12-14-2016, 01:39 AM
Spent the morning fishing Mantua today. Started out on the east side straight out from the ramp and after a couple of hours moved over to the south end. I've attached a picture of my ice skimmer showing the depth of the ice. It was at least 3 inches and probably close to 4 and although it looks nasty and rotten, it was good solid ice. No fish caught off the ramp and few saw on the flasher. Once I moved over to the south end, I started seeing a few fish, missed a few fish and managed to catch a pretty good rainbow and a nice perch. Everyone has there own comfort level, my personal pucker factor is ice less than three inches. At no time did I feel unsafe. I also wore my life vest, carried ice picks and drilled a hole every 100 yards to check thickness and water depth. There was one other fisherman on that side of the lake. Didn't get to talk to him so I'm not sure how he did. It was 21 degrees when I arrived at 7:30 and 33 degrees when I left at 12:30.
Larry
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Larry
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