Welcome to this beginner's guide to angling. This course was written with the novice angler in mind; the purpose of this class is to provide fundamental information and instruction for beginning anglers --- and ultimately, to help them better understand the methods and factors that determine angling success.
Beginners will be provided with lots of useful angling tips, like detailed instructions on angling methods, and plenty of related information --- like how the weather can play a key role in an angler's rate of success, and what effects the solar/lunar tables have on fishing in general.
Topics covered include:
Ø Useful angling tips, detailed
Ø Instructions on angling methods
Ø Different types of fishing rods and their compositions
Ø The various species of freshwater species
Ø Nature's affects on fresh water fishing.
Ø How the sun and moon affect fishing
Ø Casting and choosing bait.
Ø How weather, location and water clarity impact your fishing.
Ø The different places to fish and fishing safety and safely.
Ø The correct way to handle fresh fish, how to freeze them, and the amount and limitations allowed in fishing.
Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish.
An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools
to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service
that manages all your course completions.
This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.
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1.0 CEUs
Course Description
This comprehensive, illustrated guide is designed to instruct people on the sport of freshwater fishing; including an introduction to the sport, discussions on various bait fishing, lure fishing, and casting techniques.
Additionally, there are discussions on fishing tips in general, and information on how factors such as weather and solar/lunar forces can affect a fishing trip. Also included here, is a listing of the best species of fish for the table, along with information on the best ways to cook freshly-caught fish, and an overview of fishing safety and regulations.
We'll cover these topics:
Useful angling tips, detailed
Instructions on angling methods
Different types of fishing rods and their compositions
The various species of freshwater species
Nature's affects on fresh water fishing.
How the sun and moon affect fishing
Casting and choosing bait.
How weather, location and water clarity impact your fishing.
The different places to fish and fishing safety and safely.
The correct way to handle fresh fish, how to freeze them, and the amount and limitations allowed in fishing.
So join us today, and let's learn how to fish!
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this
online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and
CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.
Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit.
Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official.
To make an award official, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and shipping of a hard copy of the certificate as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Transcript Service.
Official awards include a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award you earned for a lifetime (great for employers
to verify your achievement).