Quote Originally Posted by mhall View Post
Another vote for bluegill, keep it fun with no pressure and make sure she is in the fish. When most kids don't catch anything they are done. At 12 though she will be open for several options so have a plan A,B, and C. I had my daughter on the way to greatness in fishing, she was a natural. Teenage years hit and that was the end of that, now in nursing school and consumed with books, working, running with friends when there is time, fishing is the farthest thing from her mind.

I miss fishing with her. We use to cast Yo-Zuri pin minnows with spinning tackle in the fall, that was her go to and we always caught fish.
M hall don,t give up, My oldest daughter used to fish with me all the time,and then came college,marrige,school teacher,now school princeable,she need,s to teach me to spell,But she has always and still loves to fish,now she has 2 children and I have 2 new fishing buddies. Start the children out with farm pond fishing,but if they are under 7 years old don,t try to keep them out very long. dave