The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Division of Freshwater Fisheries provide this page for kids to post their colored version of the Kids Fishing coloring page.  To participate print this PDF image (instructions) and color it.  Then mail or e-mail a scanned copy to us, and we'll post it on this site.

Recreational fishing is an American tradition as old as the country and has long been valued for the peace and tranquility that it can provide to all those who wish to escape the pressures of life for a few blissful hours.  Fishing also provides the opportunity to spend quality time in a peaceful non-intimidating setting talking and reconnecting with family and friends.  As fishing skills develop, a level of self confidence is attained and organizational and planning challenges are met.  We hope that parents and other kids will take a moment while they are coloring these pages to discuss people's role in the environment. 

It is our belief that children and adults who spend time recreating in the outdoors and communing with nature learn to love and understand our fragile environment.  They become more interested in knowing the role that they play in conserving and enhancing our resources.  With that knowledge, they become better stewards of our fish and water and make more informed choices about daily activities that affect the environment and help to influence others to cherish and enhance our natural heritage.

Click an image from the gallery below to see an enlargement. Then use the back key to return.  We also encourage your young artists to draw their own image of a Florida Black Bass and submit it to Wildlife Forever State Fish Art Contest.

Madeline Alessandrini, Age 11, Tampa, FL	Autumn Bresnick, Age 9, Port St. Lucie, FL	Jason Brown, Age 10, Tampa, FL
Willhart Elliott, Age 12, Tampa, FL	Frances Hill, Age 12, High River, Alberta, Canada	Taylor Hollingsworth, Age 9, Tampa, FL
Kyle Lachance, Age 9, Port St. Lucie, FL	Abby Mann, Age 4, Kissimmee, FL	Alday Mann, Age 4, Kissimmee, FL
Dylan Morgan, Age 11, G.C.S., FL	Lani Page, Age 6, Cairo, Georgia	Michele Proteau, Age 10, Tampa, FL
Arran Robertson, Age 11, Port St. Lucie, FL	Kadeisha Robinson, Age 11, Port St. Lucie, FL	Stormi Stegall, Age 11, Port St. Lucie, FL
Nicole Stidham, Age 9, Tampa, FL	Veronica Wertzbaugher, Age 8, Port St. Lucie, FL	Lane Wilber, Age 8, St. Cloud, FL
Austin Williams, Age 12, Tampa, FL

 

 

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