John M. DeLisle

In all my fishing years, I’ve never met a youngster that turned down an opportunity to go panfishing. At the same time, I have never met a youngster that was not eager to collect a soup can full of worms during a dark, damp, drizzly evening, the best time for collecting bait.
Panfish, the likes of pumpkinseeds, bluegills, perch, and rock bass make great fishing fun for young anglers. Surely, kids, closed-faced reels, bobbers, and wiggly worms, were meant for one another, like a glove is meant to fit a hand.