Its good to see that some of you enjoy fishing as much as I do! Thanks for all the suggestions.

Here's my current gear setup. I have a 6.5 ft Ugly Stick with 10 lb braided line with 8 lb fluorocarbon leader. My other pole is a Daiwa Shock thats 6 ft and has 6 lb mono line. Both are medium action poles with sliding egg sinker, ball bearing swivels and 2 ft leaders. The Ugly Stick uses 2/0 circle hooks that I got from BassPro and the Shock usually has either a size 6 weedless hook or bait hook.

My main targets are catfish and trout because they're good eating. Don't see much trout this time of year, but every lake stocks catfish. Lately I've been using shrimp and night crawlers. I usually dip them in Nitro gravy.

I'm gonna go fishing this weekend so I'll have to try out all the tips and report back!