I have done well on a bluegill-kid type of bite this time of the year early in the day on the LBL side while the banks are still shaded by fishing small ultra-light crank baits across shallow main lake gravel flats. Fishing this way you catch all kinds of fish - small bass, whites, yellows, drum, sunfish, redear, yellow perch, gills, etc which makes it fun for the little ones to have that kind of action.

Occasionally we will connect with a pretty nice bass on our toy tackle. When my daughter was 5 or 6 she landed a 4 lb smallmouth on an ultralight rig with 4# line and that was priceless! I got a picture of her holding that fish and it looked as big as she was but her smile told it all. The small rebel craws are our favorite but most itsy cranks will work. One last tip. For bluegills twitch on the surface and/or stop and go.

kc