taking little ones fishing where to go?

[Oxbeast1210]

My friend has his two kids in town and they want to catch some fish.
Is there any ponds or lakes where little kids can catch fish with out to much trouble?
Closer to san diego is best . He doesnt get to see them oftenhes millitary ahd flew out from
Georigia. Any help is appreciated
Thank you!!

[Sdspeed]

Originally Posted by Oxbeast1210

My friend has his two kids in town and they want to catch some fish.
Is there any ponds or lakes where little kids can catch fish with out to much trouble?
Closer to san diego is best . He doesnt get to see them oftenhes millitary ahd flew out from
Georigia. Any help is appreciated
Thank you!!

Santee Lakes in east county is a kid friendly place to fish

[Fishwhisperer619]

How do you plan on fishing? Shore? Boat?

[DanaPT]

Pull out the trout rods. . .
buy berkley gulp bait cammo sand worms, 1/4 egg sinkers, #6 mosquito hooks (carolina-rigged)....
toss them out to the surf....
Catch and release/keep as many surf perch as you can...

You may even catch spot & yellow fin croaker, corbina, ?

It's an almost guaranteed method to catch. Besides, once the kids are done, they can dig in the sand. Or you fish and hook up and have the kids reel them in.

[Oxbeast1210]

Thankks for the advice ill pasd the word to him
Thanks

[tacmik]

Santee lakes. No fishing license required.

[Dannowar]

My kid hangs onto a boogie board tied onto the back of my PA when I hit la jolla. The extra drag isn't too bad but I gotta make room for the bait tank.

[Iceman]

my 15 year old girl still talks about our trips to "bluegill Bay" as she calls it. Loveland reservoir near Alpine and a bunch of red worms. Fun short hike down and much more adventurous than Santee Square ponds Also check out Lake Jennings and a row boat rental, you don't need to pay the extra for a motor.



Lake Jennings

[CKallday71]

With the volume of fish there you can't go wrong at Veil Lake. Tons of Crappie and LMB

[FishNinjaY]

Originally Posted by DanaPT

Pull out the trout rods. . .
buy berkley gulp bait cammo sand worms, 1/4 egg sinkers, #6 mosquito hooks (carolina-rigged)....
toss them out to the surf....
Catch and release/keep as many surf perch as you can...

You may even catch spot & yellow fin croaker, corbina, ?

It's an almost guaranteed method to catch. Besides, once the kids are done, they can dig in the sand. Or you fish and hook up and have the kids reel them in.

Agee. Kids have short attention spans. I've had mixed results with lake fishing. After 30min no bites, my son was bugging the other anglers and just bored. Surf fishing, there's plenty for them to do. Give them a bucket and have them dig up sandcrabs. When you get a perch on, have them reel it in. In that area, I've had fun at Cassidy. You might need to go up a bit on your egg sinker, like 1/2 or 3/4. Also, warn kids about surf and not turning back to the surf. Have fun!



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[DanaPT]

Hey, I didn't consider the big wave conditions that south facing beaches are experiencing this weekend. Salt Creek was pumping, I can only imagine how big surf is down south.

With waves like that, there will be a lot of water moving maybe some sneaker sets which could be trouble for the little ones. ALso, likely pretty hard to get a fish on the line with those types of conditions.

I'd nix my idea only cause of the surf size.

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by Iceman

check out Lake Jennings and a row boat rental, you don't need to pay the extra for a motor.
Lake Jennings

I love Lake Jennings, from shore or boat, you will never have a bad time at this lake. Get a row boat as Andy stated and fish in the boat cove where the docks are, up in the trees around there. Monster bass and Blue gill.