07-06-2007, 02:13 PM
Well Luke72 and I decided to head to Mantua last night after work. We arrived and were on the water by 7pm. We rushed out just past the bouy line and started fishing. Right off the bat Luke72 hoked up with a real nice basket-able perch. In fact in the first 30 minutes I think he had hooked into 6-7 perch. I was changing my presentation when I hooked my first perch. I think I have a Rapala bigger than this guy. I mean I was using mu UL set up with 4lb test and I hardly new he was there. I started to kick a little more to the North when WHAMEY goes the rod and it is a nice little 10 ish inch Largie. Well needles to say in the next hours going form 7-9 I caught 8 Bass with (10" being the largest and one about 5" being the smallest, sorry to say none bigenough to bring home for the table [
]) And I am guessing about 25 Bluegill. The Gills seam to get real active between 8-9. I caught a couple that were bigger than my hand. I ended keeping 4 gills for the table. Luke on the other had had the hot stick. I think he brought home several good sized perch and probably 10 gills and tossed back at least 30 gills. I will post up a couple of pics when I get home tonight, but they will only be of what was kept as I forgot and left the camera in the truck. All I can say is that it was a most excelent evening. The hot ticket seamed to be White or glow. All fish were caught on either a 1/32 or 1/16 glow jig with orange eye and either a white grub/Ice Cuter. We sweetened the offer with a little shrimp to keep the action fast and furious but did not need it.
I did learn one valuable lesson up there last night. And that is to deploy the fish basket before you have a fish you want to put in it. I hooked a 12" perch and did not have my basket deployed. As I was reaching behind me to get it Mr. Perch wiggled just right shot out of the top of my had gave me the fin and swam away.
Majja
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]) And I am guessing about 25 Bluegill. The Gills seam to get real active between 8-9. I caught a couple that were bigger than my hand. I ended keeping 4 gills for the table. Luke on the other had had the hot stick. I think he brought home several good sized perch and probably 10 gills and tossed back at least 30 gills. I will post up a couple of pics when I get home tonight, but they will only be of what was kept as I forgot and left the camera in the truck. All I can say is that it was a most excelent evening. The hot ticket seamed to be White or glow. All fish were caught on either a 1/32 or 1/16 glow jig with orange eye and either a white grub/Ice Cuter. We sweetened the offer with a little shrimp to keep the action fast and furious but did not need it. I did learn one valuable lesson up there last night. And that is to deploy the fish basket before you have a fish you want to put in it. I hooked a 12" perch and did not have my basket deployed. As I was reaching behind me to get it Mr. Perch wiggled just right shot out of the top of my had gave me the fin and swam away.
Majja
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