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The Fishing School 2025

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January 30, 2025

Learn how and where to catch even better fish than ever before from the experts, change your fishing future forever, now! Boat Kayak or PWCs

For the full agenda of workshop topics, dates, venues and booking options visit The Fishing School on Eventbrite.

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Grant Bittle aka Captain Espresso, Professional Fishing Coach / www.FishingCoachPro.com

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