{"id":309150,"date":"2026-10-18T06:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T06:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309150\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T06:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T06:14:14","slug":"sons-of-lake-erie-host-free-fishing-clinic-at-bicentennial-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309150\/","title":{"rendered":"SONS of Lake Erie host free fishing clinic at Bicentennial Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The SONS of Lake Erie spent the day celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Bicentennial Tower with a free fishing clinic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anglers could cast out their lines for free, with no license required, while reeling in the years at the Tower Fest, filled with vendors, family activities and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:SONS of Lake Erie work with state nature groups on Presque Isle fish habitat;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/sons-of-lake-erie-work-with-state-nature-groups-on-presque-isle-fish-habitat\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0SONS of Lake Erie work with state nature groups on Presque Isle fish habitat\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The SONS of Lake Erie provided lines, tackle and bait for families to come out and fish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Organizers said fishing is a fitting hobby to pick up in Erie and a great way to celebrate one of the area&#8217;s most recognizable landmarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We like to introduce people to fishing, it&#8217;s one of the things that we have plenty of around here, and it&#8217;s not really expensive to start. The more people that we get fishing, the better,&#8221; said Richard Brine, director of SONS of Lake Erie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Bicentennial Tower&#8217;s 30 years&#8217; celebration will continue into Sunday, with Stories from the Tower.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The SONS of Lake Erie spent the day celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Bicentennial Tower with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-309150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}