We went catching at Mantua (12/8/13)

[cd3rapala]

Oh man..what a day. Got to Mantua about noon, forgot a lighter for the heater but some friendly passer bys hooked us up. Two minutes from line in one nice bluegill, then my buddy's son's pole bends over. He lost what looked like a big trout..that was a preview of what was to come. One after another big shouldered rainbows, (14in+) nice size blue gill, one each 10 in large mouth bass (first time I've landed one through the ice) and two dink perch. We all had our limit and tossed back more. All right off the bottom with about three inches of clear ice on wax worms. A couple inches of fine powdered snow and some slush. You can still see spots of open water where the hundreds of coots were sitting and we didn't want to try out luck any closer to the far shore or the main inlet, but what an great day on the ice.
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