Headed up to Mantua this morning with my dad to get into some bass and had a fairly decent day. Got on the water around 9:00 and headed to the north side. Most of the bass were caught on jerk baits and some hits on spinners as well. Overall we caught 10 bass, with all but 2 being on the small side. Also caught a rainbow on a crankbait on the east side of the reservoir.
Fished until about noon and loaded it up. Mantua has been a fun place to at least get a few in the boat these last few weeks!
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Glad u got into a few. U catch them shallow or deep?
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I was up there yesterday afternoon and did pretty well with jerkbaits, lipless cranks, spinnerbaits and a flat sided crank. I ended up with 31. I got two at 17", maybe ten in the 12-14" range and the rest were total dinks. I was surprised by how well they were hitting jerkbaits considering how dirty the water was.
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All I've caught the last couple of times was rainbows. Am I just fishing in the wrong spot?
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Great pics, nice to see the bass coming out to play.
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We were pitching up against the banks but they were hitting it a little further out yesterday.. Some right before my lure got to the boat.
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Could be. Remember the north side of the lake is going to get the most sun this time of year, so it will have warmer water. The day I fished it was right after the cold front and the fish had pulled out into about 6-8 feet of water. I was marking a lot of fish down there, but only some of them wanted to play.
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Wrong bait. You got to fish bass gear to catch bass. Try plastics, jerk baits, or spinner baits near deep water right now.
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