re: Going to start fishing again- advice?

I'd advise more than 6 lb. test line on that reel, especially if fishing where you can catch big catfish, pike, steelhead and king salmon.

Personally, I'd put no less than 20 lb. braid on that bad boy and go with that.

If you want to target catfish, catch some perch and change out your hook to a 8/0 Circle Hook and use the whole perch as live bait and set up your line so the bait is a foot or more off the bottom. This is how I have been catching some very nice catfish in the Mississippi River. The last 2 times I went I came away with a 42" x 31 lbs. and a 32" x 25 lb. blue cat and a few smaller ones in the 5-10 lb. range.