Kids, smaller than full grown humans, have the whole small hands, short stature thing going on. Given these challenges modifications to your fishing reel is pretty easy. The Blogvangelist and his crew of local kiddoes use small spinning gear to whack some monsters.
Said monsters take alot of drag. Runs of 50-100 yards and 30+ pound Buffalo are common when she decides to test your angling skills. Over gun your kid with a heavy rig, the rig whoops the kid. Give him your chronarch and $200.00 flipping stick, it will suffer a break somewhere within 5" of the rod tip or jump off the dock towed by a large critter.
This results in some cursing.
To help all situations I suggest a Penn 430 or Diawa BG 10 on a decent 6 foot medium action rod. This tutorial is about the reel. My 20 year old Penn 430ss is smooth as glass and been through many battles. Line capacity says 300 yards of 20 pound braid. Well, I choose half that and drop on 150 yards of 20lb braid as backing.
Step 2. Trilene XL 10lb mono uni to uni knotted to the braid
Step 3. Fill the spool. This one is a bit front loaded, I'll sort that out on the first big one we catch.
Step 3 - go fishing
Step 4.
Pictures - yeah, I know, the video kid doesn't have a life jacket on - had to create excitement somehow. He's caught a bunch of these guys and a few buffaloe's over 30.
We've used this rig all over Texas including the surf for redfish. Gear is the right size, line capacity can land a whopper, and the kids have fun. Keep your reels clean, drag pressure moderate, and let the fish run.
Take kids fishing and build the next generation.
Small Boy with Laugh Lines
A.D.D. is AWESOME
You know, that picture as your wallpaper looks as if he's trying to flick you off with a carp. I love that.
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