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Kids can fish at Thurston Co. park Saturday. $7 for lesson and gear to take home

Kids can fish at Thurston Co. park Saturday. $7 for lesson and gear to take home

Tickets are $7. Kids ages 4 to 14 get a half-hour fishing lesson and a rod and reel to keep.

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