{"id":41365,"date":"2024-04-23T11:38:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=41365"},"modified":"2024-04-23T11:38:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:38:41","slug":"women-on-the-water-fishing-and-boating-workshop-offered-may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/04\/23\/women-on-the-water-fishing-and-boating-workshop-offered-may-9\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Women on the Water\u2019 Fishing and Boating Workshop Offered May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 428px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52064539809_1b3d568f38.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of woman kayaking\" width=\"418\" height=\"279\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by by Marilyn Stone submitted to the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland DNR Photo Contest<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is hosting \u201cWomen on the Water,\u201d a free introductory workshop on boating and fishing for women and girls aged 12 and older, at <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/pages\/central\/seneca.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seneca Creek State Park<\/a> on May 9 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New or returning boaters and anglers can receive Information about boating education and opportunities, followed by fishing instruction. Department staff will provide fishing gear for use and teach the basics of fish identification, rigging a rod, and casting techniques.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following instruction on land, participants can take to the water in a kayak, which will be provided along with required safety equipment. Kayak instructors will teach the basics and guide participants onto Clopper Lake for an evening of paddling and fishing. Participants who prefer to stay ashore can practice casting into the lake from shore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anglers aged 16 and older must possess a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/service_fishing_license.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland non-tidal\/freshwater fishing license<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> prior to attending if they wish to fish in the lake (licensing will NOT be available at the event). Licenses may be purchased online at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/dnrcompassportal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">compass.dnr.maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 or at a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/service_agents.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">license agent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The event is part of the department\u2019s efforts to recruit and reactivate anglers and boaters. Registration opens May 1; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/women-on-the-water-tickets-876038202847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">more information is available online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Questions can be directed to Donna Morrow at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:donna.morrow@maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">donna.morrow@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is hosting \u201cWomen on the Water,\u201d a free introductory workshop on boating and fishing for women and girls aged 12 and older, at Seneca Creek State Park on May 9 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. New or returning boaters and anglers can receive Information about boating education and<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/04\/23\/women-on-the-water-fishing-and-boating-workshop-offered-may-9\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3171,11],"tags":[3197,5044,5203,3264,5450],"class_list":["post-41365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-fisheries","tag-boating","tag-fishing","tag-kayaking","tag-seneca-creek-state-park","tag-women-on-the-water"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41368,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41365\/revisions\/41368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}