Jwid, that is shore nuff a real good idea. Wish I had thought of that years ago. Thanks. I'll remember to pass that along to other beginners.

Fixorfish, we don't need your sarcastic comments. We all are trying to help a person master BC techniques!!!

Well, here goes!!! I too fished when I was just a kid with a friend down the road. Started out with a cane pole and string with a gold hook with grasshoppers for bluegill, then to catfish in local creeks. Parents said "be home by sundown". Those were the days for sure!!!! Finally got a Zebco reel. How neat that was!! Then spinning reels and eventually BC reels. I have been fortunate to have fished all across the southern United States. My bucket list is to fish up North before I go home. I'm 77 going on 27.

My take on BC reels is that they are not all the same obviously; not even the same kind in the same brand. I disagree with the gentleman about the BN (bird nest) on the spool early in the cast. If the BN occurs early in the cast, the spool is going faster than the lure is going out. I use my thumb only to stop the lure entering the water. If the reel is set right with the cast control and brake, thumbing the spool during the cast will cause a BN.

I agree that light line on a BC reel is a no, no. Anything less than 10 # you are asking for trouble. Go to a spinning reel with braid and tie on mono or fluorocarbon. Here on Lake Fork, I have 15 to 20 # mono on all my reels. My wife and I fish with Shimono reels; try in the long term to find a brand you like and purchase the same kind of reels. It really makes life simpler especially when fishing with someone else.

As one gentleman indicated, the rod makes a lot of difference. The longer medium rods are good for distance while shorter rods are good for pitching The are a lot of good videos to learn about reels, rods and line and the various types of casting. Check them out.

Spinner bait fishing is my favorite type of fishing. I love to barrel roll cast into hard to get to places and softly land the bait in the water. Learn that technique and buy helicopter spinner baits to have a lot of fun.

I like to help youngsters get into fishing. You can contact me at runandgun100@yahoo.com for any other questions. I don't always check this fishing board so I might miss your inqjuiry on here.

Found a manual on-line. Intermittent beep can be one of 2 things. Oil issue or water in gas. If little red lite is on, water in gas and it was on. Drained filter, then got a new filter and wala, it ran fine!!!!

Mariner 200 1998 Continual beep, beep, beep beep on warning system. Just had new impeller installed. When motor is hot due to faulty (what ever) the manual says you will get a continual sound. Oil reservoir on motor is full and oil is getting mixed in the gas. Drained a little out to check that. So need some ideas.

Yes, we were blessed with a good Red Angus bull. Several times he could have taken us "out", but stopped short of doing it. He was "long and lean", but fortunately not mean. Lots of stories, but takes too much typing for my old hands.

Ten minutes south of Lake Fork Mr. Spirt of 27. The lake gets a lot of "fishing pressure" from all the guys from the D/FW area. My wife and I like shallow water fishing and so do tons of others. So the fish have seen lots of different lures. We don't have fancy electronics so not adept at deep water fishing. Guides cost $400 so out of our budget. We have caught nice 8-10 pounders in the past before the "large mouth base" hit the lake sometime after the turn of the century, but none recently.

Like the comment about "women and shoes". Glad my wife is not on here!!!

Am I the only one that has as many lures as Walmart? And a lot of them have not been in the water yet. Moved to East Texas a few years ago. Planned to do a lot of fishing; then got into the cattle business, had to something with all that grass!!!! Supposed to be retired; friends say I'm retarded for getting into the cattle business. Sold most of the cattle, now maybe I can get the lures wet.

Just like to say that I have been reading posts for a couple of week and enjoy the comments both educational and joking about. KEEP IT UP, THANKS