2024 Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery Kid's Fishing Rodeo

The Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery annual Kid's Fishing Rodeo is scheduled to match the Tennessee Free Fishing day. This year had some remarkable volunteers such as:

• The Friends of Dale Hollow Lake who sponsored and did all the work to provide BBQ snacks and helping with both setup and cleanup
• A huge amount of preparation work by the Friends of Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery who supplied the logistics to clean up the storm damage before the event, collecting and assembling outreach packets, hauling event equipment, and setup/cleanup
• And the family of Donna Thacker who showed their deep love and respect at her passing by donating fishing poles to every kid that needed one this year and for future years. Donna loved coming to the rodeo and seeing all of the kids learning to fish. She is obviously missed dearly by her family and their donation is a way for them to give generosity she would have been proud of.