Patience is a virtue that could get you some fins this weekend at the fifth annual Friends and Family Ice Fishing Day.
Sudbury families had a chance to scale back and enjoy activities like ice fishing and snowshoeing at the Lake Laurentian Conservation.
“We are trying to promote outdoor activities for the family this weekend,” Daniela Stuewer, program manager at Conservation Sudbury said. “This is also a license-free fishing weekend to promote ice fishing for families who may not have a license and would like to try fishing.”
First-time fishers were provided with the oppor-tuna-ty to learn proper catch and release techniques and make their own ice fishing rod from a stick.
“We encouraging families to catch and release so that families can have the experience without affecting the fish population,” Stuewer said, “We are providing families with special hooks where the barbs are flattened, so they do minimal harm to the fishes.”
For Sudbury families like Susan and Nigel Frank, who brought their grandchildren to partake in Family Day activities fishing is just a way to spend quality time together.
“We used to fish with our children at Red Lake, and now they have brought their children to teach them the tricks,” Susan Frank said.
For those who haddock enough of the fishing, snowshoes and maps were also available.
“Its so enjoyable and I think I would like to come out again,” Jacob Loubier, 5 said.
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