Took a friend and his 9yo grandson out to pull some cranks this morning, neither have ever pulled cranks. Drakes ( the grandson ) best fish till today was a 9in crappie, well, not anymore, his personal best now is 16 1/8in. and 2.70lbs. Today was whe most fun i've had fishing in awhile. We caught 25 or so with 7 keepers.