Fishing

  • ME Fishing Education Programs


  • State Programs

    • 420 Race Grads

      For former 420 Race Team members who wish to continue to sail but cannot make a commitment to a full week's practice and away regattas.

    • 420 Race Team

      An intensively paced class designed to get the utmost out of a junior sailor's racing and performance sailing potential.

    • Advanced 420

      A more intensively paced class than Into to 420, with more of a focus on racing skills, including basic spinnaker and trapeze work.

    • Advanced Optimist

      Focusing on mastering boat handling skills and basic racing.

    • Advanced Sailors

      Develop racing skills and compete with other yacht clubs.

    • Astronomy

    • Beginning Sailors

      Take part in an instructional program which teaches basic sailing skills, terminology and seamanship.

    • Boating Education Courses

      Participation in a boating education course will teach how to properly operate and maintain a boat.

    • Boatwise

      Boating Safety classes

    • Canoeing/Kayaking

    • Coed Sailing

      This class offers a relaxed environment for both experienced and first-time sailors to get out on the water in the Center's Bullseyes.

    • Diesel Course

    • Docking 101

      Member Greggus Yahr and Vice-Commodore Craig Fillman will teach this hands-on practice seminar to help you sharpen your docking skills.

    • Electrical Course

    • Hands On Sail Trim

      PYC Education Committee’s onboard sail trim training will offer a great way to gain hands-on knowledge while sailing on member owned boats.

    • Intermediate Optimist

      Full day class for graduates of Pram Sailing, focus is on building basic knowledge and reinforcing confidence, stressing basic coursework and more advanced skills such as upwind sailing and basic racing.

    • Intermediate Sailors

      Build on and practice the skills learned as Beginners.

    • Intro to 420

      This class is intended as a basic introductory class stressing basic sailing skills to older, larger students and introductory double-handed skills to returning sailors with some amount of sailing skill in Optimists who want to learn about 420s at a slower pace.

    • Intro to Racing

    • Junior Program

      The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club provides a summer sailing program for young people.

    • Lessons

      All members are entitled to one free two-hour sailing lesson and will receive discounts on all private lessons.

    • Pram Sailing

      This class stresses water safety and introductory knowledge including rigging, teamwork, confidence building, and basic sailing skills.

    • Race Clinic

      BHYC plans a series of weekly racing clinics for members, similar in concept to the successful tennis clinics, for those interested in trying racing or improving their skills.

    • Racing

      During the summer months we will be offering Wednesday evening 420 racing for ages 14 and up.

    • RBW Fleet Optimist

      Intensive course designed to get the most out of each student's racing potential.

    • Sailing and Racing

    • Sailing Instruction

      This is fee-based, individualized, private sailing instruction.

    • Seamanship

      If you have ever wondered how to splice a three strand line or how to properly whip the end of one of your lines, this is a great place to start.

    • Weather

    • Women's Sailing

      This class is for beginners and experienced women.

    • Wooden Boats and Boat Design

    • Youth Program

      From the basics of learning to sail to advanced racing classes, each student will receive quality instruction by US Sailing certified instructors with hands-on teaching.

  • National Programs

    • Becoming an Outdoors-Woman

      Offers outdoor skills workshops to women throughout North America. Skills for hunting and shooting, fishing, and non-harvest sports likecanoeing and camping are taught.

    • Conclave

      This traveling rod-building seminar includes a banquet and a souvenir program.

    • Educational Recreational Adventures

      Educational Recreational Adventures teaches environmental education, science, and outdoor skills (fly fishing, canoeing, kayaking, cross-country skiing, backpacking, aquatic education,wildlife studies,...) to people of all ages.

    • Hooked On Fishing–Not On Drugs®

      The flagship youth education program of the Future Fisherman Foundation. HOFNOD uses angling skill development as a gateway to teach youth about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and how to deal with the challenges facing them in their young lives. The HOFNOD network includes trained aquatic education professionals in over 30 states with literally thousands of programs nationwide. Connect with a HOFNOD coordinator near you and help America’s youth get Hooked on Fishing and Not On Drugs!

    • Lets Catch Fish

      Educational fishing programs for- 1-Fly Fishing 2-Center Pin Fishing 3-Bait Caster Fishing 4-Open Face Reel Fishing 5-How to Read Water 6-Children Fishing Programs 4-10yrs old where these ages fish for trophies & ribbons... 7-Children Fishing Programs 11-17yrs old where these ages fish for college scholarship money... 8-Drift Boat Fishing Trips 9-Hiking Fishing Trips 10-Members only Tournaments 11-5 star Exotic Vacation for Most Successful Charter for Season... 12-Whole Sale Fishing Store...

    • Physical Education Program

      A curriculum and equipment package designed to teach fly-fishing in Physical Education. We assist teachers in the completion of Federal Fishing Grant Applications and can equip your whole program.

    • Student Angler Federation In-School program

      This free in-school program by The Bass Federation provides an educational look at today’s world of fishing. See how items like math, science and language arts are used by professional anglers’ everyday! Talk to a teacher, advisor or principle and have them apply for this TBF program for your school.

    • Trout Unlimited Flyfishing School

      The longest-running, most comprehensive, fly fishing school in the United States. Run by all-volunteer staff of certified and master instructors, the Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited Fly-fishing School takes place over 3 days near Traverse City, Michigan, and includes casting, landing fish, knots, bugs, fly-tying, reading the water, etiquette and more. All levels covered (beginner, intermediate, advanced). Age 12 and up.