Coconino Community College - Flagstaff

Join local Arizona Game and Fish Sportfish Specialist, Matt Rinker, and explore fishing as a way to provide a sustainable and local protein source in your diet!  Matt will focus on what you need to help you get started, or continue your lifelong interest in fishing in Arizona. Dive into everything you will need to know, including fundamental fishing techniques, a basic understanding of fishing regulations, and when and where to find the best places to fish.  Come join Matt and learn how you can expand your sustainable diet with a couple of his best recipes for preparing local fish!

Families are welcome! Comet Talks are typically geared toward adult audiences, but older kids with an interest in fishing are welcome too!

Presenter Matt Rinker is the Sportfish Specialist for the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) Flagstaff Office, where he conducts fish surveys, works with hatcheries to stock local fisheries, conducts fishing clinics, monitors water quality and water levels, writes a weekly fishing report, and much more. He started working for the Department in 2000 as a summer intern before beginning his career full time in 2003 as a fisheries technician. By June this year, he will have 22 years of full time service, all in the field of fisheries. He has been an angler since the age of 3, spending much of his childhood fishing the White Mountains or joining his father, who also worked for AZGFD, on his patrols. When he’s not fishing, he’s trail running, tying flies and making lures, wood working, mentoring new hunters and anglers, and raising his son Fisher.