The Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program's Youth Fishing Challenge is a statewide event to promote fishing among youths and their families. In 2018 it will be held on the first of the state's two Free Fishing Days, Saturday, June 9, when no license is required to fish regardless of age.

Registered youth participants will be eligible to receive prizes for the fish they catch during the event. Youths must be present at the conclusion of the event to be awarded prizes. Those who are lucky enough to catch a trout tagged as part of the "Hook-A-Winner" Program will receive a special prize following the event.

Questions regarding participation or hosting an event can be directed to hofnod@dep.nj.gov.

Prizes for this event were generously donated by Shimano.

Event locations and information are listed below.

YOUTH FISHING CHALLENGE RULES
The following rules apply to all events:

1. Registration is required and FREE - see information below for the location you'd like to attend.
    Note: Each hosting organization/location may have its own rules or "need to know" information.

2. The event is open to all ages - no license or trout stamp is required on New Jersey's Free Fishing Days. The entire family is encouraged to join the fun!

3. Participating youths aged 20 and under are eligible to receive event giveaways and prizes.
    Note: Youths will receive a scorecard the day of the event and must turn in their completed scorecards to receive free giveaways and prizes.

4. PARTICIPANTS MUST BE PRESENT AT THE CLOSE OF THE EVENT TO RECEIVE A PRIZE!

YOUTH FISHING CHALLENGE EVENTS
Contact the sponsor of the event for registration information.

Atlantic County Atlantic County Hooked on Fishing- Not on Drugs Coalition Lake Lenape (West) 6303 Harding Highway Mays Landing, NJ 08330 GPS: 39.456693, -74.739265 Adam Erskine - erskine_adam@aclink.org 609-675-1385 Egg Harbor Township Alliance & Egg Harbor Township Recreation Egg Harbor Township Nature Reserve 314 Zion Rd. Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234 GPS: 39.358475, -74.651355 Dena Danz & Steve Slusarski - ddanz@ehtrec.com www.ehtgov.org/munincipalalliance Sweetwater Marina & Riverdeck 2780 7th Ave. Hammonton, NJ 08037 GPS: 39.6224678,-74.6268868 Kim Iles - kim@sw-marina.com 609-922-3695 www.sw-marina.com Bergen County Old Tappan Municipal Alliance & Old Tappan Environmental Commission Bonnabel Nature Park Old Tappan Rd. Old Tappan, NJ 07675 GPS: 41.009599,-74.0099467 Anna Haverilla - Haverilla@oldtappan.net 201-954-7573 www.oldtappan.net Camden County Burl_Cam HOFNOD Atco Lake Atco, NJ GPS: 39.7570481,-74.8943238 Vic Gorin - vgorin@creativemachining.com Facebook: HOFNOD - Burlington & Camden Co. 609-468-6106 HOFNOD Team Gloucester Twp. HOFNOD GT River Winds West Deptford GPS: 39.855517,   -75.191520 Bob Johnston - hofnodgt@yahoo.com 856-491-5366 www.hofnodgt.com Lindenwold Police Department Rowands Pond Higgins Ave. Clementon, NJ 08021 GPS: 39.8044675,-74.9783621 Sgt. Justin Mastalski - jmastalski@lindenwoldpd.com 856-784-7566 Cumberland County HOFNOD Cumberland County 4-H Corson Park Millville, NJ 08332 GPS: 39.3962538,-75.0208914 Joe Haase - joseph.haase@yahoo.com 856-332-4834 Commercial Twp. HOFNOD Cedar Lake Lawrence Twp, NJ 08648 GPS: 39.3363657,-75.2694559 Kevin Young - kevyoung67@yahoo.com 856-213-0291 Essex County Bloomfield Police Department Clarks Pond 190 Dewey St. Bloomfield, NJ 07003 GPS: 40.8212685,-74.1839163 Officer Zepeda - nzepeda@bloomfieldnjpd.com 973-680-4103 Essex County Parks Monte Irvin Orange Park Center Street and South Harrison Street Orange, NJ 07050 GPS: 40.759873, -74.232489 Frank Gesumaria - fgesumaria@parks.essexcountynj.org 973-735-6229 Hunterdon County HCESC Hoffman's Crossing 37 Hoffman's Crossing Rd. Califon, NJ 07830 GPS: 40.700723,  -74.865025 Dennis Balodis - DBalodis@HunterdonESC.org www.HunterdonESC.org 908-572-7715 Spruce Run Recreation Area 68 Van Syckles Rd. Clinton, NJ 08809 GPS: 40.6640902,-74.9519207 Gina Provenzano - sprucerun@dep.nj.gov 908-638-8572 NOTE: Participants will need to pay park entrance fee, bring own gear & bait. Mercer County City of Trenton & NJDEP Stacy Park 1399 Riverside Dr. Trenton, NJ 08601 GPS: 40.2322985,-74.7992919 Pre-registration is required. Visit www.nj.gov/dep/seeds/fishingderby.htm to register. Middlesex County Borough of South River Grekoski Park Whitehead Ave. GPS: 40.4380181,-74.3645816 Lakisha Thomas - lthomas@southrivernj.org 732-254-4412 Monmouth County Leonardo State Marina 102 Concord Ave. Leonardo, NJ 07737 GPS: 40.423965, -74.061759 Maggie Mitchell - Maggie.mitchell@dep.nj.gov 732-291-1333 Matawan Recreation Department Lake Lefferts Lakefront Park Ravine Dr. Matawan, NJ 07747 GPS: 40.415276, -74.234436 Daria Dieterle - recreation@matawanborough.com 732-566-3898 x130 Township of Neptune Hamilton FD Pond NJ Rt. 33 & Jumping Brook Rd. Neptune, NJ 07753 GPS: 40.211018, -74.084921 Dawn Thompson - dthompson@neptunetownship.org 732-869-1202 West Long Branch Recreation Committee Franklin Lake Locust Ave. West Long Branch, NJ 07764 GPS: 40.296534, -74.019920 Jerry Natale- LTTLZKE@comcast.net 732-693-9462 Morris County Morris County Park Commission Sunrise Lake, Lewis Morris County Park GPS: 40.787928,  -74.543182 Officer Asher Rumfield - arumfield@morrisparks.net 973-326-7654 Patriots Path Council, BSA Parks Lake 165 Lakeside Dr. Rockaway, NJ 07927 GPS: 40.9054304,-74.5197985 Al Thomas - al.thomas@ppcbsa.org 973-919-0389 To Register: https://tinyurl.com/myfishchallenge Ocean County Cub Scout Pack 36 Toms River Lake Shenandoah Route 88 (Ocean Ave.) Lakewood, NJ 08701 GPS: 40.0872418,-74.199045 Richard Dentroux - rdentroux@gmail.com 732-277-9343 Manchester Twp. PAL Pine Lake Beacon St. Lakehurst, NJ GPS: 39.815899,  -74.988411 Dominic Fresco - dfresco@aol.com Passaic County Shady Lake POA Shady Lake Weaver Road West Milford NJ 07480 41.048833, -74.367954 Chuck Carbone - chuckerbone@optonline.net 973-902-5184 Sussex County Stokes State Forest Lake Ashroe, Stokes State Forest 29 Struble Rd. Branchville, NJ 07826 41.1846860, -74.8123562 Rebecca Fitzgerald 973-948-3820 YMCA of Newark - Camp Linwood-MacDonald 1 Flatbrook Road Sandyston, NJ 07826 Cherie Hammond - chammond@newarkymca.org 973-948-7090 Union County HOFNOD Team Linden Linden Department of Recreation Wilson Park Pond Summit Terrace Linden, NJ 07036 GPS: 40.6364793,-74.2680222 Nancy Braxton - nbraxton@linden-nj.org 908-474-8600 www.linden-nj.org