"Dan Logcher" > wrote in message
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> Michael wrote:
>
> > I took my kids fishing when they were real young but their attention
span is
> > so short you had better have other things for them to do or be in your
> > backyard.
>
> That's what I'm worried about. I would need to take him fishing during a
> herring run or something so the action is hot and keeps his interest.
> Then once he learns to be patient, taking him striper fishing.

Couple of other ideas. Do you have shad runs in the spring? (I'm wondering
now if a shad is a herring?)

Our city parks allow kids to fish in the ponds. Swing set is forty feet
away if the fishing stinks.