08-15-2003, 05:11 AM
Finally got out to Mantua today thanks to LoanFish who lent me his waders. It is a beautiful place. Fished it from my tube mainly around the North east side. Had to ask the locals for directions on how to get out there.
The dirt road out to the area reminds me of those good old days of small game hunting. Fields, wooden fences, and lots of game. On the drive up there I saw some pheasant, rabbits and a big old rattler that I could have done without seeing. After I unloaded my stuff armed with my fishing rod to wack the grass it took me a good 20 minuites to get down to the water.[blush]
Got there about 4:00pm and the little bad boys were breaking. caught a quick 5 on a black and white 2" popper. This was all after kicking thorough what seemed to be an endless forest of weeds. Then the wind started blowing something fierce and I could hear the thunder and see the lightning flashes behind the mountains. I paddled to shore and waited it out. It got nice and calm again paddled back out and caught at least 10 more before it was time to go and the wind kicked up again and this time it poured! It took me a while to catch the other 10 or so not as fast as before the wind blew through. The surface action also stopped. The weather probably turned them off.
All the Bass were 12" or less and entertaining. I enjoyed the catching and the floating as well as the sight seeing. I paused on occasion to watch the deer grazing on the hill. Tryed making funny noises thinking I could call them over. They would just look over at me like I was loco [
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As far as I can tell no swimmers itch, I guess loan fish is the only one on the board appetizing to the "Mantua bug"[shocked][][
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Al
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The dirt road out to the area reminds me of those good old days of small game hunting. Fields, wooden fences, and lots of game. On the drive up there I saw some pheasant, rabbits and a big old rattler that I could have done without seeing. After I unloaded my stuff armed with my fishing rod to wack the grass it took me a good 20 minuites to get down to the water.[blush]
Got there about 4:00pm and the little bad boys were breaking. caught a quick 5 on a black and white 2" popper. This was all after kicking thorough what seemed to be an endless forest of weeds. Then the wind started blowing something fierce and I could hear the thunder and see the lightning flashes behind the mountains. I paddled to shore and waited it out. It got nice and calm again paddled back out and caught at least 10 more before it was time to go and the wind kicked up again and this time it poured! It took me a while to catch the other 10 or so not as fast as before the wind blew through. The surface action also stopped. The weather probably turned them off.
All the Bass were 12" or less and entertaining. I enjoyed the catching and the floating as well as the sight seeing. I paused on occasion to watch the deer grazing on the hill. Tryed making funny noises thinking I could call them over. They would just look over at me like I was loco [
] As far as I can tell no swimmers itch, I guess loan fish is the only one on the board appetizing to the "Mantua bug"[shocked][
][] Al
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