Mantua 12/20

[RockyRaab]

Got to Mantua at a civil mid-morning hour. Air temp was 27°, sunny and calm. (Am I SURE this is Mantua?) Ice was a measured 6" and the water was a bit dingy in some spots, clear in others. Tthere were a good number of people on the east side, fewer on the west. I chose to fish the deepest hole on the west side for perch.

Two non-committal bites was all I could scratch up, so I moved back closer to shore where I had spoken with three nice folks from North Salt Lake. They visit this board for the info (Boo!) but promised to start posting soon (Yea!) They had limited out on trout in about 8' of water and were about to leave.

I decided to try their now-vacated holes and got smacked the moment I dropped my jig. 10" planter 'bow I released to propitiate the fish gods. Then a nice 13" dinner trout. A short time went by and then another angler wandered onto the ice. I told him I only wanted one more trout for dinner and then I'd be leaving. No sooner said than whammo! Hard hit. Bendo.

It got a glimpse of me and (doubtless repelled by my face) took off against the drag. Finally, it wrapped itself several times around my transducer cable, which I quickly grabbed and hauled out, trout luckily still attached.

Photo below. It taped at 15 ½" and it awaits our oven as I type. Lure of the day was a white jig with pink soft plastic and a meal worm. Temp had risen to 33° when I left with clouds moving in rapidly.

Officer Barney was busy filling the city coffers, both at the lake and on the streets. Be aware!


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[FatBiker]

Rocky, I was one of the folks out by the knoll. Managed a couple good bluegills and a bunch of 4 inch perch. CVFisher, his son Casey and I fished the west side Saturday and also found trout in 8 ft of water.


Larry
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[lavaman]

Seems like the early reports are small to tiny perch, and bigger than normal bluegills, with the occasional trout wondering by.

Wondering why most of the perch are so small this year?
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[DKStroutfitter]

Rocky,
what violations was Barney writing tickets for?
I want to fish there but I don't want any surprises from him.
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[Jedidiah]

Probably parking a 2 to 8 cylinder car/truck/van/motorcycle/tricycle on the left or right side of the road during the hours of 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM.
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[SBennett]

Dang, thats what I drive....
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[Jonzee]

Did you need cleats?
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[SkunkedAgain]

Nice job Rocky. I didn't know you ice fished. Congrats on some nice trout. Later J
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[RockyRaab]

Barney cruised the dike road three times while I was there. Don't know if he ticketed anybody, but he sure was looking to. Then I saw him parked in his favorite little triangle at the south end of town - and take off after a car, probably for going 26 in that 25 mph zone.

I went by him. At 23.
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[doitall5000]

As for me I like seeing him there. we must maintain organization because of limited space, a lot of people think they're the only ones on the road.
They do need to post clearly what they want.
Because of the number of people fishing, some more facilities needs to be created.
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[RockyRaab]

More and better parking would be great. But you are asking the Great City of Mantua to spend money versus doing nothing and keep raking it in.
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