Wanted to hit Mantua tomorrow but with the rain & warm weather anybody know if the ice conditions are safe ?
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not sure about the ice. But do you no how big the bass are in Mantua ?
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Average size. 10-16 inches predominately, the majority at about 12-14. Few above that with only bluegills as the predominant forage now. Numbers yes, giants....no.
well part true.... part not true... yes the average size largie in mantua is 12 to i'd say 16 or 17 inches... but as far as giants go YES there are some toads in there...one of the guys i work with got an 8 lb 25 inch fat lard toad this spring....and last spring i saw several fish bedded up i would say around the 6 to 8lb range... i personally caught over 20 bass over 4lbs this summer.... they are in there.... believe me...
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The biggest bass I have caught in Mantua is 6lbs 10ozs. I was up there last spring and I saw two bass on their beds that would put my bass to shame. Yes....there are some monster bass in there. Still want to catch that 10lber. [fishin]
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Hit Mantua today talk about slush and cracking ice
Hit the lake about 9:00am started to make my walk out from the boat dock you could see were the the Ice has cracked and refrozen over gave me the heebee geebees but none the less kept on trucking it in. Walk about 100 yards out in about 25 feet of water. Bites came in waves pulled out a bunch of dinky 3 to 4 in perch no gills only keepers were 3 14 to 16 inch bows. Caught everything on homemade ice flies and waxies
The ice kept popin and swakin at me the rain kick in and that mad for a miserable time left around 1:00
Ice was about 8 to 10 inches but and from the sounds of things the be careful were you step
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Wait scratch that just looking at the weather report for Mantua looks like there going to be in the low 20 and teens for all next week [
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Let there be ICE !!!
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[cool] "Walk about 100 yards out in about 25 feet of water"
[#0000bf]What make and model of sonar are you using? I have never found a 25 foot depth, even when the lake is full...especially only 100 yards from the ramp.
Or...man, that slush was REALLY deep.
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Im guessing here no fish finder this year [frown][frown][frown] The old cuda died couldn't resuscitate it. Had it for quite a few years now, It was a good little fish finder Worked well on the pontoon also on the ice dont know if it was always accurate but I did catch quite a few fish with it RIP Cuda fish finder [angelic][angelic][angelic]
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