I drove over to Mantua Reservoir this afternoon to see if I could do any damage. It's ice free and had about a dozen boats on the lake today. The banks were all muddy so I decided to explore a little bit. I ended up on Maple Creek which flows into Mantua from the South. I ended up catching 6 trout; 1 Tiger, 4 Rainbows, and 1 Cutthroat. I lost a couple of big ones because they snapped my line (I'll be putting some 6 lb. test on the reel tonight). They were hitting a Rat Finkee jig tipped with mealworms. It was shirt-sleeve weather - mid February - go figure!
