The City's Parks and Recreation Department is offering FREE Fishing Classes for Kids aged 5-15 on select Saturdays throughout the summer. Equipment, bait and tackle are provided during the class, and no State fishing license or City permit are required during class hours.

Instructors from the Muncipal Fish Hatchery and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Education will be on hand to teach kids about knot tying, fish identification, bait selection, fishing regulations and more.

Classes run from 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Dates and locations for 2008 are:

Metro Tech Springlake, 3600 NE 36th Street
June 7, July 12, August 9

Dolese Youth Park Pond, NW 50th and Meridian
June 14, July 26

Crystal Lake, SW 15th and MacArthur
June 21, August 23

Edwards Park Lake, 1515 NE Bryant
July 9, August 16

A State fishing license AND City permit are required to fish on all Oklahoma City based "Close to Home" fishing waters for all anglers between the ages of 16 to 62, unless otherwise exempt by disability. "Close to Home" fishing waters include Lakes Draper, Hefner and Overholser, the basins of the Oklahoma River, Route 66 park and all other in-park lakes.

A daily City permit costs: $3
An annual City permit costs $15.