With young kids, you'd be hard pressed to beat a can of live red worms   

 

Roger

As a kid, all I ever used were the eagle claw spinner snells weightless with either a powerbait grub or a piece of worm.  You can't cast them very far but you catch SO many fish.  I've caught catfish, bass, drum, crappie, perch, bluegill, trout, all big and small.  They are literally perfect for children.  I still have 1 or 2 that if I am going to be targeting panfish, will bring with me.

I take a lot of beginners fishing and almost always have them fishing either a wacky rig or Ned rig. Both take very little skill to fish, are very productive, and they don't even need to know what a bite feels like because of the exposed hook, a lot of times they just reel into the fish and hook them just fine. 

On ‎4‎/‎13‎/‎2017 at 5:40 PM, yosef said:

Jerkbaits or crankbaits if they're impatient 

No offense, but you used impatient kids and crankbaits in the same sentence!

3 hours ago, Lyman X said:

No offense, but you used impatient kids and crankbaits in the same sentence!

My niece gets bored when the line just sits there she likes to constantly reel, And she catches fish 

 

I'd replace the lure with a #10 hook, bait the hook with a small earthworm,

and attach a float to suspend the worm a few inches above bottom.

 

This gives a kid something to focus on and builds their anticipation.

A kid never gets bored watching a float bobbing up-&-down (me either)   

 

Roger

30 minutes ago, RoLo said:

 

Replace the lure with a #10 hook, bait the hook with a small lively earthworm,

then attach a float to suspend the worm a few inches above bottom.

 

This gives a kid something to focus on and builds their anticipation,

a kid never gets bored watching a float bobbing up-&-down (neither do I)   

 

Roger

Roger the thread is about the OP's question, what artificial lure do you suggest? I agree live worms are a great place to start younger fishing, inexpensive and multiple species eat them. Soft plastic worms that look and act like a live night crawler work and the split shot presentation is inexpensive and keeps kid and dads busy.

Ned jig w/TRD plastic is about $2, split shot, worm hook and soft plastic worm about .20-.25 cents,  depends on how much the dad is willing lose every time the kid hangs up and breaks off.

Tom

 

On 4/15/2017 at 6:03 AM, Bunnielab said:

Man, I have caught a pile of bass while dead sticking a Ned and they were all hooked on the side of the mouth, or just inside it.  It makes sense that they could easily swallow such a small lure, but I have never seen it happen.   

 

I have experienced the same thing.  I know with larger prey, the bass tries to swallow it to stop it from getting away, but with a Ned rig, it is almost like they forget they have eaten it.

 

Maybe the "no feel" concept for Ned rigs goes both ways.  We can't feel a strike and the bass can't feel they the lure that is inside their mouth...

A Float n Fly is a great method for getting kids interesting in lure fishing.  

 

dug