Any Mantua reports?

[RockyRaab]

Haven't been up there since the hard deck, but have an itch to find some slightly cooler waters. Is the weed growth the usual wall-to-wall carpet by now? Water level still good?
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[toadly]

I went Sunday morning. Fishing was real slow. The weeds have grown out quite a bit but still not so bad. Think the problem was with water clarity. The water was a greenish brown, and could only see a foot or so. I fished with a large spinner bait and caught only a few, then switched to a plastic crawdad fish very slow. Produce a few more Bass.
Hope it clears up soon but I think the annual "bloom" is on and will stay till the weather gets cooler.
Best of luck to ya, please let us know how it was for you.
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[Tin-Can]

Rocky, careful you don't go gettin the itch up there........
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[RockyRaab]

Maybe I'll pass. The weed plus that awful algae bloom make fishing double tough.

(I'm glad somebody got my "itch" reference. Good on ya, Forest.)
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[CoyoteSpinner]

I don't want to catch your "itch"! But I might yet try Mantua again before freeze up comes around. Had some good fall trips there in the past.
Is it fall yet?

[Dgallen]

Fished Mantua last night with the wife and kid, the algae bloom is in full swing. The water is a nasty vomit green color and visibility is pretty poor. Found a dozen or so bass dragging tubes along the bottom, biggest was maybe 3 pounds. Tried to find some gills for my 3 year old and never could find any. We fished along the west side and along the north in the pockets of moss and never did see any gill action.
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