Weeeeehooooo!!!!!! Went out this afternoon with metal fish stringer with about 3 oz.'s of weight and a small rope, on the third pass I felt it hit something and then it got heavy... Pull it in and it had actually hooked the spinner bait and not the rod, but 3 ft behind the spinner was my favorite setup.... I didn't have time to fish, but did manage a 12" in 5 casts... Thanks everyone for your replies...