The Bridge Fishing Outreach

“It’s Bigger than fishing”

Our Mission

To share the gospel message of Jesus Christ by mentoring at-risk and other youth in our community, through time spent learning how to fish.

Our Vision

At-risk and other youth in our community experience love, encouragement and hope for their future through mentorship in our diverse program of fishing related activities.

Our Programs

Fishing For Their Future

Through our Fishing For Their Future program, we mentor youth living in shelters, group homes, foster care communities, church youth groups as well as students from the public school system. We deliver Jesus’s message of love, encouragement and hope through time spent learning about fishing. We offer this program through private group outings, youth camps, Christian retreats, afterschool clubs and more.

Youth Angler Academy

Through our Youth Angler Academy we offer opportunities for students of any skill level, from the beginner to the advanced, as well as for the competitive middle and high school angler. We provide instructional clinics, hands on workshops, and summer camps, as well as individual lessons that include on-the-water angler development. .

Our Achievements

  • The Bridge Fishing Outreach was established in 2018 to share Jesus and serve the community through sport of fishing

  • Our instructor was certified by the South Carolina Dept. of Natural Resources as a Fishing Instructor – February 2018

  • Received 501 c3 non-profit designation – July 2018.

  • Held our 1st South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Family Fishing Clinic – September 2018

  • Held our 1st Fishing for Their Future fundraiser – December 2018

  • Partnered with Miracle Hill Ministries to host four events for their childrens ministry – January 2019

  • Partnered with Bassmaster and Visit Anderson SC for the Bassmaster event on Lake Hartwell -April 2019

  • Hosted Fishing For Their Future fishing clinic for hearing impaired families - May 2019

  • Created the Fishing For Their Future fishing club to share the message of Jesus Christ through fishing clubs in local middle and high schools - June 2021

  • Launched www.thebridgefishingoutreach.org

    – July 2021

  • Partnered with the Greenville County School District to launch the initial chapter of our fishing club program at Rudolph Gordon School. - August 2021

  • Created partnership with Trail Life USA to offer fishing curriculum to this national organization with over 36,000 members in all 50 states. November 2021

  • Partnered with Bassmaster for the Bassmaster Classic, the Super Bowl of bass fishing, with over 150,000 visitors in attendance over the three day event. - March 2022

  • Partnered with Bass Pro Shops and Greenville County Recreation to transport over 400 fish to a community lake in efforts to improve the opportunities for youth in our area to catch fish - June 2023

  • Partnered with Heidelberg Materials, a local business, to host Community Cast for a group of youth from a local boys home and foster care community. Heidelberg sponsored the event and provided lunch, a fishing rod and reel, and a t-shirt for each participant - June 2023

  • Recipient of over 300 rods and reels donated by Bass Pro Shops to help support our programs and provide rods and reels for the participants. - June 2023

  • Donated fishing equipment through our Fishing Fishing Their Future program to a group of youth in McCormick County in efforts to help them start a high school fishing club at their school. We also took them fishing out on Clarks Hill Reservoir to help them gain experience on the water. Since that event we have partnered with a local bass fishing club that has offered to get these youth back out on the water to practice in a competitive format. - July 2023

  • Launched our Youth Anglers Academy program to offer clinics, workshops, camps and private lessons to youth anglers of any skill level that interested in learning how to fish or developing more advanced skills - August 2023

  • Hosting our first Christian youth camp, First Light Fishing Camp to share the message of Jesus Christ and to learn and practice fishing skills for church youth groups and other outdoor youth organizations - Spring 2024