Tips for Finding the Best Spots When Fishing With Kids

Summer is here and longer days means more time to fish with your kids. These four tips will help you keep your kids interested in fishing this season.

 

1.Stay Close to Home

Start your family fishing trip with a lake or pond near home. Use the ” Where to Fish and Boat Map” to locate accessible spots close to where you live. Avoid fishing spots that require long drives, boat trips, or hikes to keep your kids from becoming tired. State or local parks are some of the best spots to take your kids fishing. They are only a few minutes away from home. If the park offers amenities such as playgrounds and picnic shelters for shade and lunch breaks, you can ensure that the whole family is comfortable.

2. Find the open spaces

If you want to avoid mishaps with casting and untangling hooks or lines from trees, choose a pond or lake that has a large fishing platform or an open bank access. This will give your kids plenty of space to cast. In the Orlando area of Florida, there are, for instance, several urban lakes that have open bank access as part of the fish Orlando programme (these ponds and parks include Barnett Park Frog Ponds, Bear Creeks, Lake Island Park). Finding fishing spots for children that are uncrowded and free of obstructions is a part of ensuring their safety.

3. Look for Local Wildlife

Teaching kids how to fish also involves teaching them about aquatic ecosystems and wildlife. One of the best fishing tips for kids is to teach them about the different kinds of baits that you can use, or to ask them to identify local wildlife such as birds, turtles, frogs and otters.

4. Find Stocked Waterways or Panfish Ponds

There will be plenty of fish to keep kids entertained. Check your state’s fish and wildlife agency website to see if there are any family-friendly lakes or ponds near you that have already been stocked. You can also take your kids to a small pond or lake that is stocked with panfish such as bluegill or sunfish.

Ask someone in your local park district, fishing club or fishing district if they know of any nearby summer fishing activities for kids or good spots to take them fishing. This time of year, there are many kids fishing events and derbies taking place across the nation.

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