TheSmilingSwordsman

My wife and I own a small pharmacy. I use our store brand Good Neighbor Pharmacy spray on sunscreen. I like the spray on for both fishing and golf as it keeps my hands from getting messy. I don't like getting my real slimed up with sunscreen and slick hands can be a big problem when swinging a golf club.

Alright, you convinced me to make my first order. I ordered a 5 pack of football head jigs and two colors of rage craw. I am ready to see what all of the excitement is about when it comes to both the rage craws and the Siebert jigs.

I would guess that the braid would also eat through the metal plate (not sure what it is called) on top of the spool. You will notice that mono starts wearing a channel though the soft aluminum after moderate use. I would think that braid would be much worse.

Cordell chrome blue back. Inexpensive and consistently produces for me. I see no reason to spend more money for a lure that may or may not work better.

Panther Martin is my in-line spinner of choice. I have had my best luck with a black with gold blade spinner.

Cotton Cordell Super Spots. Chrome with Blue back and Craw color. Yum Dingers (cheaper Senko style bait) pumpkin or black Creature bait (Brush Hawg or similar) pumpkin or watermelon Bullet weights EWG hooks You should have some extra to spend on something that you want to experiment with, whether that be spinnerbaits, med diving cranks, jigs, jerk baits, flukes or frogs.

Nice! I have a little guy about that size. What set up did he use?

It doesn't surprise me. I have a game warden friend here in Texas that is regularly called down to the border because he has greater rights of search and seizure than the other departments.

Thanks for the advice. I am going to head over to WalMart here in a bit (I hate that place but it's either there or Big 5 which has almost no selection.) to get a lighter mono line for learning. Frank, thanks for the additional advice. I plan to switch to braid once I gain some confidence in my casting. My only experience with a baitcaster was my late grandfather's Abu Ambassador and I learned a lot but was guaranteed to backlash and put it out of commission early on every fishing trip.

I just bought my first biatcast reel, a BPS Pro Qualifier, and it should be here on Thursday. I will be pairing the reel with a 6'6" MH/F AllStar rod rated for 10-20 lb line. I am assuming that the smart money decision is to learn with mono. What line weight would you recommend I purchase to learn with? Should I go with a heavier line or a lighter one? I will primarily be learning to cast in my yard rather than out on the lake.

I like the Cordell Super Spots and Rat-L-Traps and HATE the H2O Express lipless cranks from Academy.

I use a Mitchell Avocet Gold combo that I got from Wally World with a gift card last year. I'm hoping the rod breaks soon so I can justify buying a new one, but the reel is still going strong and I see no need to buy something better.

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I'm starting small, I just want to catch something. Anything really. I'm new to this and had two unsuccessful outings last year. (After joining this site and doing some research I now know why we didn't catch a thing.)

I like to use Panther Martin in-line spinners when fishing moving water and sometimes will use canned corn in a pond or small lake.

3... I'm just getting started. 1 brush hog, 1 shim-e stick, 1 finesse worm. Looks like I may have started down a long and expensive road.

I finally made an account just because of this thread. I am a dad with two small boys in an area where the nearest lake is over an hour away. (It's not known for being a good fishing lake.) We do have access to a couple of small lakes/large ponds where I plan to take my boys fishing as they get older. Time out on the lake can be a great parenting tool, but being a young family we can't afford a boat right now so the oldest, a 4 year old, and I walk around the banks looking for fish. I really appreciate the bank specific advice and will be frequenting this thread in the future.