The Maryland Chapter of Trout Unlimited, in cooperation with Baltimore City, conducts an annual “City Catch” event in April. If you are new to our chapter’s activities, City Catch is our partner program with the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks which provides Baltimore City children with a half day’s fishing experience and a spin cast outfit to take home. We stock a local stream with trout, and provide the tackle, bait, and guides from our membership. The Recreation and Parks Department provides a hot dog lunch for the children. It is our Chapter’s chance to teach the children something about streams and fishing, while demonstrating some fundamentals about watersheds and environmental ethics.

In 2011 we moved the event back to the original City Catch site on Dead Run in Baltimore’s Leakin Park. We had been unable to use this ite in recent years due to water quality problems caused by faulty sewer pipes. But since the City has completed repairs, MDTU was able to return to our favored site.

MDTU wants to thank all our volunteers for their tremendous help in 2011 as well as Tochterman’s Tackle Shop for their continuous support. MDTU is looking forward to next spring for City Catch 2012, and we hope you will consider volunteering for the event in the  future.