01-03-2015, 10:17 PM
Yesterday I went up to Mantua with my oldest son and brother in law. We got to the lake ~9am and setup away from crowds and fished the northern part of the lake. We fished 3 different spots in the same area over the course of the day from 6 FOW to 11 FOW. Ice thickness ranged between 4-5". The trout seem to come through in waves as it was often to have multiple lines get hit about the same time and then long periods of nothing. We did not pick up any bluegill or bass and only manged 7 perch (all looking quite healthy and between 10-11"). The rainbows were the most common for us with us each catching a limit and releasing a number beyond that. Many of the trout were thinner planter style, while some that we picked up had been in the lake long enough to put a bit of size and better shape to them. We used jigs tipped with wax worm, meal worm and bits of crawler. The trout didn't care what we put down and we didn't catch enough perch to be able to say if they cared or not. Anyway here are a few pics and more info/pics can be seen in the link to my blog below...
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