# Mantua help **URL:** \ **Category:** Utah Fishing General\ **Created:** [January 11, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/mantua-help/142495 "2009-01-11T19:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jplacquay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@jplacquay](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/jplacquay)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/mantua-help/142495/1 "2009-01-11T19:48:00Z")
Okay guys and gals, I am heading for Mantua in the morning. I already have all my stuff packed up and on the trailer, snowmobile, ice house, vexilar, aqua-view, big buddy heater, strikemaster, rods, tackle, bait, and a 12 pack of the good ol’ Mountain dew. I even threw in some hershey bars for good messure. So I am 100% ready! The only problem is I have no idea where to go… LOL. I can’t find a lake map for it. Can anyone help me out with, either where it get a contour map or a good place to start? ---
**Author:** ![FishinFool53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@FishinFool53](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/FishinFool53)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/mantua-help/142495/2 "2009-01-11T20:04:15Z")
Private message sent with map. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![jplacquay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@jplacquay](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/jplacquay)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/mantua-help/142495/3 "2009-01-12T03:37:49Z")
This helps thank you. If anyone else has info for me it would be great. ---
**Author:** ![DKStroutfitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@DKStroutfitter](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/DKStroutfitter)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/mantua-help/142495/4 "2009-01-12T03:46:27Z")
If the map you just got shows water depth, look for water that’s over 12’ deep. If you find deeper water, you have a better chance of finding Perch, Bluegill and Trout all in the mix. Rat Finkies and other small jigs worked best for me. Wax worms were the best bait. I tried night crawler and Perch meat &eyes with no bites on either. The best thing you can do is to stay away from the crowd of people. When it got noisy the fish stopped biting. ---
**Author:** ![jplacquay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@jplacquay](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/jplacquay)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/mantua-help/142495/5 "2009-01-12T04:09:59Z")
Thanks bro. I’ll take all the help I can get. ---
**Author:** ![Marathonman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Marathonman](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Marathonman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/mantua-help/142495/6 "2009-01-12T04:59:31Z")
Here here. I agree with DK. I went yesterday. Seen 2 fish in shallow water camera. Nobody seemed to do well. I’d go right in the middle where deepest water is. A lot went over to the east side. i heard that was slow. We had 1 bite. The middle is your best bet I guess. ---
**Author:** ![jplacquay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@jplacquay](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/jplacquay)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/mantua-help/142495/7 "2009-01-12T05:10:41Z")
Do I need to worry about thin ice in the middle? If I was going by myself its no big deal, but I will have my 3y/o son wiht so I need to make sure it is extra safe. We will have our snowmobile and all our gear, so I am looking for a good 8 inches of ice. What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![Marathonman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Marathonman](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Marathonman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/mantua-help/142495/8 "2009-01-12T15:10:22Z")
There was at least 5" where i was at. There were several snowmobiles that were riding around the east to the north areas. I did not see any snowmobiles ride thru the middle. There was a couple of people fishing in the middle. We would’ve went there ourselves but ill spent our time where we were at.