SherWood, you must have done a good job raising your oldest daughter if she likes fishing!
Doesn't sound like you lost many fish to the overflow. Typically, small BG are most likely to try to escape during flood events. After my first flood receded, we saw literally hundreds of small panfish drying on the spillway. No big ones, no bass.
I was a single parent when she and her twin brother were very young. If I wanted to fish, I'd have to take them with me so they started at about age 3. It was hilarious how well they could handle a rod and reel. Then my second wife, who won me over by being a skilled angler, had a daughter with me and we had her fishing very early as well.
With the kids in tow, our allowed family crappie limits were so much more generous, LOL.
