Show Management is honored to have Hook the Future as the sponsor of the Kid’s Fishing Clinics once again this year. Hook the Future is an incredible organization dedicated to hooking kid’s on fishing and here is their story.
Hook the Future revolves around fishing – but it’s about a lot more than landing lunkers. It’s also about empowering your children. The show is hosted by Don Dingman, an expert angler who lost his 22-year old son, Brian, in 2004. This inspired Don to produce this program to show other parents how important it is to spend quality time with their kids.
Going out fishing 3 times a month with his own dad, Don learned how precious that parent/child connection is, and how the best way to teach a kid to do something, is to simply let him do it. Don says, “When you take kids fishing let them drive the boat, let ’em fight the fish...that’s how they learn when you teach ’em basketball or football you don’t watch TV all day you let them get in there and play.” Of course, it doesn’t hurt that “Captain Don” has a great sense of humor and that kids instantly love him.
Each week, Captain Don takes a fresh crew to a new adventure. Among last year’s episodes was a trip out of Jacksonville, Florida for giant bull reds, a trip to Homer, Alaska for halibut, salmon and lingcod and a journey to exotic Iztapa, Guatemala to battle rooster fish and big pacific sails. In each episode, the kids are the prime movers – from piloting the boat to landing fish as big as they are. From marlin to panfish and everything in between, wherever there are kids and a hot bite, Hook the Future is there. Kids can register to be on the Hook the Future TV shows at the kids’ fishing clinics during the boat show.
Hook the Future is also reaching out to kid’s across the globe and making an impact. After a visit to Iztapa, Captain Don and crew knew they wanted to make a difference and hold an event to raise money for the children of Iztapa. The children of Iztapa need help to receive the basics: A fence around the school, to keep the kids safe from cars cutting through the play area, a roof that does not leak, pencils, paper and books. They have four toilets in terrible condition for the 586 children. Hook the Future held the first annual Pacific Fins/Hook the Future Get Away on June 21-22, 2008 at the Pacific Fins Resort and Marina in Iztapa, Guatemala to raise money for the school. Pacific Fins was sold out! Full of Families having a blast! In two days fishing, the top ten teams released 134 sails, 32 dorado, and 11 yellowfin!
All of the proceeds went to help the children of Iztapa through the local school. To find out how you and your company, school or family can get involved in Hook the Future and their events to help make a difference to children around the globe visit www.hookthefuture.com or contact Jacqui@hookthefuture.com
Hook the Future has a kid’s club that your child can be a member of for a small donation. If you want your child to be a member of this unique educational kid’s club where they receive a Hook the Future shirt or hat, lifetime membership card, and lots of cool products from Hook the Future’s sponsors, email Jacqui@hookthefuture.com or visit www.hookthefuture.com. In addition if your children are between the ages of 6 and 16 their name will be registered for a chance to be a guest angler on an upcoming show.
So spend some time watching Hook the Future with your kids – it just might be a half-hour that returns many times your initial investment. You can catch Hook the Future with Captain Don on The Water Channel, The Sportsman Channel, www.myoutdoortv.com and Comcast Sports. For dates and times visit www.hookthefuture.com. Captain Don and his Hook the Future Crew will be at the 2008 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, 2008 St. Petersburg Boat Show & Strictly Sail, 2009 Palm Beach International Boat Show and the 2009 Suncoast Boat Show (Sarasota, FL). Come on out to one of these events and see Don himself in action with the kids. Check out www.showmanagement.com for all the upcoming details on how you can meet Captain Don.
