Big Tex,
Our local petting zoo has a stocked pond for fishing. And I mean STOCKED! The kids use a long bamboo pole, big hooks, big worms and big bobbers, and a fairly short line. Just about every time a line is dropped, a fish (blue gill) takes the worm. I'd think that if you have a bazillion gills in your pond,and the kids can EASILY catch fish, from prone position on a blanket, to sitting in a wheelchair, to standing along the bank, they'll have a ball. Just keep it simple.
Betty

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