Kentuckysteve

Sounds like you may have a weak firing pin spring.

People still use them and you should do just fine with it.You may miss a few ducks during the reload but as jeff said you will get faster with practice.I too still use a single shot break action for rabbits.I would have no problem using one for bird hunt's if it was all i had.

I like both but i am catching more on the creatures right now.I love the lizards and brush hogs.

I was at a local flea mkt yesterday and they had tons of tackle cheap.I bought these 15 unopened rapala dt14's for $2 ea.All are blue shad color.They had about 20 boxes all same color. Also these 4 unopened rapala risto raps for $2 ea. and 10 Terminater quick skirts 3packs for .50 ea. I already opened a couple packs and used some of them this morning.

Took this photo awhile back just a few miles from my home.

Welcome jeff.

If you are using artificial bait in freshwater try spinnerbaits with bright colors along the shore line early and a lot of times they will be out in the open water away from the shore line.Stripers like to go deep when the water is warmer.My local lake (Herrington lake) is over 100 ft deep in places and have a lot of verticle limestone walls.Most of the strippers are hybrid and are caught 30 ft or deeper so lures have to be heavy.A heavy white bucktail jig will also catch them.Slow retrieve or just use an up and down jigging action.In the spring before the water warms up you can catch them on the surface at night using crankbaits. Another local lake is lake cumberland and they have the monster stripers.Average striper is 20lb+.In that lake the favorite bait is large live gizzard shad 8-12" fished using a large slip sinker and barrel swivels with a hook..Some people use ballons or planer boards for floats but i have not tried this.The shad have to be kept in a round bait container with alot of oxygen or they will die quick.Lower the shad to the depth you want and let them swim.The larger stripers are usually below the smaller in the school so use several rods for a better chance.When you spot the stripers on the depth finder be sure and put a shad a few feet below that depth.When you catch one hang on tight!

Welcome to the site Greg.

I love the buzzbaits in the spring and spinnerbaits have always been one of my favorite baits.I can't say a lot about chatterbaits.I have not used them much.If i had to pick one it would be the spinnerbait.

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I like jugging for the turtles.

My first spincast was a zebco 202 also then the 404.Both were a huge step up from a cane pole.Then i got a zebco 33 that i still have today.That old reel is like a tank.It's more than 40 yrs old and still works like it did when it was new.

Sure i don't but if it's harder for me to see in the water don't you think it would have to be a little harder for the fish to detect?

I'm one of those guy's that don't care.As long as it works great i'm fine with it.Having the colors match is not going to make the fish bite so it don't matter to me.Just like bigbill.....I fished with so much junk as a kid i'm just happy having something that works good.

Some people use the thick braid with no leader and they catch fish.That's gotta appear like a rope tied to the lure from the fishes view but they still bite.Mono is not invisible and the fish must see it also but they don't seem to mind.As far as a color....maybe if its some really bright high visibility line i would think it might spook bass.Colors alone don't really seem to be a problem for me.I have fished the green,red and blue line and caught fish on all.I like my clear fluorocarbon line now because i like the invisibility.I use it most of the time unless i am fishing something top water.Even with the braided line i use a fluoro leader.I can't say that i am catching more than someone fishing with another type or color line though.It comes down to personal preference.Most people fish with whatever they feel comfortable using.