Discovery Centre special event pricing of $5

The Kids Can Catch Trout Pond brings angling opportunities and a love of natural places to young people living in the city. Visitors to the pond can practice catch-and-release fishing, and gain awareness and appreciation of Alberta's natural areas.

Bow Habitat Station is an interactive visitor centre that includes the Trout Pond, Discovery Centre, Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery and Pearce Estate Park Interpretive Wetland.

Kudos to the volunteers from the Calgary Hook & Hackle Club and the Calgary Women Fly Fishers Club who will be playing a big part in many of the activities at this special event.

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Agenda for Kids Can Catch Trout Pond - Grand Opening

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