07-01-2006, 09:31 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Out4Trout invited me and TubeBabe to join him for a long overdue fishing trip on Mantua this morning. TheKillerBee trailered down his toon and joined up with us tubers at the ramp about 6 am. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lovely morning. Air temp in the mid sixties and the water temp was 74 at launch. No boats or bank tanglers when we launched, although that changed quickly. Lots of folks had the same idea for the holiday weekend. They wanted to save gas money by staying close to home.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]All of us started dragging in little bluegills and then a few small perch. Couldn't find any larger bluegills or perch. Had a couple of decent sized perch (11"-12") arrange their own release just before reaching the tube. On two different sessions, I brought in twenty small bluegills on twenty short casts.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all changed jigs and presentations and tried different depths around the weeds to try to find bigger fish. We all caught a few bitty bass, but nothing over about 14". The little ones were fun on light tackle but they liked to dive into the masses of weeds and sometimes got loose or broke off. On a couple of fish I eventually brought them up, but with a faceful of salad.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all had early commitments. TKB left the water first, about 10:30. As the breeze started to come up, and the power squadron began to descend upon the lake, TubeBabe and I slipped in to shore too. 04T wasn't far behind. He was on the hook for some honeydos.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Always enjoyable to fish that little lake and the conditions were perfect. It woulda been nice to catch some larger fish, but there were plenty of small ones to keep us busy. In a couple of spots the small bluegills swarmed in front of me in the clear water and I was able to get a shot of one actually munching my jig. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Oh yeah, check out the pic of my new tricked out ride...with the painted shark jaws and the BFT flag flying proudly.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lovely morning. Air temp in the mid sixties and the water temp was 74 at launch. No boats or bank tanglers when we launched, although that changed quickly. Lots of folks had the same idea for the holiday weekend. They wanted to save gas money by staying close to home.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]All of us started dragging in little bluegills and then a few small perch. Couldn't find any larger bluegills or perch. Had a couple of decent sized perch (11"-12") arrange their own release just before reaching the tube. On two different sessions, I brought in twenty small bluegills on twenty short casts.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all changed jigs and presentations and tried different depths around the weeds to try to find bigger fish. We all caught a few bitty bass, but nothing over about 14". The little ones were fun on light tackle but they liked to dive into the masses of weeds and sometimes got loose or broke off. On a couple of fish I eventually brought them up, but with a faceful of salad.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all had early commitments. TKB left the water first, about 10:30. As the breeze started to come up, and the power squadron began to descend upon the lake, TubeBabe and I slipped in to shore too. 04T wasn't far behind. He was on the hook for some honeydos.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Always enjoyable to fish that little lake and the conditions were perfect. It woulda been nice to catch some larger fish, but there were plenty of small ones to keep us busy. In a couple of spots the small bluegills swarmed in front of me in the clear water and I was able to get a shot of one actually munching my jig. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Oh yeah, check out the pic of my new tricked out ride...with the painted shark jaws and the BFT flag flying proudly.[/#0000ff]
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