Do Your Kids Fish?

[keith71]

I got into fishing from my grandpa a little bit, but I mostly taught myself. Its just what I love to do. My family doesn't even give a hoot about fishing other than my grandpa and I. I have tried to get my little brother to fish but was having none of it. My grandpa is mostly a saltwater fisherman.

Stick with it,my family didnt fish either and every thing I learned early on was from T.V and time on the water.From the time I was 10 I would ride my bike a couple of miles and fish from dawn to dusk on the weekends and all Summer.Now that Im grown with a family of my own I fish a local Bass club,own a little boat and more tackle than a man should have.My son happens to love the sport too so Im blessed with a fishing buddy for the rest of my life

[LgMouthGambler]

Hey LMG, in some circles, that's called brainwashing....lol

Hootie

Tomato, tomahto. Lol

[Teal]

I take mine every chance i get, there will be a day when my chances will be fewer.

[ww2farmer]

I have two daughters, 8 and 3.5. I started taking my older one out for just boat rides and a little bit of fishing when she was about 4, and each year she goes more and more, and fished more and more. Usually when I take her, I keep the bass fishing to a minimum, and when I do bass fish I include her with things like......."pick a lure you want me to catch a fish on, then when I catch one, pick another one and I will switch to it" that keeps her excited for whats next, and occupied by digging through my stuff. She also really like to watch me fish a frog, I let her "call" a cadence and walk and pop the frog to her saying "eat me ribbit, eat me ribbit" LOL, and she loves to be the net man. When she does pick up a rod and fish, we usually are tossing little crankbaits for bluegills and loading the boat, or dropshotting bluegills while watching the front graph screen, it makes it like a video game for her. This year I hope to make it a weekly thing,and get her doing some basic bass fishing stuff, I never wanted to push it  and have her hate it becasue she was bored. She actually asks me to take her ice fishing now, because when we have gone she has had a ball catching fish, drilling holes, playing on the ice. etc...., hopefully bass fishing out of the boat will be like that soon. I will do the same with the younger one too.

[Teal]

I had to add this one, my son and I. The best fishing partner ive ever had.

[gripnrip]

Just went out with my 3 year old little girl yesterday for a bit.  She got bored really quick.  So we then went to the playground equipment to swing and slide.  I have a 13 year old son also.  I just started really getting back into fishing this last year.  I have taken him some in the past but not near enough.  When it warms more I hope to find a little john boat to trick out and we can go more.  We have hunted our tales off though.  He has proved to deadlier than I with a rifle in hand.  

 

The best thing I could pass on to my children is a love for the outdoors my pops and my uncle's instilled in me when I was their age.

[C-roy]

. I look forward to the day my son gets old enough to hit the water with me, he just turned 2 and I took him with me to my parents pond this past summer. he had fun playing with the soft plastics and seeing the blue gill my mom was catching, I ended up catching a 21in bass and he was pretty excited seeing one almost as tall as him lol

[Jason_Vorhees]

my son's 3.5lb large mouth on a kids shakespear rod/reel combo (which he has 3). he enjoys playing with the tackle more then fishing itself

[Big Bassman]

I have 3 boys & 2 girls. The boys started bass fishing with me when they were each 3-4 years old. They got bait casting rods & reels, tackle boxes with all artifical baits right from the start and every Easter & Christmas thereafter. The 44 year old can't really afford a rig, but the 42 and 34 year olds both have fully outfitted bass boats and fish whenever they can. I still fish with them as much as I can, but after a lifelong marriage I finally have my wife fishing with me so we do alot of family fishing trips. Only Bass! Because we live in cold country our season starts with spring break, 4 families, 3 bass boats, 2 houses on Table Rock and a whole lot of fishing! Break'em in young and break'em in right, you won't regret it. Our family prays together, plays together, and stays together!

[mikeeasttn]

I have a 7 y/o grandson that loves to fish and has been fishing since he was 4 y/o.  Last year he caught a 8.5# LM.  He also loves to fish any touraments we can no matter the temperature.

The boat is not allowed to leaave if he is not going fishing.  He does not want me to fish while he is in school and wants me to wait until he returns home.

He tells everyone that we at BFBF(best fishing buddies forever).

[*Hootie]

The old saying, "if you want something done right, do it yourself", applies here. If you want a great fishing partner, build your own. Like I posted above, my son and I have been fishing together for 43 yrs. We work together like a well oiled machine.

Hootie

[RAN VAN DAM]

I've taken my daughter with me a few times and she has caught bass before (shes 6 years old ) she use to hold the fish now she will not touch them i dont know why i will take my son as soon as he can walk.