Interesting.  Bait is a good question.  Grand is fine, now with the new ramp.  And only a few dock owners are grumpy ones.  I know the Pike Lake owners are somethings way out of line and near a call to a cop. 

Well either way, it's great to get the kids and spouses out.  Great idea and I am sure, no matter how you do it, it will work out. 

Yeah, I don't know how many kids I've had in my boat, but that reeling the fish thru the tip is common.  And I'ld be nervous around anyone's dock with most kids pitching.  But it's awesome the excitement they have when catching a fish.  And they are not normally very quiet about that either. 

On all the Take-A-Kid fishing days we have so many screaming excited kids, it's a blast and still good when it's over.  It's definitely easier with your own kids or significant other. 

I can name a couple bad docks on Pike Lake, two on Grand Lake, one on Big Lake, but everyone on Chub and Caribou have been great.  I wouldn't want a kid to experience that bad behavior by adults.  On one dock on Pike Lake the adults encouraged a rude and mis-informed teenager to yell at us for fishing the shore on past their dock. It was a sickening experience. 

I hope all goes smooth and that's why we need to discuss this stuff and be ready to do the best we can.