Where to fish?

"Derek.Moody" wrote in message
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In article , Andy
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"Derek.Moody" wrote in message
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In article , Andy
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I hope someone can help with my quest!

I have a young son who is bursting to have a go at fishing. He is

How old is he?


One is 5, the other is 7. I think the 5 year old will have difficulty
with
the casting part, but should be fine with the rest. This is another
reason
for looking for a place where any fish caught would be small!

Ah, rather younger than I thought.

The 5 year old will have an attention span around an hour, the elder maybe
twice as long. They will require considerable attention and I wouldn't
take
them together until they have enough experience to manage the basics for
themselves - three or four sessions each in all probablility. You *could*
take them together if you have another, patient and preferably experienced
adult with you to take half the workload.

Another - slightly risky ploy would be to make a day out of a split treat
(Say you take #1 fishing while #2 goes to the pool with Mum then swap over
for the afternoon.)

This is pretty much the strategy I had in mind. My thoughts were to make any
fishing a small part of a family day out.



re Crayfish

This sound great for the kids. I actually live very close to the Kennet &
Avon canal so I would like to give this a try. How do you do this? The
fact

See other post.

the catch can be eaten is perfect - my kids have the idea that any fish
caught are for eating, hence my initial thoughts about sea angling.

With kids that age I would leave sea fishing until you are at a suitable
seaside venue for at least a weekend. Try to get in one or two -short-
sessions each per day a and they'll pick things up much faster.

Tbh I would prefer to start them on a small, really small, stream.

As it happens I have discovered that the Environment Agency is holding a
beginners taster session on a fairly local lake tomorrow. This should allow
them to see if it is something they would like to do more of or not.



Otherwise a seaside pier -with railings- would let them dangle a small
bait
down the side with a good chance of a few tiddlers.

They would have as much fun in rock pools with a hand net...

Thats what started all this! They have been going on about 'proper fishing'
for more than a year now, all because of those rock pools...


Cheerio,

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As it happens I have discovered that the Environment Agency is holding a
beginners taster session on a fairly local lake tomorrow. This should
allow them to see if it is something they would like to do more of or not.


I know it is bad form to reply to your own posts but I wanted to give an
update to the above info.

I took both my children to the session above this morning and they both had
a great time. Both caught fish, thanks to the instructor that they were
asigned to and are very keen to go fishing again. At the end of the session
they were given a 'goody bag' that included a fishing pole! So thats
Saturday taken care of...

It was interesting for them both to handle a rod and a pole - it was clear
quite quickly that for their age and experience that a pole is the better
option, something that hadn't even occured to me. So as suggested by
Derek.Moody, sea fishing is probably a little too much for them for the
moment, although they both still seem very interested in trying it. I guess
that using the poles on the local river will keep them distracted for the
time being until they are more co-ordinated and skilled.

Thanks to all who have contributed,


Andy.