These moms pass on their passion for fishing to their children
They say it affords life lessons, healthy habits, and meaningful time with their kids.
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Jenny Emlet helps her daughter Nora, 8, cast from their dock on Barker Pond in Hiram. Emlet’s daughter Linay, 5, is to the left.
Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Women have been fishing in Maine for centuries. But in the past 10 years, there’s been a clear growth in the ranks of women anglers in the state – from 19 percent of all anglers in 2010 to nearly 25 percent – or 61,653 with fishing licenses – in 2020.
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Here are a few resources to help women learn to fish, and fish with their kids: