I am surprised that a Renosky lure broke. I am not surprised that it caught fish. I am surprised that one filled with water, but then life is full of surprises.
My new favorite lure is Storm's shallow diving Thunderstick in purple-chartreuse shad run 62' down 15' back off the downrigger ball at 1.9 mph. Found one at Dick's and another at GanderMt. Last trip it produced 2 30" FO on ultralight tackle. I'm talking 7' graphite spinning rods and Shiamono 2000 SideStab reels with 12# Trilene XT mono. We had to put the boat in neutral to move the fish. Quite a challenge but what fun. Will start at the Conneaut ramp at 7:30 AM tomorrow and head north 7-8 miles and hope the fish are still there. Ch. 68.