COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Former President George H.W. Bush’s well-known appreciation for fishing has landed him a giant replica of a lure.

Bush, who has fished off the Maine coast countless times while staying at his summer home in Kennebunkport, was honored Thursday night as part of an effort to get more children – especially Hispanics – interested in fishing. Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris presented the long lure to the nation’s 41st president.

Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris, center, joins Pedro Sors, president of the fishing association of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, to present former President George H.W. Bush with a giant fishing lure Thursday at the Bush Library in College Station, Texas.

The George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar Education Fund gave a $50,000 check to groups that are trying to get more Hispanic children to go fishing. The fund was launched with a $125,000 donation from Morris.

The Eagle newspaper reports that Morris also helped some children try their luck in a specially stocked pond behind the Bush library on the Texas A&M campus.

Bush, 91, caught a catfish.