08-03-2006, 07:45 PM
Sunday evening launched at Hyrum at 4:00pm. Fished until 6:30 with not even a bite. Saw lots of marks on the sonar but could not get anything to hit. Threw everything but the kitchen sink at them, but nothing. Decided we did not want to get skunked so we packed up and headed to Mantua. Very good decision. Caught about 50 fish between the 2 of us from 730 to 900. Vertical jigged off the side of the boat and caught quite a few bluegill and a few perch. Pulled out the maniac reaper and caught quite a few bass (one about 13"). Went out again last night and arrived on the water at about 600pm. Fishing was alot slower (maybe due to the storm?) and it was alot more difficult to get the fish to bite. Brought worms to tip on Sunday night but by the end of the night, we didn't even need worms. We didnt bring worms last night and wished we had them for this trip. Still ended up with about 20 fish between the two of us and suprisingly they were almost all perch. Not very many bluegill. The perch had some size to them this time. All in all a very good couple of days on Mantua.
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