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Nearly 85 anglers fished the Bluffton University Nature Preserve pond as part of a grant-funded project last spring and summer led by Tami Forbes, associate professor of recreation. The catch-and-release project aimed to identify what species are in the pond and to determine how best to achieve a balance for recreational fishing, which has been proposed on a limited basis by a nature preserve task force.
Bluffton junior Lando Goins of Detroit, Mich., engaged in his first fishing experience. Forbes demonstrated how to bait the hook, cast the line and record the fish he reeled in. "He was so excited to have caught his first fish, and that was worth my whole summer," she said.
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