On Jan 23, 7:49*am, wrote:

That said, first and foremost, I disagree with Louie about making sure
they catch fish. *I don't believe in building false expectations.

Three years old ain't exactly the time to build the character trait of
patience ;-)

Catching fish is good.

Even at the "best" fish catching place, you'll eventually have a day
when the fish aren't to be found, and then you can start telling them
that that's how fishing goes. But at the start, I'd maximize the
likelihood that the kids are going to catch fish. They don't care what
they are, bullhead, suckers, chubs, sunfish, whatever. I spent many
hours at a golf course pond that only had goldfish and bullheads in
it. A 12" bullhead or gold carp was a trophy! But, we almost always
caught something.

Jon.