NPS Photo/Caitlin Campbell
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No matter who you are or where you live, whether you’ve been fishing or not, if you’re ready to learn, explore, and be a safe angler, fishing is for you!
The Junior Ranger Let’s Go Fishing! Program invites families to enjoy fishing at participating National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife locations across the United States and territories. Sites that participate in Let’s Go Fishing! offer the Junior Ranger Angler booklet and badge and may also offer Let’s Go Fishing! or Junior Ranger Angler events.
Become a Junior Ranger Angler
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Find a participating location. Fishing opportunities exist at more than 200 units of the National Park System and more than 350 units of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Once you’ve found a National Park Service or U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service site where you can fish, check with that site directly to inquire if the program is available on -site.
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Pick up a free Junior Ranger Angler booklet at a participating location. Use the booklet to have fun learning about fish and how to fish safely and responsibly.
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Share what you learned with a ranger or wildlife manager at a participating location to receive your Junior Ranger Angler badge.
About the Let's Go Fishing! Junior Ranger Program
The Let’s Go Fishing! Junior Ranger program invites kids, their families, and the young at heart to experience fishing and time outside. Through a self-guided activity booklet, participants learn about fish, fish habitat, gear, types of fishing, and how to fish safely and responsibly. Participants completing the program at a participating National Park Service site or event receive a Junior Angler badge.
Developed in partnership with the National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Foundation, TakeMeFishing.org, and International Game Fish Association, the Let’s Go Fishing Junior Ranger program is offered at participating National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sites.
Preview the activity booklet: English | Bilingual English-Spanish
Frequently Asked Questions
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To find out if a site you plan to visit offers the Let’s Go Fishing Junior Ranger program, check the park’s official nps.gov page or contact local staff. Consult the Junior Ranger Let’s Go Fishing Calendar on this page to see upcoming park and community events. On many park websites, Junior Ranger information can be found by selecting Learn About the Park in the site navigation, hovering over Kids & Youth, and looking for Junior Ranger. To find out where you can fish, check out these National Park Service sites or Fish & Wildlife Service sites.
On many park websites, Junior Ranger information can be found by selecting “Learn About the Park” in the site navigation, hovering over “Kids & Youth,” and looking for “Junior Ranger.”
You are welcome to download the Junior Ranger Angler booklet to complete at home or school. At-home and in-school participants can download a printable Junior Ranger Angler badge and coloring sheet. The National Park Service offers physical Junior Ranger Angler badges to on-site participants only.
Preview the activity booklet: English | Bilingual English-Spanish
Preview the activity booklet: English | Bilingual English-Spanish
The Junior Ranger Let’s Go Fishing activity book is offered free of charge at participating National Park Service locations.
Educators can check out the National Park Service Educators Portal to find lesson plans, distance learning programs, and field trip opportunities. You can even find NPS Educators Resources about fish!
Junior Ranger programs are designed for an in-person visit to a National Park Service site. Most parks are unable to accommodate requests for Junior Ranger materials to be mailed out to classrooms.
Junior Ranger programs are designed for an in-person visit to a National Park Service site. Most parks are unable to accommodate requests for Junior Ranger materials to be mailed out to classrooms.
If your question is about the Let’s Go Fishing! Junior Ranger program please email Junior_Rangers@nps.gov.
If your question is about a park-specific Junior Ranger program (for example: Yellowstone’s Junior Ranger Program) contact that park directly. Find more information and contact information for each National Park Service site on nps.gov: Find a Park.
If your question is about another national themed Junior Ranger program (like Junior Ranger Night Explorer) visit that program’s page and follow that program’s directions for inquiries by mail or email.
If you have a general question about Junior Ranger programs, contact Junior_Rangers@nps.gov.
Junior Ranger Let’s Go Fishing Events
NPS photo/Caitlin Campbell
Last updated: June 17, 2026