Learning to fish

[luvtohunt]

Well at that age, I always suggest a bait with movement that requires action because sitting and watching a bobber is too difficult. If you have to reel it in after u cast it out, it seems to keeps a kiddos attention better. I would use some type of light rooster tail as an option. White, chartreuse, black are typically the colors I stick to. I also would recommend a good selection of bobby Garland soft plastics. The 1.5 inch minnow plastics in bayou booger, pearl, black and chartreuse always seem to be a big hit in the streams on a 1/32 or 1/16 ounce jig head. Both baits can be fished by just casting and retrieving slowly but fast enough as to not drag on the bottom. Good luck!!!

[GreenGhostMan]

An easier lure for streams, that I started using when I was around your son's age was the Rapala floating minnow. I still use it some to this day. They can be fished with a straight retrieve, or retrieve pause, retrieve pause. The lure floats, so if he isn't able to keep a constant retrieve going, it won't snag the bottom. I would suggest the F05 or F07 size. They are lighter lures, especially the F05, so if he isn't proficient at casting yet, he may have a little trouble at first.

As other's have mentioned, inline spinners are great too (Mepp's or Rooster Tail), but may be a little easier to get snagged on the bottom.