Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair Tremendous Success: Planning For Next Year Already Underway [Video]

GRAFTON – Work is already being done to plan the next Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair after the 34th annual fair was a massive success this year, drawing crowds of both first-time and veteran fishers of all ages to Pere Marquette State Park in Grafton.

“We’re always looking for more volunteers – and that’s the biggest thing, is getting enough volunteers to pull this off,” Randy Holbrook with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources said at the event. “We’ll start planning right away.

“We’ll start getting rooms at the lodge for people, we’ll start recruiting our talent like Camo the Clown and Jason Reynolds and we’ll get them on our calendars now … We’re recruiting new volunteers today for next year already, so we’re starting to work on the next year’s already.”

Scott Bryan with the Illinois Federation of Outdoor Resources said that the massively popular event is one of …