High School Bass Fishing

[Dave Stewart]

Why not just teach them too drive the boat..after all i learned too drive a boat way before a car and was driving a car at about 14.In the ABA tournaments there was a 16 yr old lady angler who i think drove the boat.More too think about.

Most of the young folks don't have boats...and certainly the school is not going to be able to provide boats for them...so who is going to loan them their boat to learn how to survive in 6 ft rollers...you?

[sweetwater]

Put the kids in the safest boat possible. In the case of most boats, bigger is safer. Nothing is to good when it comes to keeping our kids safe. Forbidding a boat captain from giving advice is an impossible rule to enforce. Let the boat captains give advice, it will make the kids better fisherman and help them learn things too which is what school is all about. If advice is forbidden then someone will inevitably break the rule which will give their boat an advantage anyway. I think every parent out would not mind their kids learning about fishing from a pro.

Do not let the boat captains touch the rods, reels, line and baits. Most important of all, never let the kids be in contol of the boat while the combustion engine is on.

[raincheck]

Most of the young folks don't have boats...and certainly the school is not going to be able to provide boats for them...so who is going to loan them their boat to learn how to survive in 6 ft rollers...you?

A kayak & i did loan my triton out for AOY the last yr i had it before i gave it back too the bank.But thats another story............I did learn in bigger waves than that growing up in Mi & living on my Mom & Dads boat all summer as a kid We had a life boat it was 12ft with a 20hp that you sat in the back too steer It flew Think i was 9 Man i miss that boat.