u/Accurate_Echidna8575

Had a quick morning after dropping the kid off at grandmas house, before running to a couple of meetings.

Spent a morning on a Lake Erie tributary with the intent of testing a rod blank I built over the winter. I figured with the rain and colder temps they wouldn't be as active and the spawning fish may have gone back out to the lake. I got 10 in an hour with these being my best of the day. Largest was about 17"(from bottom grip to top of fore grip is 15") with average being about 15". Spring in the Midwest along the Great Lakes is special.

Rod: Batson E-Glass SPG 601(5' 1pc rod rated as 1/16-3/16, 2lb-4lb but fishes much softer)

Reel: Ark Gravity BFS

Line: Sunline FC Sniper 4lb

Lure: Z-Man Micro Shad Head 1/32 Pink with an Epic Bait Molds Mini Prey Bait 1.7" in Emerald Shiner