I take my 7 year old once in a while. He hasn't caught anything yet. I'm hoping he will be a good fisherman like his grandad. He knows how to cast and drift. He saw us catch some summer runs last Father's Day weekend down in Oregon. He seemed to become more interested, when they were caught. When he gets bored, he will hunt frogs and salamanders. Also took him out on the peninsula last December and hiked up and down the Lyre canyon. My 9 year old daughter caught a trout when she was 4 and screamed with fear. She doesn't seem to be as interested as she used to be.