Quote Originally Posted by deathb4disco View Post
When fishing with kids up to at least age 8, I use nothing but telescopic poles (no reels) and live bait. I took my brother's three kids to a local pond armed like this, and they caught almost 200 bluegills between them (in about three hours.)

Kids don't care what they catch, how big they are, or how they catch 'em. They just want to catch something.
Very, very true! I wish I had known this when I was trying to teach my kids to fish.
Ted