We tried the creek near our home, but the fish were not biting.
We then went to a pond in Bob Jones Park north of Southlake, TX, and the fish were really biting.
This was the very first fish Sophia caught. She reeled it in herself. I pulled it up onto the deck. I called it a bullhead / her dad called it a catfish. Whatever. It was huge -- probably about 12 inches, and about three pounds. Had we not taken the photo, I would have estimated about three feet long, and maybe 30 pounds.
After that, more than a dozen more bites in less than 30 minutes but Sophia caught only two perch / sunfish.
Update: see first comment. Now I'm curious. What is the difference between a catfish and a bullhead? An internet google search reveals:
Bullheads differ from other catfish in that bullheads have straight or rounded tails, whereas other species of catfish have forked tails. ... When these fish reach full size, catfish are longer than bullheads.This was definitely a bullhead.