How's your schools fishin' team?

[bigG]

I was chewin' the fat with an old friend yesterday and he asked if I'd ever want to get back into coaching again. I said I was pretty happy just totin' JV wrestlers around. He said "what about ice fishin'?" I said "yeah a high school ice fishin' team." He then told me about it; and now, I'm thinking of doing it.

http://studentfishing.com/

I wasn't aware of this. I might just bite. 

[maggie]

great idea G...

[Handles II]

Another reason for kids to not wrestle?

[bigG]

No, it's not a WIAA sport, ya nut!

You can wrestle and fish. In fact, I would try to accommodate all winter sports and only have "meets" in saturdays when most can go.

[Handles II]

Common Man! Wrestling tournaments are on Saturdays, whachu thinkin'??

I think fishing should be more like the golf team, where the coach goes along and golfs with the kids all day on Tuesdays for example. I'll sign up for that.

[bigG]

That's what I'm talkin' about. There are always a few weekend when kids don't have tournaments. What better way to regroup and find peace than to go ice fishin'.

[DrSnide]

Just talked about this with one of my son's last night.  He's interested and looking to find a teacher willing to take on the extra work.  

The plus side is he's a kid with no interest in wrestling (got have one out of three sons not interested I guess) or any other school activities yet he and his friends would be very engaged and excited in this school activity.  Sounds like a great way of connecting with some kids who otherwise would not be interested in the tradition extra curricular activities.  

Let us know how it goes, may need a model for our school.

[imnofish]

One of our wrestling coaches started an ice fishing team and the kids have really enjoyed it.  I donated some equipment to help them get started.