Here at Rochester we have a ton of run-off control reservoirs that are ripe with fish of all kinds. I took a little jaunty to one this morning with a rod rigged up with a saftey-pin spinner to look for post-spawn crappies. I found none, but a couple sunfish and a few bass came out to entertain me. The bass season is a couple weeks away yet but the bass can't seem to read the rules so.... They all went back for a battle later on down the line.

The sunfish hit that spinner bait and were firmly hooked up. What these sunfish can lack in length they more than make up for in thickness. They are super strong fish. If they grew to 18" we'd have to fish them with chain instead of line.