Scared to Swim

abay · 06-15-2004, 11:32 AM

Since you are in Wolfeboro, you must be aquainted with Carry Beach, a great public beach!! Sandy bottom, very gradual decline. A great place to get him adjusted.

webmaster · 06-15-2004, 05:14 PM

Grant · 06-15-2004, 09:31 PM

We got our kids to stop worrying about the big resident snapping turtle by giving them masks and encouraging them to follow it around for a while. Soon they realized that the gnarly-looking dude wanted nothing to do with them, and was more a-scared of the big humans than they would ever be of him. Takes time. I can remember being a young whelp and wondering what manner of weirdness was lurking in the depths, waiting to pull me under and cause great pain. Know what? I wasn't until I'd taken a few long scuba dives below Winni that I REALLY understood how little is really down there!

Kona Bay Girl · 06-16-2004, 10:49 PM

If you have a dock, take the kid fishing at the end of it, just to see what exaclty is in the water. He won't have to get in the water for this one and it might put his mind at ease if he catches nothing.

Also, if you have a gradual decline, rake the leaves out of the water early spring every year. I know the dead-leaves look of the bottom of the lake isn't really appealing on my behalf

06-15-2004, 05:14 PM	#2
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Kona Bay Girl Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Middlesex County, MA Posts: 160 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Fishing! If you have a dock, take the kid fishing at the end of it, just to see what exaclty is in the water. He won't have to get in the water for this one and it might put his mind at ease if he catches nothing. Also, if you have a gradual decline, rake the leaves out of the water early spring every year. I know the dead-leaves look of the bottom of the lake isn't really appealing on my behalf __________________ Yo soy un casco.

06-15-2004, 11:32 AM	#1
abay Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Since you are in Wolfeboro, you must be aquainted with Carry Beach, a great public beach!! Sandy bottom, very gradual decline. A great place to get him adjusted.

06-15-2004, 09:31 PM	#3
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,505 Thanks: 384 Thanked 232 Times in 126 Posts	We got our kids to stop worrying about the big resident snapping turtle by giving them masks and encouraging them to follow it around for a while. Soon they realized that the gnarly-looking dude wanted nothing to do with them, and was more a-scared of the big humans than they would ever be of him. Takes time. I can remember being a young whelp and wondering what manner of weirdness was lurking in the depths, waiting to pull me under and cause great pain. Know what? I wasn't until I'd taken a few long scuba dives below Winni that I REALLY understood how little is really down there!