06-10-2016, 02:47 PM
We went on Saturday the 4th and it was pretty tough. Fished from 5:30 AM - 12:00 PM and caught a few (literally a few) bluegill and 1 bass. The water was super clear, probably 30-35 feet of visibility along the shoreline and no wind at all. The fish were really spooky. Fooled the gills on a flyrod with a dry fly as an indicator with a zebra midge dropper and found 1 bass on a senko. There were plenty of gills and bass cruising but man alive I've never seen fish so spooky. You'd try to cast past them 30 feet and work it back to them and they'd still hear the splash and take off. Anything with a bobber or strike indicator would scare fish off as it hit the surface.
This has been a weird year for Mantua for us. Usually by now we've boated 10 or so big bass but this year we haven't landed any big ones. The weather hasn't helped out much so maybe it's just that?
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This has been a weird year for Mantua for us. Usually by now we've boated 10 or so big bass but this year we haven't landed any big ones. The weather hasn't helped out much so maybe it's just that?
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