Lake Worth Lagoon Fishing Challenge

LAKE WORTH, FL – May 25, 2017 – To collect fisheries information about the county’s largest estuary, Palm Beach County and its partners in the Lake Worth Lagoon Initiative will hold the second annual Lake Worth Lagoon Fishing Challenge from May 26 through July 9, 2017. The initiative is collaborating with the Snook & Gamefish Foundation and the West Palm Beach Fishing Club to host the challenge as a fun citizen science contest.

Participating is easy and free. Interested anglers can register online, then log the fish
they catch using a free downloadable app for their mobile device or by signing into their
online account. By taking photos of their catches in the lagoon and reporting them as part
of the challenge, anglers will contribute valuable data that could steer future lagoon
habitat restoration and will be eligible for some great awards. Whether they fish once
during the challenge or every day, they could win prizes that include Engel coolers and
Penn rod and reel combos.

“It was so exciting to see a number of kids participating in this event last year and seeing
parents utilizing this opportunity to get their families outdoors,” said Rob Robbins, director
of Palm Beach County’s Department of Environmental Resources Management (ERM).
“By sharing details about the fish being caught in the lagoon, participants will help us
better understand this local treasure that we are working hard to protect, restore and
enhance.”

Approximately 20 miles long and a half-mile wide, Lake Worth Lagoon extends from
North Palm Beach to Ocean Ridge. The estuary is home to a variety of fish species and
offers many fishing spots accessible from land or by boat.

Additional support for the challenge comes from Coastal Angler Magazine.

The Lake Worth Lagoon Fishing Challenge will be open to anglers five years of age and
older. Entries can be submitted throughout the six-week challenge. For more information
about the challenge, including how to register and prize details, visit
www.LWLI.org/FishingChallenge or contact ERM at (561)233-2400 or at ERMFishingChallenge@
pbcgov.org.