If you want to have fun and create some memories that a child will carry with him through life, just take them fishing. Think about it. Don’t you remember someone taking you fishing when you were a kid?

The main thing to remember is to keep it simple. Don’t expect to get a lot of fishing in yourself. In fact if I am taking two of the grandkids fishing at the same time, I don’t even attempt to fish myself. I can do plenty of that when they are older. You will be plenty busy baiting up their hooks and taking the fish off. The older they are, the more they can do for themselves.

The thing to remember is that kids, unlike adults, care more about quantity than size of the fish caught. If they catch lots of fish, they are happy and the day is a big success. Pan fish are the answer to a successful day on the old pond. Be sure to take plenty of worms. Small artificial worms sometimes work but there is nothing like live bait.