Fishing Trip Offer Exclusively
for FOMR Members
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2020 Approximate
length of trip: 3 miles River:
Middle River, Mile marker 5.4 to 2.4 Cost: No
charge (Backup Rain
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2020) Welcome!
This is a trip for people who want to FISH! We'll set this up so you can take
your time and find all the hidey-holes that the Big One is hanging out in. This is an
organized, unaccompanied fishing trip. The trip is designed to follow Virginia
COVID-19 safety guidelines. Now that the state is in Phase 3, guidelines include: "...outdoor recreational sports should maintain ten feet of physical distance between...participants...where practicable." (From Phase Three, Recreational Sports)
1. We are scheduling up to 12 parties to arrive and put-in between 8-10AM.
2. We encourage float parties to consist of persons who have been staying at home with each other for the past recent months.
3. Use of face masks while in the vicinity of persons not in your household is strongly recommended as per the Governor's guidance, especially at the put-in and take-out where it is more likely you could be in groups of people not in your party. We are asking all persons to bring masks and practice social distancing. FOMR staff will be assisting to help people avoid spacing bottlenecks at the put-in.
4. FOMR will secure landowner access permissions, provide driving directions to the take-out, show you where to put-in, mark the take-out for easy recognition, and smile at you from under our masks when you arrive.
5. Paddlers must be able to load, unload and shuttle their own boats and vehicles without assistance.
6. You will need to purchase fishing licenses in advance at https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/licenses/. You can purchase the license online. Minimally an Augusta County resident would need a Resident 5-Day Freshwater Fishing License, though many other packages are available.
There is no
fee for this activity, however we will not be providing any insurance. FOMR
will NOT be leading the actual trip, you will be paddling on your own. But,
we will scout the river in the days before the trip to look for hazards and
conditions to make you aware of. This is a relatively easy-going
stretch of water under normal conditions and would be good for beginner river
paddlers. Registration deadline is Tuesday, July 14 at midnight. We will keep a waiting list if needed. Sign up HERE!
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