Alpha Academy Fishing Trip with Arundel HS

On May 30th, The Alpha Leaders from Arundel High School went fishing! This was a first time experience for most of our mentees. We left Arundel High School just after 6AM on Thursday May 30th to travel to Off Da Hook Fishing Charters in Chester Maryland. On the way, thanks to Bro. Andre Dillard & Bro. Dr. Hughes, we were able to take a group of mentees we have started meeting with recently, on the fishing trip with us. We picked them up on the way. This was also a first time experience for all of the Annapolis High group. By 7:30 we were on the water. We traveled about a mile out, got brief instructions and got right to it! Though the fish we caught were mostly spot fish, our mentees did an amazing job catching between 50-100 fish total. We anchored in two locations during our trip. It was amazing to see these young men learn how to bait their hook, watching their hesitation with handling the bait worms, watching them cheer as they caught their first fish and created mini competitions to see who would catch the most fish, learning how to handle the fish to remove them from the hook, and just enjoying themselves overall. This is an experience that they will never forget.