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Originally Posted by numbskull
Been there, done that. I have some advice you might consider.
You are going about this wrong. I know, I made the same mistake and often wish I could do it over. Catching a large fish does not hook kids on fishing. Having fun is what does it. Take them scup fishing, snapper blue fishing, schoolie fishing, fresh water fishing, squid fishing. Go at reasonable hours and for short periods. Take their friends with them. Measure success in laughs and time outdoors rather than catch. If it is in them (and often it is not) they will grow into the sport themselves.
I was too intense, too focused on getting my sons' a big bass. They sensed it and didn't have fun. If big fish come at the expense of fun a kid will turn off to fishing quickly. Getting a child a big fish does not make up for our short-comings as parents (if only it did). Luckily, spending time with our kids having fun does.
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Thank you Numby, I will always take advice from you. They are my little scup masters already. They want something with stripes, so next year I'm going to do as you said, and target schoolies for them. They see some pics of some of my fish and they say WE WANT THAT! So I do my best and fail fail. I'm going to try bringing one of their friends too. I'm sure they'd like that.