ROGERS, Arkansas — Over the years, Bass Pro Shop has given out over 400,000 fishing poles to local organizations. They do this to help encourage kids to get out and fish. Bass Pro Shop in Rogers recently made a generous donation to the Beaver Watershed Alliance.
The fishing season officially starts this weekend, so Bass Pro Shop in Rogers was hoping to reel in a few family’s and get them out by the water.
They are hoping to encourage kids to put the screens down and get outside to fish.
To teach kids just how to do this, Bass Pro Shop in Rogers is hosting a free fishing workshop here for the next 2 weekends from 10-4.
“We will teach kids how to cast a fishing pole for the first time with targets, and we’ll have specialists over here to get them set up with their first rod and reel and really just help them with beginning steps. We truly believe that the more kids we get involved in fishing the next Generation, the more they conserve our wildlife,” said Reed Tucker.
But to kick off the weekend of fun, they first wanted to give back by donating 70 reels and a cooler with fishing supplies to the Beaver Watershed Alliance going straight to the next generation.