Mantua 9-17-05... I hate the wind!!!

[garbageman]

Garbageman jr, porkchop ( A soon to be new member ) and I hit mantua on the tubes today. Right off I scored a 2 lb lmb on a Maniac Reaper. Then jr scored one as well. Bass fishing was slower than weeks past, but the blue gill and Perch fishing was as good as ever. Had a good day till the wind started up.
CBR, bassackwards...I was working my way over to say hi and check out the hot spot when the wind kicked up, I guess I will catch you guys another time, but it was nice to put a voice to the name. Sounded like you guys were having a blast! Sorry to hear about the equipment ( Creel ) problem.
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[Out4Trout]

[cool]Nice report and pics, garbageman. I was invited to be with CBR and bassackwards, but I had to move. Sounds like they had a good and successful time too. I've gotta hit that lake before ice on.
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[CBR]

Good to meet you over the radio too. It's too bad that your buddies wouldn't come tow you. Friends, sheesh.

I ended up with over 40 perch, average 10 inches biggest just 1/8th inch short of 12 inches. There are some really good perch in there, and loads. When they would school through my sonar would go completely black. Caught 9 bluegill, all the bluegill were big, had one 11 incher and the rest were around 9-10 inches. I also managed a nice 13-14 inch rainbow. Great day minus the wind. The morning bite was fierce.
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[DKSRenegade]

Garbageman, I heard you and Porkchop on the radio. Sounded like you were into the fish all day. I have fished Mantua for 4 days in the past 2 weeks and yesterday was the worst wind I faced. It is hard to stay put on a pontoon in the wind, even with an anchor. We would find a good spot only to get blown out of it in a matter of a few minutes. When we did stay put, the fishing was non stop. I had a real tough time staying on the bottom and I think that is why I didn't catch many Perch. We caught a lot of big Bluegills though. I hope that Mantua will be good to us this winter and not like it was last winter. I don't now why it was so hard to catch fish through the ice last year. I guess only time will tale.
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[garbageman]

Yeah, we had a good time except for the wind. I think some time in the next few weeks, I am going to mark some of those deep open holes and weed bed edges by gps. I think thats gonna be the key to success this winter.
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[DKSRenegade]

Good idea. I marked two spots from my last trip. If you get some more lets make a trade. You can't have too many spots to try on the ice.
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[CBR]

I am going to hit Mantua again soon and do the same. I will share the coords when ice season hits.
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