07-14-2005, 01:01 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Be advised that there are signs around the lake telling folks that the lake is closed for a Mantua special celebration on Saturday 7/16. They have mowed the weeds and graded the road all around the lake, so it must be something special.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]For what it is worth, while I was waiting for Leaky, I watched a couple of kids hauling in nice sized bluegills and a couple of dandy perch casting only a few feet out from the sandy bank next to the launch ramp. That was working on me as I hiked the "Bataan Death March" just to get launched...and the "Trail of Tears" back to my car. Ain't no need for a lot of drivin' or a fancy launch site. Just dump in at the ramp, go out into a corridor between the weeds and start playin'.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By the way, I caught 90% of my fish on light gear, with 4# line. Some of those slab gills actually took some line off the drag. Yeeee Hawww![/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Use small plastics in greens, browns and motoroil. I actually couldn't find anything they wouldn't hit, but the larger fish responded to those colors best. Cast and retrieve, vertical jig or dropshot.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]For what it is worth, while I was waiting for Leaky, I watched a couple of kids hauling in nice sized bluegills and a couple of dandy perch casting only a few feet out from the sandy bank next to the launch ramp. That was working on me as I hiked the "Bataan Death March" just to get launched...and the "Trail of Tears" back to my car. Ain't no need for a lot of drivin' or a fancy launch site. Just dump in at the ramp, go out into a corridor between the weeds and start playin'.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By the way, I caught 90% of my fish on light gear, with 4# line. Some of those slab gills actually took some line off the drag. Yeeee Hawww![/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Use small plastics in greens, browns and motoroil. I actually couldn't find anything they wouldn't hit, but the larger fish responded to those colors best. Cast and retrieve, vertical jig or dropshot.[/#0000ff]
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