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myLot reputation of 87/100. Modestah (7912)   ranked 1,358 out of 32,936 in life 5 years ago

Fishing season,

Fishing season is fast approaching and I would like to get my daughters into the activity a bit. At least to have the experience. My father took my brother and I fishing quite a bit when we were younger and I cherish some of those memories....although I remember very little of the logistics of it!

Would you recommend for their beginning adventures - river fishing or lake fishing? (assume that no boat will be available and the fishing will be done from the shoreline) do you use live bait (or formerly live bait as the case may be, hehe) or lures?
Which is your favorite to use of either kind? for instance if using live bait - do you prefer night crawlers, or shrimp, or corn? etc.
Consider also that these are girls who may be a little squeamish of piercing a living worm. (I know their mother is for sure!)

How about a pole for starters, any recommendations? what should I look at in regards to the reel as well? nothing too elaborate or expensive - but a certain attribute I might should look for?

Thank you for your help!

 

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1. myLot reputation of 92/100. gadget_kat (306)   ranked 2,470 out of 32,936 in life   5 years ago

If your girls are pretty young, maybe a kid-themed pole would be perfect as a starter. We don't take our girls fishing regularly, but we do participate in the annual fishing derby that is held in my community. We bait the hooks for them, but they do the rest. The fishing derby is held at our city park, and the lake is stocked with trout. We used worms, mealy worms, and minnows as our bait.

The kiddie poles come with a reel, and generally, a 6 lb. weight fishing line is used on the reel.

Good Luck!

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2. myLot reputation of 68/100. stcajo (653)   5 years ago

Hi there

You just happened to fall into my favorite topic in the entire world. What can I say. A kids first fishing experiance will pretty much make or break it for them. If they have fun thenn they will be lifers. If they hate it then forget ever getting them back out again. I definately suggest cheap tackle and equipment to start. I have a great article on my fishing blog about taking kids fishing so why not go to http://fishingtutor.blogspot.com Go and have a look their. There are also a lot of other tips on the site.

Good luck and remember a bad day of fishing is always better than a good day at work.

Thanks Dale

ps If you enjoy my blog than can you be sure to tell others about it.


myLot reputation of 87/100. Modestah (7912)   ranked 1,358 out of 32,936 in life  5 years ago

hey Dale!
thanks a lot for the encouragement, advice and direction to your blog. Fantastic.

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3. myLot reputation of 99/100. villageanne (5891)   ranked 219 out of 32,936 in life   5 years ago

My husband loves to fish. He got both our grandkids a fishing pole last fall from cokerewards.com. They were home for a visit the week before Easter and he took them fishing at the lake and they loved it. We live right beside a large river and they loved to fish there too. They are only two and three years old though.

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