On Lake Conroe, I had already launched my boat and was waiting on my friend to get back from the restroom. An elderly couple arrived at the launch with a brand new 18 foot boat. It still had dealer tags on it. Anyway, he got in the boat and she was backing the trailer. She was coming into the water too fast and he yelled “whoa”. She thought he said “go”, so she did. She dragged the boat about ten feet up the launch ramp with the back of the boat on the pavement. The old man kept his cool and was explaining to her what happened. The SS prop had drug on that concrete but not bent a blade. Me and my friend went to help them but they still wanted to go out in the lake. We tried to talk them out of it but they wanted to go. So I tied the prop to where no blades were touching the ground, but the skag was so when she backed that boat back, the noise coming from that boat motor almost made me sick. We untied the prop but by the time they got the boat in the water the old man had changed his mind and decided to drive it back on the trailer and go home, so that’s what they did. I’ve often wondered what they’re conversation was about on the way home.
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As early as you feel like takin em. Just remember to put their PFD on and that you have to WATCH them and help them and NOT fish yourself when you take them out. If you're fishin yourself you can't devote enough attention to them and it just takes a second for accidents to happen and then it's too late. Especially the older we get.
Once they know how to swim and can bait their own hook they don't need quiet as much attention and you should be able to fish with them. Just my opinion.