Last fall I was catching whitefish off of a small private dock on Sylvan lake in about 2' of water with my flyrod. I went and got my friend's 3 year old son who loves fishing to come out with me. I would cast and then hand the rod to him. The fish would hit, he would set and he would reel in the fish. We both had a blast.
Did he care if he was using bait? Nope. Did he care that he wasn't casting? Not really. He was just having fun. Oh, and we threw them all back after each of us gave it a big sloppy kiss, by the way.
You don't need to use bait to catch fish with kids. You don't need to keep fish to keep kids interested. The proposed changes to these lakes can only help the fishery and those (everyone, not just the stuck-up flyfishermen like myself that like to catch big fish) that use it.
Cheers.
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