My son was into magic cards. I hid several packs of them around the boat. When he was getting bored I would have him get something that I knew was near one of the packs of cards and he would find one. The trick is to remember where you hid them all. There probably still is a pack on the old boat. Let them pick out the lures and run them on one of the rods, even if its something you wouldn't have picked yourself. Watch some of Miss-ems vidios. He does a good job with his. Let them steer ( with help if needed) Then you can teach them how to untangle, or swear Fish for stuff with lots of action. They would rather have lots of action say small mouths than fish all day for a couple of kings. Lots of snacks. Make it fun for them than it will be fun for you.