Yep, the smaller ones were in the the 10-12" range and nice and bright, trips for sure. You are right they are fiesty! They should provide very good sport for years to come.
Bloom, I'm surprised I didn't bump in to you guys. Were you there on Sat? We started fishing at about 7:45am and worked counter clockwise around the lake returning to the parking lot around 5:00pm.
Anyway, good times.