Fishing at Ascarate

One of the true diamonds in the rough of El Paso is Ascarate Park. The Ascarate Fishing Club sponsored an event this weekend to encourage people to go fishing and enjoy a day outdoors at the park. I’m not affiliated with the club, so I don’t know all the sponsors (who deserve a HUGE plug for all they did), but I know Price’s stepped in to provide drinks.

 

There was a huge turnout for the event (as you can see in these pictures) that started at 8:00am on Saturday. I decided to take my son out and do some fishing. I’m a city kid, so I’ve only been fishing two times in my life, so it was a blast.

 

There were contests for the kids and everything was 100% free, which was cool with me because I don’t own a fishing pole. There was even a pool-type area for the real little ones to fish. As you can see, we were a shoe-in for catching the smallest fish.

 

My favorite part of the event was that there were so many dads and tatas involved. I think many of the society’s problems could be solved with the presence of a strong male figure in the family and it’s nice to see an event were so many turned out and spent quality time with their kids and grandkids.

 

 

The event organizers could’ve made their own Visa commercial that day.

 

Fishing Pole…free.

Hot Dogs & Corn Bait…free.

Spending Quality Time…priceless.