Yeah, they are fun to catch. To maximize that fun I switched over to my usual perch pole and reel, a 5' mitchell ultralight rod, light spinning reel, 6 pound braided (2 lb diameter) line. Thing is when I do that- and I have on occasion done so just for the heck of it, or when I had a lot of people visiting who don't have their own gear and were using my poles and I ran short- I always worry about hooking into something BIGGER than 6 pounds. I've had it happen with sheephead and while I've never popped the line with the drag set very carefully, it would kill me to hook into a big walleye and have it break the line near the boat because I was using light tackle for small fish.