05-27-2018, 03:16 PM
Mantua can be a great place to take kids. But it gets quite dodgy when the power squadron hits the water. IMHO too small for ski boats. Should be "No Wake" water like Lost Creek.
If you have only fished it thru the ice, and you plan to go out in a boat, best tip I can give you: DON"T drop an anchor to stay in any one spot. It may take you and everyone else on the boat to haul that anchor back up. Anchors get balled up in the grass underwater.
I usually just pull out in the middle and shut the motor down. If it's too windy to do a slow drift, it's probably too windy to be on the water anyway. Wind funnels up thru that Sardine Canyon and can really get nasty on the water.
On the other hand, when the weather cooperates, and the perch and gill are out in the grasses, kids can have a real blast. My daughter was about 8 years old first time we put my new boat on that water (2004). She had a BLAST and has been hooked on fishin ever since.
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If you have only fished it thru the ice, and you plan to go out in a boat, best tip I can give you: DON"T drop an anchor to stay in any one spot. It may take you and everyone else on the boat to haul that anchor back up. Anchors get balled up in the grass underwater.
I usually just pull out in the middle and shut the motor down. If it's too windy to do a slow drift, it's probably too windy to be on the water anyway. Wind funnels up thru that Sardine Canyon and can really get nasty on the water.
On the other hand, when the weather cooperates, and the perch and gill are out in the grasses, kids can have a real blast. My daughter was about 8 years old first time we put my new boat on that water (2004). She had a BLAST and has been hooked on fishin ever since.
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