The fall fishing tournament registration at Golden Era Golf Course in San Jacinto is open for children 6-15; it is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28.
The Golden Era Golf Course,19871 Gilman Springs Road, has three lakes stocked with hundreds of bass, catfish, and other small fish. It is a catch-and-release program with many prizes, including tickets to Disneyland for the winner who catches the biggest fish. The event can host up to 300 children, who must be registered before the event.
The online registration is now open at www.gsjvchamber.com which is the Greater San Jacinto Valley Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the children’s fishing tournament, this year there will be an adult watermelon-eating contest.
Potential sponsors can sign up at the website as well.
Check-in and breakfast will be from 7 to 8 a.m. and the free event will run until 11 a.m. Lunch and awards will be from 11 a.m. to noon.
This fall members of the Point Seekers Bass Club will be on hand to assist all the children. A Fish and Wildlife staff will have rods and reels for the children and some good pointers on how to catch that big fish.
The event will feature a grand prize of four tickets to Disneyland for the biggest fish, t-shirts for each child with other prizes, and trophies for the biggest fish in each age category 6-10 and 11-15. There also will be prizes for catching a marked fish.
The pancake breakfast will be courtesy of the Hemet Rotary and the lunchtime burgers and hot dogs lunch courtesy of the Hemet Kiwanis Club.
Tony Ault can be reached at tault@reedermedia.com.
