01-02-2005, 07:14 PM
Mantua / Porcupine Bust
Being one of the first on the ice at Mantua didn’t pay off this morning. At 6:00 the slush layer had not froze enough to hold you up so ever step went through. At 8:00 around sunrise the slush layer had froze enough that it would hold you up. There were a lot of people standing around waiting for their pole to get a hit. I met up with BearLakeFishGuy, Predator and BearLakeMac. Fished with them for awhile manage to catch one perch, lose my hook on another hit and miss two other hits. The first 3 step on to the ice were the tricky one after that the ice was OK, you just had to keep from finding old holes.
I left Mantua around 11:00 to check out Porcupine. Most of the lake is caped except or a small opening in the middle. The ice by the dam was not accessible I saw several eager fisherman trying to figure out how to get past the first 3 ft. I drove up to the boat ramp and found two others fishing about 20 ft out. I wandered out and drilled several holes a crossed the lake. The ice was around 4 inches thick. I fish in 10 to 20 ft of water I was unable to even mark any fish and the Vexilar. I only fished for just over and hour then I left for home to catch up on my sleep.
Next week should be better access to the ice and the fishing can only improve. I think maybe all give it another try then.
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Being one of the first on the ice at Mantua didn’t pay off this morning. At 6:00 the slush layer had not froze enough to hold you up so ever step went through. At 8:00 around sunrise the slush layer had froze enough that it would hold you up. There were a lot of people standing around waiting for their pole to get a hit. I met up with BearLakeFishGuy, Predator and BearLakeMac. Fished with them for awhile manage to catch one perch, lose my hook on another hit and miss two other hits. The first 3 step on to the ice were the tricky one after that the ice was OK, you just had to keep from finding old holes.
I left Mantua around 11:00 to check out Porcupine. Most of the lake is caped except or a small opening in the middle. The ice by the dam was not accessible I saw several eager fisherman trying to figure out how to get past the first 3 ft. I drove up to the boat ramp and found two others fishing about 20 ft out. I wandered out and drilled several holes a crossed the lake. The ice was around 4 inches thick. I fish in 10 to 20 ft of water I was unable to even mark any fish and the Vexilar. I only fished for just over and hour then I left for home to catch up on my sleep.
Next week should be better access to the ice and the fishing can only improve. I think maybe all give it another try then.
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