🎣 2026 Fin-Tastic Fishing Festival 🎣

The Biggest Fishing Event of the Year for Families!

Bring the kids and join us for the 2026 Fin-Tastic Fishing Festival at the John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center—a free, family-friendly day filled with fishing, outdoor adventure, hands-on learning, and conservation education.

Families with children 15 and under can enjoy catch-and-release fishing, kayaking, casting contests, lure making, fly-fishing, fly-tying, fishing knots, BB gun range, boating simulator, Leave No Trace education, live demonstrations, and more!

Big giveaways include:

A Lifetime Unified Sportsman License for kids 15 and under, sponsored by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, plus a Family Fishing Package giveaway.

We are also excited to announce that Dick’s House of Sport has sponsored a Family Fishing Package for our Facebook contest!

Come hungry—food trucks and vendors will be on site, including Big T’s Sno-Balls, Chick-fil-A, and more.

Bring your own medium-action rod and reel and natural bait if you have them. No minnows allowed. Don’t have gear? No problem—fishing combos will be available to borrow, and worms will be provided.

This is a catch-and-release only fishing event.

Bring the family, make memories, and experience a Fin-Tastic day outdoors!

REGISTER HERE

Note: this event is organized by our partner, Pachmann Fishing Education Center, Fayetteville, NC