GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — With warm temperatures already settling into West Michigan, many are thinking about getting outdoors. The Ultimate Sport Show is back for its 79th year, bringing everything you need to prepare for getting outdoors to DeVos Place.
The show has over four acres of things to keep you and your family busy, including a rock climbing wall, lumberjack shows and an indoor lake stocked with fish. Called Lake Ultimate, experts will take boats onto the 110,000 gallon lake and give fishing demonstrations.
Show manager Ben Neilsen said the demonstrations can make a big difference in helping visitors improve their craft.
"It's one thing when somebody tells you what to do, but when they're showing you what to do and actually, you're seeing results from it, it kinda adds to that seminar experience," he said.
Neilsen said the hunting and fishing seminars will be held "nonstop" throughout the weekend.
There will also be the opportunity for shopping and talking to vendors. A selection of boats, off-road vehicles, fishing poles and other outdoor gear will be set up throughout the convention center.
Neilsen said the show is not just for avid hunters and fishers, but also families and those looking to get started or learn more.
"It's really for anybody that is even thinking about getting into one of those sports," he said. "We have seminars going on nonstop, but there's a lot of great family activities there as well, whether it's the trout pond, we have a rock climbing wall, you can teach kids how to fly fish, there's all different things to get the kids involved too, so it really is a great family thing to do."
The show kicks off Thursday, March 7 and runs through Sunday, March 10. On Thursday, you can bring six nonperishable food items to donate to nonprofit Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger to receive admission.
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