Fishing Like A Little Kid, With A Little Kid...

[RSBreth]

I bought one of the telescoping "panfish poles" just for my little son to use, and we had a great time yesterday, catching a mixed bag of Green Sunfish and Bluegills.

I was using a length of yellow braid as a main line with a short 2' length of Orvis Mirage in 4x for the end.

This is one of the "poles" without a reel, an actual "pole" like an old cane pole. 10'.

One small foam strike indicator and a #10 Mustad 3366 hook with a chunk of Gulp! nightcrawler made up the rig. We walked along the bank and put it in every little spot near brush or lily pads, and really caught a bunch of little guys.

We probably fished for about 2 hours before he got bored (he said he wanted a Long-Ear Sunfish, and I couldn't manage that) and it was time to go.

Hard to imagine having a great trip using a stick with no reel, but it was fun.

I did catch myself looking for backcast space in case I want to come back with the fly rod, but I always do that.

[Daveinozark]

I bought one of the telescoping "panfish poles" just for my little son to use, and we had a great time yesterday, catching a mixed bag of Green Sunfish and Bluegills.

I was using a length of yellow braid as a main line with a short 2' length of Orvis Mirage in 4x for the end.

This is one of the "poles" without a reel, an actual "pole" like an old cane pole. 10'.

One small foam strike indicator and a #10 Mustad 3366 hook with a chunk of Gulp! nightcrawler made up the rig. We walked along the bank and put it in every little spot near brush or lily pads, and really caught a bunch of little guys.

We probably fished for about 2 hours before he got bored (he said he wanted a Long-Ear Sunfish, and I couldn't manage that) and it was time to go.

Hard to imagine having a great trip using a stick with no reel, but it was fun.

I did catch myself looking for backcast space in case I want to come back with the fly rod, but I always do that.

yeah I got the wife and kids into catching the pan fish at the park. If you see a guy hooking the worms and removing the fish from hooks for his wife and 5 girls, that would be me. I rarely get a line out when we all go, but those are some of the best times

[RSBreth]

Yeah, it used to be me with the flyrod in the canoe pestering panfish for a quick trip, but fishing with a 4-year old out of a canoe is, um, problematic.

That's a good term to use.

[ltomczyk]

Sounds like a good time. Teaching the next generation. I did the same with my boy and his friends recently at Roaring River. Good times, good times....