DNR to loan fishing equipment

ATLANTA (AP) -- The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is loaning fishing equipment to budding anglers.

John Biagi of the department's Wildlife Resources Division says the Fishing Tackle Loaner Program is meant to give aspiring anglers a way to try their hand at fishing without having to buy their own equipment first.

Officials say visitors should stop by park offices to ask where they can rent equipment for the day. Children under the age of 16 don't need a fishing license.

Dawson County's Amicalola Falls State Park is among them. (Click on the link below for the complete list of participating parks.)