Mentored Youth Day this Saturday: warm weather predicted

[dudemanspecial]

To drive or fish? 😁

Driving at 16 is an interesting subject for sure. Not all kids are mature enough at that point. My oldest was a train wreck of a driver at 16. My younger son is almost 13 and I would let him get his license now if he could.

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

I always thought it to be ridiculous that 18 isn't the age of licensing.

I used to wonder, how does the WCO prove a kid is 16 years old when the kid isn't required to carry ID?

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

Driving at 16 is an interesting subject for sure. Not all kids are mature enough at that point. My oldest was a train wreck of a driver at 16. My younger son is almost 13 and I would let him get his license now if he could.

Sounds like an opportunity for you to start "Mentored Driver Day" in Pennsylvania - no age limits. 😆

 

[wildtrout2]

One of my neighbors has a 3 month old, maybe I can take them out and teach them how to fish. WINK, WINK!
Honest officer, that little tyke right there caught those 2 fish.

Is there a minimum age to be considered a "youth"?

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

Is there a minimum age to be considered a "youth"?

Don't know. Apparently, this person thinks it's never too early. (This looks creepy to me. I'm unsure why.)

 

[wildtrout2]

Don't know. Apparently, this person thinks it's never too early. (This looks creepy to me. I'm unsure why.)
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Clever, but the reel needs to be bigger. 😉

 

[tomgamber]

Don't know. Apparently, this person thinks it's never too early. (This looks creepy to me. I'm unsure why.)
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If YOU find that creepy, that's probably a YOU problem.

 

[Bamboozle]

Clever, but the reel needs to be bigger. 😉

Apparently the parent of that child is trying to indoctrinate the kid into preferring up-locking reelseats at an early age...

 

[Bamboozle]

I used to wonder, how does the WCO prove a kid is 16 years old when the kid isn't required to carry ID?

My mother bought me my first fishing license on my 16th birthday at a local gun shop. At the time I wasn't driving nor did I have a license.

When the clerk asked to see my driver's license as proof of age & address her comment to him was, "How can he show you a driver's license when he doesn't have one because he doesn't drive?"

I don't remember what the resolution was, but I got the license and still have it and the Summary Booklet as a memento. 😉

The Mentored Youth Day Regulations:

Mentored Youth Program

Mentored Youth Program

www.pa.gov

BTW - For those who feel compelled to jump the harvest gun, I will be offering "Rent-A-Men-ta'd Yoots" this Saturday for $30 bucks an hour at several Stocked Trout Waters in Berks & Upper Montgomery Counties.

For those who cannot bear to be seen or associated with conventional fishing or fisherman, for an additional $5 an hour I can furnish several "Rent-A-Men-ta'd Snoots" which are 14 & 15 year old washouts from the US Youth Fly Fishing Team.

All "Rent-A-Men-ta'd Yoots or Snoots" can all cast, tie their own knots, bait & set the hook (when applicable) and retrieve their catch which will be surreptitiously placed in a cooler in your vehicle, several times a day.

Each kid comes equipped with his or her own tackle, lures, flies or bait, a valid Mentored Youth Permit, lunch for themselves and will fish exactly one arm's length away from you at all times.

Most of the children have limited English skills, however all have been coached point at you when approached by a do-gooder or WCO and say clearly in English, "I'm with him."

Hurry while supplies last...

 

[SBecker]

In case you missed it buried in another thread, the Mentored Youth fishing day is this Saturday. It was initiated in 2012 and quickly the annual tally of kids participating was 35K-45K. The temp on Sat is supposed to be in the mid to high 70’s across the state and maybe hit 80 in part of the SE.

I have been walking in a park over the past couple of weeks covering about 1mi of stream since the stream there was stocked. After or during the last rain the trout that were concentrated in stocked holes moved out in great quantity. I assume they spread themselves out, which is a good thing in my view, as only a few fish were still visible in the honey holes. With low flows that have been developing, they may be holed up again by Saturday, but spread out to holes and runs that were not directly stocked. Also, indicative of movement is where some of the golden RT are now located.

So Wehr's damn will be good then, huh?

 

[Mike]

So Wehr's damn will be good then, huh?

To my knowledge, most stream segments in municipal, county, and state parks along Pa stocked trout streams are fairly heavily to heavily stocked. I have walked in the Wehrs Dam area once since it was stocked, but the park where the dam is located is not the park to which I was referring.

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

If YOU find that creepy, that's probably a YOU problem.

I think it's creepy any time photos of an infant or toddler are widely displayed on the interwebs. I'm not a fan of that photographic artist who dresses up infants as fruits and vegetables either.

 

[dryflyguy]

Thought I'd take my 7 year old grandson out to a local stocked lake tomorrow.
Went on the PFBC site to get him a permit.

Apparently, I have to set up an online account for him.
And need a SS#, which I dont even know if he has one yet!

Am I missing something here?

 

[dudemanspecial]

Thought I'd take my 7 year old grandson out to a local stocked lake tomorrow.
Went on the PFBC site to get him a permit.

Apparently, I have to set up an online account for him.
And need a SS#, which I dont even know if he has one yet!

Am I missing something here?

Unless he is an immigrant waiting on naturalization, he was assigned a SS number within weeks of his birth.

Edit: i don't remember how I did it in the past, but I definitely did it online. Ill do mine for my son when I get home and report back

 

[Bamboozle]

Thought I'd take my 7 year old grandson out to a local stocked lake tomorrow.
Went on the PFBC site to get him a permit.

Apparently, I have to set up an online account for him.
And need a SS#, which I dont even know if he has one yet!

Am I missing something here?

I know what I would do: _ _ _ - _ _ - _ _ _ _

Quire frankly the whole idea of requiring an SS# for 7 year old which is SUPPOSED to be to used to go after deadbeat dads is kind of ridiculous...

Unless of course... 😳

 

[dudemanspecial]

Thought I'd take my 7 year old grandson out to a local stocked lake tomorrow.
Went on the PFBC site to get him a permit.

Apparently, I have to set up an online account for him.
And need a SS#, which I dont even know if he has one yet!

Am I missing something here?

So yes, you need a social security number for the kid. Which means the private sector company that the state uses as a 3rd party for their online license sales uses the SS number to know who you are. Which means they have all of our SS numbers. No wonder why its so easy to steal private information online.

 

[dudemanspecial]

So yes, you need a social security number for the kid. Which means the private sector company that the state uses as a 3rd party for their online license sales uses the SS number to know who you are. Which means they have all of our SS numbers. No wonder why its so easy to steal private information online.

And it won't take my son's SS number for some reason. I guess we are going without a license.

 

[dudemanspecial]

And it won't take my son's SS number for some reason. I guess we are going without a license.

I figured it out. I was in the wrong account.

 

[5footfenwick]

Good luck kids! And big kids!

 

[Nymph-wristed]

Classic bait option right there. I will try to take a kid out, too.

Velveeta cheese, yo!