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05-17-2006, 09:38 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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You want to have some fun take him out with some topwater lures....pencil poppers about 1 to 1.5 ounces, spooks are great.....some of the site sponsors here make some great ones! As far as a rod....Penn makes some great off the rack.....post a thread here just about rod selection and folks will give you a good rundown on what is good and you can judge for yourself! Reels....I use a Penn 460 Slammer on one of my rods and swear by it.....its a great reel. Okuma makes some good reels....i he is 11 you may want to stay away from anything high end until he cuts his teeth first. My oldest son is 13 and we had done alot of fishing...so a year ago Christmas I (Santa) got him a Penn Spinfisher rod 8 feet with a Slammer 460 and he loves it.....perfect size for him and he can throw plugs or chunk bait.....rod was about $110.00 and the reel was like $140.00 so $250.00....good setup that will last! Good luck and welcome to the sight!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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05-17-2006, 09:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: North Shore
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Kids and fishing
Bait is always a good way to get kids interested, and swimming plugs should be a good way to go as well for lures for kids. Whatever you do, plugs - spooks, pencil poppers, poppers, swimmers, tins, jigs, bait, just make sure it is easy and enjoyable and then let them get more in tuned, don't want to make it too much work so they lose interest. Sounds like BigFish has gone through this so he has some good insight. Action should be ready near you ... but contact the sponsors here, they should be able to assist you.
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05-17-2006, 09:47 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Finaddict is right! My kids got bored after 5 minutes fishing bait if the fish were not right on it! Give them a plug and its alot more active fishing so not getting bored as fast....and Gawd help the boy after he sees a fish blow up on a topwater lure......he will be hooked for life!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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05-17-2006, 09:51 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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Jason, MikeCC can set you up with a nice rod like Tica or tsunami
as for the reel I would look on ebay foe a 704, or a 710 depending
on the rod Mike can also tell you what's a good reel. try 6 to 9 inch
slug-gos also. sounds like you need to find some new spots that hold
bigger fish. try fishing and getting there at 5am and fish till the sun
comes up
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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05-17-2006, 09:53 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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Don't buy a Okuma reel, Penn make nice reels and are very easy to service
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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05-17-2006, 09:53 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Mike makes some great custom rods too if Daddy needs a new one! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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05-17-2006, 10:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: North Shore
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Kids
Don't forget that Mike also carries the Quarrow Tide Runner series surf rods - great rods for easy money.
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