Anglers hosting Kids Fishing Day this Saturday

For a dozens years, local anglers have been helping Sequim youths make a splash with fishing. They’re at it again on Saturday.

For a dozens years, local anglers have been helping Sequim youths make a splash with fishing. They’re at it again on Saturday.

The 13th-annual Kids Fishing Day, presented by the Puget Sound Anglers’ North Olympic Peninsula Chapter, is set for 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the City of Sequim’s water reclamation pond and demonstration park just north of Carrie Blake Park on May 16.

The anglers group, in coordination with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the City of Sequim Public Works Department, have stocked the pond with about 1,500 trout, some up to 5 pounds.

The event includes a special pool for toddlers with a separate stock of trout. Youths ages 14 and younger are invited to participate.

Bring your own pole and bait or borrow a rod from the club stock (bait is also supplied by the club). Learn how to clean the fish by watching club members clean and ice the catches.

The pond will be stocked with another 1,000 fish in the following weeks so children may continue to fish throughout the summer, club officials say.

In 2014, about 500 children participated in this event, according to chapter members.

Puget Sound Anglers’ North Olympic Peninsula Chapter has about 150 members and meets the third Thursday of the month at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., Sequim.

For more information, see www.psanopc.org.