Spent the working on the L/U - it had a substantial amount of water in it. I pressure-tested it at 10 PSI, submerged in a tub for redundancy. Everything checked out, so my current suspect is the drain/fill washers.
Anyway... put it back on, filled it up and headed to Pleasant (along with one or two of y'all?). Managed 5 bites on the blade bait, landed 3 keeper smallies. 4/5 bites were in a 20'x30' area. Water temps right around 45. No love for the jerkbait.