Children learn life lessons through fishing with Reel Connections for Kids at Smith Mountain Lake

Children learn life lessons through fishing with Reel Connections for Kids at Smith Mountain Lake

Source: wfxrtv

5/22/2023

Credit: Jon Anderson/SMSC

The Class was in session Sunday afternoon on Smith Mountain Lake, but the students did not even know it. They thought it was just a fishing trip.

More than two dozen children took part in the Reel Connections for Kids fishing event that launched out of Crazy Horse Marina and Captain’s Quarters on Smith Mountain Lake on May 21. Reel Connections was born out of efforts by the Smith Mountain Striper Club (SMSC) to give underserved children the opportunity for something they may not have otherwise had, to go fishing with a professional striped bass guide.

Smith Mountain Lake

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