My littlie who is just 7 is desperate to fishing with his dad. Dad says he is too young. Is this true? or is he just making excuses because he would have to supervise and not be able to get any fishing done himself :confused:

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My Daughter has been coming fishing with me since she could walk, and now at nineteen she catches more than I. So I now only go when she's at work :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Tell the miserable b ugger to get him taken :P

Thanks for the support owdlad. I wonder how my other half will wriggle out of that one :D

I was about 7 years old when my dad woke me up at 3am and took me fishing for the first time. It was absolutely chucking it down and i never caught a thing.
I was hooked!

Didn't take me long to start catching though. A few years later i was still a little kid and out fishing everyone around me, including my dad :wink:
Maybe that's what your better half's scared of? :heyhey:

my lad started fishing with me when he was 7 years old only trouble is now i have to buy 2 of evrything so long as the junior is supervised near the waters edge i can not see a problem my lad now fishes for a local club and often puts some of the owdies to shame mind you when he wins some tackle it saves me a few quid lol!!:thumbsup:

Nothing better than going fishing with yer old dad
It's good to share a common interest, male bonding and all that.
young uns can get a bit bored after an hour or so but if you keep the sessions short to start with, it'll not put him off.

Originally posted by vidster
I was about 7 years old when my dad woke me up at 3am and took me fishing for the first time. It was absolutely chucking it down and i never caught a thing.
I was hooked!

Didn't take me long to start catching though. A few years later i was still a little kid and out fishing everyone around me, including my dad :wink:
Maybe that's what your better half's scared of? :heyhey:

I bet you're right. It wouldn't do his ego much good to be out fished by a littlie. I asked him if this was the reason, and he denies it of course. :D He claims he doesn't have an ego.

Drolnhoj might start feeling guilty and take him after reading your posts. :thumbsup:

I don't know much about fishing but speaking from experience, take every opportunity to spend time with your littlies ... it'll seem that all too soon the last person they want to be spending time with is their dad ...

He should be flattered that his son wants to spend time with him and share his hobby. Maybe he's just a bit wary of whether or not he can hack being responsible for the child's welfare for an extended length of time, or that it'll spoil his own enjoyment ... grab the opportunity - I bet it'll be well worth it :D

Originally posted by rubydazzler
I don't know much about fishing but speaking from experience, take every opportunity to spend time with your littlies ... it'll seem that all too soon the last person they want to be spending time with is their dad ...

He should be flattered that his son wants to spend time with him and share his hobby. Maybe he's just a bit wary of whether or not he can hack being responsible for the child's welfare for an extended length of time, or that it'll spoil his own enjoyment ... grab the opportunity - I bet it'll be well worth it :D

I must admit. He is a very good dad and he does spend lots of quality time with the littlies.

Now it is time for the father to speak. I do spend plenty of quality time with the boys including taking them to school and collecting them each day. Sometimes we all go Ice skating or ten pin bowling and out for meals. I have previous experience from my two older boys of family fishing trips and god was it hard. While I was untangling the line from around the top of oldest son's rod, youngest son was casting his float into a tree. When I rescued youngest son's tackle from the tree, oldest son was getting his hook stuck in his jumper. When oldest son's jumper was unhooked, youngest son was wrapping the fishing line around the top of his rod. I do not have an ego to protect and I would be very proud if any of my kids became top class fishermen. It is just that in my experience he is a little young at 7 and the other problem is that if I take him, then the four year old would want to go as well. At the moment my high blood pressue is under control by medication and I would prefer it to stay that way so that I can hopefully live a long and happy life fishing with my children when I think they are old enough to enjoy it.:)

Oh and I forgot to mention that they are having swimming lessons every saturday morning so I am sure that before long the safety issues of trying to look after two young children near water will be significantly reduced.

other children already going fishing with you were never mentioned in the original posting Mrlotsofconsonants ... I apologise for assuming you just didn't want any interruptions to your solo time on the river bank ...

You sound a totally brill father ... and I have to say - I'm sorry for laughing but your description of a family fishing trip started my day with a giggle ...

:D

Originally posted by drolnhoj
Now it is time for the father to speak.

While I was untangling the line from around the top of oldest son's rod,

At the moment my high bllod pressue is under control by medication and I would prefer it to stay that way so that I can hopefully live a long and happy life fishing with my children when I think they are old enough to enjoy it.:)

Buy him a little whip, or a cheap pole ;) they both worked for me.

My BP didn't come down though :( especially when she caught more than me, which is I think one fear you may have to conquer on your own :D

i have taken my kids since they were small but in defence of a fellow angler if he is specializing in such as carp he needs total concentration and absolute quiet.

perhaps his fishing trips are used as his own bit of space

best thing is to take his son one week and the following week if need be go on his own, every one is happy then

Originally posted by drolnhoj
Now it is time for the father to speak. I do spend plenty of quality time with the boys including taking them to school and collecting them each day. Sometimes we all go Ice skating or ten pin bowling and out for meals. I have previous experience from my two older boys of family fishing trips and god was it hard. While I was untangling the line from around the top of oldest son's rod, youngest son was casting his float into a tree. When I rescued youngest son's tackle from the tree, oldest son was getting his hook stuck in his jumper. When oldest son's jumper was unhooked, youngest son was wrapping the fishing line around the top of his rod. I do not have an ego to protect and I would be very proud if any of my kids became top class fishermen. It is just that in my experience he is a little young at 7 and the other problem is that if I take him, then the four year old would want to go as well. At the moment my high blood pressue is under control by medication and I would prefer it to stay that way so that I can hopefully live a long and happy life fishing with my children when I think they are old enough to enjoy it.:)

I don't think Drolnhoj should be put off by this minor hiccup :hihi: which happened a long time ago. I suggested like Depoix, to go fishing himself one week and the following week take the (usually) sensible 7 year old. He can swim but I agree he still should be closely supervised. The littlies know that if dad takes them fishing they must go on seperate occasions. You never know, he might even have fun. ;)