1st cast let it set on bottom for about 5-10 seconds and bumped it twice and she nailed it! 51/2 lbs on the berkly scale great morning of fishing also caught a 31/2 and 2 lber b4 we left. I don't know what was up with my line but it kept breaking and it was brand new 14 lb test spiderwire fluorocarbon..? I lost three or four more and decided to head out! Weather was 75-80 clear water she bit 3fow