Went out to a small pond with bonecrusher today. Put the canoe on and used the ice rods. Caught about 30 gills and kept 7 bulls!!! 2 over 11'' and 2 at 10 1/2'' 2 at 9 1/2'' and one alittle over 8. Prolly 10 to 15 of the ones we released were over 8'' but started releasing them when we started getting the hogs. Was a blast on the short pole and it was awsome to get out on a beautiful day and float around.