I took my favorite fishergirl out fishing the other day after coming to our house from kinder garden. When I mentioned fishing she got excited and was eager to go.  The day was beautiful, bright sun and not too warm.  We took my my little two man boat out and I aimed it to a fishing spot where I can usually catch a few bluegill and crappie.  And that’s what we got, a few.

The bite was very slow but we did manage to catch the two fish shown.  Evie has learned to cast pretty well for a six year old and fairly straight although, her aim may be just a little off.  Of course, with the bite being so slow, she became a little bored and would rather play with the water and not pay too much attention to her bobber.  This of course caused her to not see a few other bites and consequently missed a few fish. We decided to go back home and see Grandma instead.  Evie did want to steer the electric motor on the way back.  She liked that and did a pretty good job of navigating.

All in all we had a short but good time.

My advice here is if she’s/he’s not interested, don’t force it.  Just blame it on the fish for not biting that day.  And, if you’re fishing with a little one, leave your pole down or only use it if you’re both catching fish.

Tight lines

Jim