Sea Base - Merit Badges - Fishing Merit Badge

 

Are you going on the Florida Keys Sea Base high adventure sailing, snorkeling trip and thinking, I'll bet I could do most of the requirements for the Fishing Merit Badge?  You are RIGHT!  Here's what you could get signed off on the fishing merit badge!

Be sure to get your Blue Card and a counselor assigned BEFORE you leave for Sea Base! Then document completion of anything you do on the trip.  Be prepared to show your counselor photos, if he or she is not there with you, whenever possible, to demonstrate you competency and completion  of requirements.

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����  Fishing Merit Badge

You can find and print to bring with you,

• Fishing merit badge on Scouting.org
• the full, free PDF of the Fishing Merit Badge pamphlet here.  and
• the Fishing Merit Badge workbook here.

The requirements below are almost exactly what you’ll be doing all week, anyway, so this is a perfect merit badge to work on at Sea Base.

✅ Requirements you can likely complete at Sea Base

Below is a summary and checklist. The highlighted requirements could be done during Sea Base. See the pamphlet or workbook above for details. Learn, during the trip, about those you must later explain to you counselor.

⚠ Remaining requirements (less likely or need extra work - do before or after Sea Base)

These are usually discussion-based (those which say discuss or explain) and may need a counselor session after Sea Base. So, if your assigned merit badge counselor is present, you can do during down time! Otherwiuse, learn all you can, and remember it, take photos, document it!

Req. 7

• Discuss fishing regulations and ethics.

����Fishing Checklist����

This is only a checklist and  a summary of requirements - you must see the BSA pamphlet or workbook for the detailed requirements!

Req	Description	Done	Initials
1a	Explain fishing hazards and how to prevent, mitigate, and respond to them
1b	Discuss prevention/treatment of injuries and conditions (cuts, punctures, bites, hypothermia, dehydration, heat illness, sunburn)
1c	Explain how to remove a barbed hook safely
1d	Name and explain five fishing safety practices
2	Compare two fishing outfits; identify rod/reel parts; explain use and care
3	Demonstrate proper use of two types of fishing equipment
4	Tie required knots (improved clinch, Palomar, uni, uni-to-uni, arbor) and explain uses
5	Identify five artificial lures and five natural baits; explain use; explain why baitfish are not released
6a	Explain Leave No Trace (LNT) and Outdoor Code and their impact on fishing resources
6b	Discuss catch-and-release and demonstrate proper fish handling and release
7	Review local fishing regulations; explain purpose and benefits
8	Explain sportsmanlike behavior and how LNT and Outdoor Code apply to fishing
9	Catch and identify one fish
10	Clean and cook a fish (or acquired fish if necessary); eating not required