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** Archived Article - please check for current information. **

April 27, 2009

Youth fishing events scheduled around S.C.

Youth around South Carolina will have the opportunity to participate in a S.C. Department of Natural Resource’s fishing rodeo beginning in May.  Accompanied by an adult, all youth can enjoy a day of fishing on South Carolina’s waters.  The goal of these rodeos is to provide youth with an opportunity to enjoy the sport of fishing.  Every rodeo offers a unique opportunity to learn why Life’s Better Outdoors. 

Youth fishing events scheduled around South Carolina include:

• May 2 - 8 a.m. - Star Fort Rodeo, Ninety Six, Greenwood County
  
  
• May 2 - 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Barnwell County Fishing Rodeo
  
  
• May 2 - 9 a.m. - Blue Heron Nature Center Rodeo, Ridgeland, Jasper County
  
  
• May 9 - 8 a.m. - Jimmy Shay Youth Fishing Rodeo, Lick Fork Lake, Edgefield County
  
  
• May 9 - 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Draper Wildlife Management Area Rodeo, York County
  
  
• May 16 - Clearwater Cove Fishing Rodeo, Kershaw County
  
  
• May 16 - 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Goose Creek Police Department, Goose Creek, Berkeley County
  
  
• May 16 - 8 a.m. - Veteran’s Park, Union County
  
  
• May 30 - 8 a.m. - Sunrise Lake Fishing Rodeo, Lancaster County
  
  
• June 6 - 9 a.m. - noon. - Dargan’s Pond Fishing Rodeo, Darlington County
  
  
• June 6 - 9 a.m. - noon. - Defender Industries Fishing Rodeo, Richland County
  
  
• June 6 - 8 a.m. - Piedmont Forestry Education Center, Salem, Oconee County
  

DNR protects and manages South Carolina’s natural resources by making wise and balanced decisions for the benefit of the state’s natural resources and its people.

• State Heritage Trust Board meets May 7 in Columbia
• Invasive northern snakehead caught by angler in Lake Wylie
• 'Bat gate' protects mammals at Stumphouse Mountain
• Fuel efficiency tips offered to boaters
• Youth fishing events scheduled around S.C.
• 27 SC counties now have no drought status
• Outbreak of salmonella killing Southern songbirds
• Aiken County wildlife area open during Saturdays in May
• Private tree service company works to save new state champion Red Bay tree
  
• Hog hunting permitted in daylight hours only
  
• Freshwater Fishing Trends
• Saltwater Fishing Trends
• S.C. Weekly Tidetable