12-19-2009, 12:46 AM
I fished Mantua Thursday the 17th from 5:00 pm till about 7:00 pm. As reported above there was deep soupy slush on top with 5-6 inches of clear ice underneath.
I set up in 8 feet of water and fished about a foot to two feet off the bottom. The bite was good right from the get go with plenty of bites and it only got better as time went on. The fish seemed to prefer more action earlier but by the time I left they prefered a dead stick. I was tipping with wax worms or a piece of crawler. I did not notice a difference in the bite between the two other than I could get a wax worm on the hook faster and back down the hole.
Didn't see anyone else out on the lake, but then again I couldn't see much in the dark anyway.
All fish caught were smaller rainbows 12-13"
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I set up in 8 feet of water and fished about a foot to two feet off the bottom. The bite was good right from the get go with plenty of bites and it only got better as time went on. The fish seemed to prefer more action earlier but by the time I left they prefered a dead stick. I was tipping with wax worms or a piece of crawler. I did not notice a difference in the bite between the two other than I could get a wax worm on the hook faster and back down the hole.
Didn't see anyone else out on the lake, but then again I couldn't see much in the dark anyway.
All fish caught were smaller rainbows 12-13"
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