Hook Your Kids on Fishing

• Offer your son five bucks if he’ll eat a worm.

• Learn to skip flat stones (but do it away from your fishing area so you don’t scare the fish).

• Eat a real snack (stay out of the bait).

• Instead of only skipping flat stones, throw them high into the air (but not straight up); they make a cool “thoop” kind of sound when they hit the water.

• See how many different types of birds you can identify.

• See how many jokes you can remember.

• Start a driftwood collection.

• Eat some grapes.

• Find shapes in the clouds.

• Tell the same joke over and over.

• Ask the kids if they want to hear your special fish call and then yell “Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy.” Do that every time you go fishing.

• Play Rock, Paper, Scissors and keep score. http://www.worldrps.com/

• Act like a game show host and ask a series of silly questions to each of the contestants nearby.

• Read aloud.

• Give a devotional.

• Grill hamburgers and call them "hamboogers."

• Wave to passersby.

• If you hook a fish and it gets away, tell everyone it was a “long-distance release” and you meant to do it.

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On This Topic

• Introduction • Get Your Gear • Find a Place to Go • Rig the Equipment • Take Care of the Results • Where to Find Fish • Fishing Gear Checklist • Stuff to Do While Fishing • Web Resources