Yeah it was a good fight on the medium perch rod with 6 pound test. When I fish for flat fish (sunnies, crappie and gills) I use a much lighter 30" ice rod with 4 pound test. The weedy bays where I fish for flats often give you largemouth bass, northern pike or pickerel in addition to oddities like rudd, bowfin or tench. Landing a 5 pound largie or a bowfin in short weedy water is always a chore. Most of the time though taking it slow and easy and they get caught and released. Lots of snow on the ice making it tough going with the wheeler. Good thing I have chains on the rear tires.