So windy but what a beautiful day. In the low to mid 70s. My local water hole was still muddy and dingy so I didn't wanna take all day to get one bite for a LM. Took my catfish rigs with me and some chicken livers caught 8 eating size cats. Lost one I couldnt reel in with my trusty ol' zebco 33. Good day.

sounds fun, i like to catfish myself. shoulda seen me the time i hooked a huge flathead with my old zebco 33. i had just casted out, felt something pick my single nightcrawler up, set the hook, and said "THIS IS IT". darn thing swam right to me, i had to reel really really fast to keep the line tight, then it shot under the boat(the boat was in the dock slip, i was fishing from the back of the boat. i pulled it back out via the rod which i was sure was gonna snap in two, the fish surfaced in front of me and went into a death roll on top of the water which snapped the 8lb line i was using at the sinker...

Using a zebco is childish and both of you are quite grown!!! LOL, JK

I wish they made one that wasen't a POS.

We used to fish for Flats a lot. One night my buddy was 1/4 mile down the bank from us fishing. His son came casually walking over to us and started talking to us . After a few minutes he said "My dad caught a big fish" I asked how big and he told me "I don't know, he hasn't got it in yet he wants you to help him land it.

So we ran over and watched him play with it for another 15+ minutes until the the Zebco (Hawg or 808) totally locked up and the line broke!

I always think the Zebcos you find in the lake were probably thrown in on purpose.

i think the newer zebcos are decent but the old ones are always the best. i do wanna get a good catfish rig. i have hand me downs.

get ya a white ugly stik 8 foot rod, with an abu 6500 or 6600 c4, dont get the bcx, if you do any type of hardcore catfishin the bc china made ones are crap