Had a chance to test out my new combo yesterday. Sadly didn't catch anything but overall I'm very pleased. The rod trolls lead core very well, and just to test the overall feel I let out 8 colors and it was able to handle it quite well. The top 1/4 of the rod has some good give to it where the rest of it has enough stiffness to handle the drag of the line. I think it's going to be a gem, but I have not yet gotten a hit on it to see what that will feel like.
As for the fishing, there were fish on the finder, seemed to come in groups way up close to the surface between 15-5 feet especially along the ice edges. With the water holding steady at about 39.1 degrees (so reported by my fish finder) they may still be a bit sluggish. Still a beautiful day to be out trolling around and great to have the area I was in all to myself.
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