[gregory]

I was on the lake before 6am, by 7am, I had 12 in the live well. Well by 7:15 the sweat had started to roll off the end of my nose like I was in a rain storm. I caught a undersized fish at 9inches. I decided to do an experiment, so I folded the hook by on itself, cut the line and tied a small balloon on the line with a 20foot leader. Threw the fish back, within 20minutes the fish no launder were showing on my depth finder and the balloon was moving off. I followed the balloon about a mile to the mouth of the bay at the main lake ledge, where it stopped. Trolled over the balloon and saw the fish suspended about 15feet down over 50feet of water. Pulled the balloon and released the fish after thanking him profusely for the information. Did not fish the school anymore that day but the knowledge picked up will come in handy in hot future.
Thanks
Gregory