12-20-2017, 01:18 AM
Today at Mantua was much slower than last week, we caught fish, including some jumbo perch but only about half the total number and no gills. Lots more people out there but the ice was about 1/4" thicker, so 4 & 1/4", checked with a tape measure. The ice had almost 2" of snow covering it and was much less noisy, compared to a week ago. With the snow cover, it was very easy to see where the bad spots were, because water was coming up from open holes, in those areas. The holes were there not because of someone drilling holes but likely because those areas have not frozen and water is coming up from those holes getting the snow in that area wet. Please be careful out there. The first two pics are of one of those wet areas. Last pic is of the clear ice.
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