Mantua Bass

[Bowboy]

I think I'm going to head to Mantua Friday morning. What do all of you use for bass up there? I usually troll small rapalas or spoons for trout with fair success and sometimes I get a couple bass on those. Are there any large mouth in there, or just small mouth. Thanks.
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[mateo]

We caught several small largemouth last year just using spinners off the west dike.
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[fishnate]

It's all largemouth in that lake. At this time of year with the cold water I'd try spinnerbait cranked deep (5-12 ft) and slow or deep diving crankbaits. If you can see bass up shallow sunning themselves then I would go with Rapala minnows, 2-3" tube jigs, jerk bait (sluggo, senko etc) or wooly buggers on a floating fly line.
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[milumbar]

I caught a bunch of small largemouths of the north dike last fall. I was using a 2 inch curly tail jig.
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