Fred Hall Shows will offer way to fund MLPA fight
Everybody loves a good fishing hat and for a minimum donation of $10 to the fund set up to keep the legal battle against fishing closures alive you can walk away from the Fred Hall Shows in Long Beach and Del Mar with your own stylish "Let Us Fish" hat.

I know I can never get enough hats, mainly because of the superstitious nature that dogs many fishermen. If a hat happens to be on top of the old bald spot when a fishing trip turns into a boat ride smelling of skunk, well chances are that hat goes swimming or gets demoted to yard work.

Now AFTCO and Guy Harvey have teamed up with Keep America Fishing and the Partnership for Sustainable Oceans to provide a great looking ballcap to sell at the shows, with all the proceeds going towards legal efforts to reverse the MLPA closure decisions.

The hats are available online, too, but I reckon we're all going at least one day to at least one of the Hall shows. Heck, the hat's cheaper than the beef jerky (which you can fill up on for free if you do enough laps around the show) and it all goes to a great cause. You'll be hearing more on how and where to get the hats soon.

And be sure to look at the SFR site, our Facebook page and the Fred Hall Facebook page for all the latest on the upcoming shows. There are going to be some great free offers and special deals available for those who stay hooked up online.

To learn more about the ongoing efforts to save recreational fishing in California and to sign up for the latest news and alerts visit KeepAmericaFishing.