It’s actually “#2” that makes it most cringeworthy! 🤪

Manilow, he actually sang it in a medley on one of his albums….. embarrassed that I know that!

I thought this article summed up the debate. It’s a little tongue in cheek, but I don’t think it was meant to be disrespectful, since the author is a Marine.

I have the utmost respect for all who served; especially Marines.

https://coffeeordie.com/marines-celebrate-corps-birthday

Welcome BigJon! From E Texas here too.

Welcome on, Steve! All of those places you mentioned are good to fish. At Cassells Boykin we fish those coves right across from the boat ramp. South of the bridge in Julie Creek and across in Harvey Creek are also good. Launching at Sandy Creek we usually fish 2 and 3 coves north.

Everyone has their favorite lures; mine are Texas rig Uvibe speed worms-watermelon red, flukes and wacky worms.

Rayburn is a big lake! Just about every ramp will have productive areas to fish nearby. My advice is to learn a few of the areas real well then move to new areas to learn those.

Also, make the investment and hire a guide. A good guide will help you learn the lake a lot quicker. Maybe hire a guide with each change of season to get a better idea about how to fish during different times of the year.

It’s a great lake to fish, but it can get deadly very quickly with the wind, so be careful! Welcome to Texas!

Probably wouldn’t matter, you’re halfway across the country from me over here in Deep East Texas!

I’ve never heard of that lake…. Had to look it up! I thought it was a made up name. Lol

Sam Rayburn

We caught a few in the buck brush on Tuesday, but none on Wednesday until we started fishing deeper water. On Thursday we fished out of Cassels-Boykin and had to try and find someplace where there wasn’t a boat. Almost every point was already taken.

Fished Sam Rayburn this week. Wasted way too much time fishing the buck brush. Ended up finding fish on points and flats off the bank in 4-6 ft of water. We caught them on watermelon candy red u-vibe speed worms and pumpkin worms. No real big fish, largest was 5 lbs, but most fish were in the 2-3 lb range.

Great story! Great fish! I’m about 15 miles from Naconiche…. Might have to head that way!

Bit-O-Honey was my favorite. My grandparents always had some at their house.
I don’t see it too often nowadays, but I still buy Necco wafers pretty often. As a Catholic family, my siblings and I would use them to play communion.

Probably need clearance from an environmental impact study.

It’s just a friendly debate, and one I jump into whenever I get the chance. I do prefer my chili without beans, but to each their own. I actually like my chili over rice; a cardinal sin in Texas. But, my mother is from South Louisiana and we had rice with virtually every meal…. It’s just the way I roll.

Looks delish!!! But it’s not chili; it’s a bean dish. A damn good bean dish, I’m sure! But a bean dish nonetheless. 🤪

I’m making brisket chili today…. No beans.