Fishing Time: 6:30 -10:30 am
Weather: Strong breeze, partly cloudy, T-80s
Moon Phase: Full Moon
Water Temp: 77 degrees
Best Bait: Texas rigged weightless Senko
Who Went: Devin, Dunc
Devin has been itching to catch some largemouth bass and I
have been itching to fish new water, so we started doing a little
research. Mantua Reservoir seemed like a
decent option, but it also sounds like there was a major fish kill last fall
after the city hired a company to kill the underwater foliage using a chemical
that was supposedly safe for fish.
Reports said the dissolved oxygen dropped to a 2 or 3 and there were
dead bass and trout floating everywhere.
Doesn’t sound like the safe for fish part was true. However, I saw some reports of fish being
caught this spring and figured some must have survived.
I guess I should have listened to my gut and chose another
spot because the fishing was slooooow. I
ended up catching one bass on a weightless Senko and that was it for the day. The lake was also inundated with weeds, so
not only did they kill all the fish, but it also didn’t do anything to clear up
the lake either. Sounds like a
completely failed effort and now it will need a couple years to recover.
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