12-26-2007, 07:23 PM
Well, since we got the van fixed (dang automatic door and battery anyway), I just had to get out. My 11 yr. old and I got up at 7:00 and braved the cold temps, arriving at Mantua at around 8:00 (early for me).
Slow start. Met some good guys- Jeff, and Jeff. Easy enough to remember their names. It was great talking to you guys, and I hope you caught more after we left!
My boy caught his biggest fish out of that pond- guessing at least 15" largie, could've been bigger. He was definately nice and fat. I'm going to have to mark some 'inch marks' on my ice skimmer to serve as a reference. But Jeff and Jeff were there to witness his pole going down the hole!
Much to my delight, I did not get skunked. Just one nicely colored rainbow, guessing about 14".
We'd mark them on the finder, but they just did not want to bite anything today. For some reason, Mantua is slow for us this winter. I'm heading over to the east side maybe this weekend if anyone wants to join me. The ice was a good 6" with a couple inches of snow on the surface. Not bad at all.
Slow day, but a good time nonetheless. And met some cool BFT people.
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Slow start. Met some good guys- Jeff, and Jeff. Easy enough to remember their names. It was great talking to you guys, and I hope you caught more after we left!
My boy caught his biggest fish out of that pond- guessing at least 15" largie, could've been bigger. He was definately nice and fat. I'm going to have to mark some 'inch marks' on my ice skimmer to serve as a reference. But Jeff and Jeff were there to witness his pole going down the hole!
Much to my delight, I did not get skunked. Just one nicely colored rainbow, guessing about 14".
We'd mark them on the finder, but they just did not want to bite anything today. For some reason, Mantua is slow for us this winter. I'm heading over to the east side maybe this weekend if anyone wants to join me. The ice was a good 6" with a couple inches of snow on the surface. Not bad at all.
Slow day, but a good time nonetheless. And met some cool BFT people.
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