Try this instead of trout fishing

Took my granddaughter fishing on Monday morning at the pond within the grounds of Tussy Mt. ski area near Boalsburg. We used wax worms and a simple bobber set up, she landed 23 sunfish in a few hours, lost a lot more of them and had "2" really big bass on (they took the small sunfish we had on) one of them released the sunny at the dock then tried to eat it again and again after we released it, he never did eat it, the second big bass was somehow hooked and after a really good fight near the dock he broke the line at the swivel! All the time my granddaughter was gaining more and more confidence and began to hold the fish in her hand before releasing them back into the water. We had an audience of about 25 kids from the State College "Y" watching and yelling every time she landed another fish. This is simple fishing just a short spin cast rod, wax worms and a few bobbers but the key is the hooks, we used Eagle Claw circle hooks size #12 - the fish tend to hook them selves BUT be sure to take a pair of forcepts to remove the hooks- we did not have a pair and had to leave when we gave our last hook to a fish that took it far to deep! Only one fish was hurt and we both had a wonderful time, with a fly rod someone could have a great time catching sunnies and bass all day long, try it and you will see how much fun it can be all the while doing your best rain dance to bring the trout streams back to life. One of the most important items to take along for kids is a lot of snack materials and drinks, they tend to think more about that than fishing at times, male it short and make sure they catch something.