National Fishing & Boating Week 2005 • Capitol Hill Visits • Kids’ Fishing Event • Member Reception and Boat Cruise • Committee Meetings • Capitol Hill Reception • Sportfishing Champions Honored • Member Companies Attending NFBW • Reception Sponsors • RBFF • NFBW 2006 Learn More

National Fishing & Boating Week 2005 Highlights

Capitol Hill Visits

ASA members met with eleven Members of Congress or their staff to advocate for the interests of the sportfishing industry. Issues covered the Wallop-Breaux reauthorization; military fishing programs; the upcoming Magnuson-Stevens legislation; and access to sportfishing opportunities on land under the National Park Service.

ASA members meet with Congressman Norm Dicks (D-WA). From left to right: Ben Moore, Boater’s World; Angela Darraugh, Shimano American Corp.; Bob Eakes, The Red Drum Tackle Shop; Glenn Hughes, Sport Fishing magazine; Phil Morlock, Shimano American Corp.; Rep. Norman Dicks (D-WA); Noreen Clough, BASS/ESPN Outdoors; Gary Loomis, Fish First; Dave Pfeiffer, Shimano American Corp. and Chairman of the ASA Board of Directors; and Gordon Robertson, ASA

Tom Siciliano, Jersey Coast Anglers Association; Tom Fote, Jersey Coast Anglers Association; and Congressman Jim Saxton, (R-NJ)