Favorite weedless lure for kids?

[golf n fish]

I have two boys - 4 and 7. What do lures do you suggest for little kids going bass fishing with dad?  Preferable something that floats and is weedless.

David

[Raul]

It sinks and it 's far from weedless: in-line spinners

To make it weedless.- Unscrew the body and remove the treble hook, insert a single hook, screw in the body, t-rig a small grub to make it weedless.

In-line spinners are one of those forgotten lures that catch a lot of fish ( great for kids ).

[RoLo]

The "Johnson Silver Minnow" is a great all-around fish-catcher, but it sure don't float.

The hook is safer around children than the hooks on most lures, and the lure is VERY weedless.

The 1/4oz X 2-1/4" spoon will take pickerel, bass & large panfish,

but the 1/8oz spoon would be best for panfishing.

Roger

[roadwarrior]

When I was that age my dad was the trolling motor.

Losing a lure, any lure, was a very big deal. Topwater

was the solution. Zara Puppy and Original Floating

Rapala are what I suggest. Both will get strikes and

fishing them is active, not boring like finesse is for kids.

8-)

[J Francho]

Silver Minnow with a 3-4" worm threaded so its weedless.

T-rig Senko

Original Scum Frog

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Weightless trick worm or a Senko.

[angler1]

I started my youngest fishing when he was 4. Nothing is truely weedless unless you texas rig a worm then skin hook the worm slightly. That rig is truely weedless. Most lures with weed guards are not really weedless anyway. Here are my suggestions: Mann's baby minus 1 in a shad color. Its a crankbait that is great for kids b/c you constantly retrieve it and it only dives to about 6" under the surface. When not retrieved it will float on the top. 3/8 oz. White or white with chart. skirt spinnerbait with a colorado blade(s). Again its not weedless but a constant retrieve so it keeps the kids interested. You can also use this all year around, it will produce bass and the wire on the bait usually deflects the bait from getting really snagged hard on. Chatterbaits share the spinnerbait theory of mine. A topwater wakebait. It will float and not dive at all, however it has a single belly treble hook so throwing it around pads is out. Spro makes one called theBBZ Shad I think. Last but not least, snap proof lures makes frogs that r great on, in, or around pads and other vegitation that is visible. It floats and in my experience, its as close as "weedless" gets. Hope this helps. Good luck.

[golf n fish]

Thanks for the help guys.  Lots of good ideas.  I should have also mentioned that safety is a consideration.  Any bait I tie on my kids line my very well end up stuck in me, so I prefer to avoid treble hooks.  Weightless worms and floating frogs have been my choices so far.

David

[MALTESE FALCON]

When I take the grandkids out, I usually set them up with T-rigged senkos, or worm of some kind, or a spinnerbait.

Falcon

[NewAngler]

spinner bait, buzzbaits, mepps.

those are all that i use for my kids.. constant reeling is a plus for the 2 older ones. (4)

[Wayne P.]

The most productive and easy to fish presentation for kids is the Slider worm fished on a Spider Slider head. Another plus is they can cast and reel which keeps their interest.

[twitchfish]

My nine year old beautiful girl and 6 year old handsome boy were slaying them Saturday late afternoon in less than optimal conditions on 4" pearl laminate stickbaits T-rigged weightless. Lots of structure and only 1 snag that could not be saved. (Unfortunately, 2 fish got to keep their hooks as well earned souveniers). I told them retrieve how you like and one even got jumped getting ripped back to shore.  Great fun for all.

Twitch

[bassfishingil]

try plastic mice and frogs. the mice have a small weight on them so you can get some good distance. they are fairly cheap i get mine at farm and fleet. i use the white mouse over moss and its deadly.

[Quitlimpin]

Flukes. They will catch anything that swims, and getting an erratic action out of them is pretty simple.

[Red]

Weightless trick worm or a Senko.

Thats what I use. Weedless and they will probably catch something.  I just rig it up stand back!  Let them practice casting.  Once my nephew had a cottonmouth follow the trick worm right to the shoreline, so be careful!!

Cliff

[SirSnookalot]

The "Johnson Silver Minnow" is a great all-around fish-catcher, but it sure don't float.

The hook is safer around children than the hooks on most lures, and the lure is VERY weedless.

The 1/4oz X 2-1/4" spoon will take pickerel, bass & large panfish,

but the 1/8oz spoon would be best for panfishing.

Roger

Went out yesterday afternoon for a bit, had a senko on, very boring for me, so I can just imagine how a kid may be bored to death then having trouble setting the hook.

After a 15 minute episode of an exercise in futility I put a Johnson gold weedless spoon with a twin tailed grub. For the remainder of my outing it was non stop action, no worry about a hookset, it's almost automatic and no weeds. As I was fishing I thought this set up had a lot of merit, it allowed me to work the water column by varying my retrieval speed along with the elevation of my rod tip. Good teaching tool for a new angler.

[mrlitetackle]

not exactly what you asked for,

but i will give my opinion......

simple (just reel in)....

single hook (not much to foul kids)....

cheap (who cares if they lose it)....

catches anything that swims (from bluegill to monster bass).....

.....

beetle spin.

hands down, classic winner.... that has a place in my book any day of the week.