Boy Scouts of America

Feedback

Feedback

Please provide feedback on your experience of this adventure or activity
Report Quality Assurance
If there are errors or issues with this adventure/ activity, please go to the Report Quality Assurance Page.
Adventure/Activity Feedback Form
This feedback helps identify things den leaders like and opportunities for improvement.
Feedback Form
Cub Scout Adventures > 
Wolf >
 A Wolf Goes Fishing > 
Cast-A-Thon Relay Challenge
Back to: A Wolf Goes Fishing
Print This Page
Wolf – 2nd Grade
A Wolf Goes Fishing
Elective
Requirement 3

Cast-A-Thon Relay Challenge

Wolf – 2nd Grade
A Wolf Goes Fishing
Elective
Requirement 3

Cast-A-Thon Relay Challenge

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts practice casting their pole or rod to catch a paper fish. 

Indoor
5
4
4
If you want to know more about The Adventure Activity Key click here.

Cub Scouts can bring their own fishing poles or secure enough youth fishing poles for Cub Scouts to use.   

The items in this activity can be kept for future dens or pack activities. 

There are similar practice casting kits that are available for sale instead of making your own.  

  • Spincaster fishing poles 
  • ½” flat washers – one for each fishing pole 
  • Cast-A-Thon Relay Challenge pattern found in Additional Resources 
  • Cardstock 
  • Printer  
  • Small magnets 
  • ½” flat washers that magnets will attach to.  (Iron, steel, or nickel) 
  • Glue 
  • Blue painter’s tape 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Designate an area as a pond using blue painter’s tape on the floor.  Make the area at least 25 feet long to allow for long casting. 
  2. Block off the area to prevent anyone from walking near or around where Cub Scouts will be casting.  
  3. Make several fish using the Cast-A-Thon Relay Challenge pattern and card stock. You’ll need at least one for every two Cub Scouts in your den. 
    • Print out the fish pattern on card stock. 
    • Cut out the fish and match them up so that the blue color shows on each side. 
    • Using tape, tape a magnet to the back (white) side of one of the fish.  
    • Put the other fish on top of the fish with the magnet, and tape (with the regular tape) or glue them together. 
  4. Test to make sure that the flat washers will attach to the magnets and hold the fish. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Designate an area in your meeting room as your “pond,” and spread the fish out in the pond. 
  2. Remove any hooks from the fishing poles and tie on flat washers. 
  3. Mark lines that are 6 feet apart on the casting end of the “pond” for Cub Scouts to cast from. 
  4. Demonstrate the proper way to cast. 
  5. Allow Cub Scouts to practice.  
  6. Divide Cub Scouts into two teams and have each team line up 6 feet behind one of the casting areas. 
  7. Explain the rules of the game. 
    • The first Cub Scout in line will step up to the casting area and cast until they catch a fish. 
    • Once they catch a fish they go to the back of their team’s line. 
    • The team that has each team member catch a fish wins. 

 Tip: With slight modifications, you can use the same fishing poles for the Fish Names Game, Cast & Learn, Cast-A-Thon Relay Challenge, Crazy Casting Spin-Off, and Cast-A-Thon Relay Challenge.

Additional Resources

Cast-A-Thon Relay Challenge pattern

Other Activities Options

You can choose other activities of your choice.

Wolf – 2nd Grade

Cast & Learn

Outdoor
4
3
2

Learn how to cast a fishing pole with accuracy by trying to hit a target. 

See Details
Wolf – 2nd Grade

Crazy Casting Spin-Off

Outdoor
5
2
2

Cub Scouts practice their casting skills by distance and accuracy. 

See Details

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.