12-27-2016, 04:05 PM
After paying a visit to Tube Dude on Friday in order to replenish my ice jigs for the season, we hit Mantua yesterday morning. Joined by my son (CM Fishing) and my brother (Fat Biker). We arrived at 8:30 am to discover the second largest city in Utah. We drove all the way around south side to the parking lot at the end of the road. We accessed the ice back there east of the inlet. Found a foot of slush on top of 5 inches of good clear ice. Walked through the slush until I was tired and punched a hole. It was 6 feet, but I was tired and needed a rest so I dropped a TD Mantua killer in black down the hole. Within 30 seconds I had a big gill on the ice. I never drilled another hole all day. Was catching 3 to 4 trout for every gill. Got a couple of nice ones in the 18 - 20 inch range. We ended the day with 18 gills and an estimated 60 bows. A fine day by any standard. Went home and made a big pot of TD pig out chowder, and have enough left for fish tacos tonight.
P.S. No perch caught, and both wax worms and meal worms worked equally well.
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P.S. No perch caught, and both wax worms and meal worms worked equally well.
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