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[NJSquatch]

Some serious ice making weather this week....ice fishing next weekend ???

https://s7.postimg.org/ffyfpgdrf/Weather1.jpg

[FASTEDDIE29]

Ice, Ice baby!!! Looking like a good start! Let’s hope some other bodies of water lock up this year! 👍

[Mikey topaz]

The re riggin the tip up process started Friday.... It's coming...like it or not!:D

[Skunk City]

All depends on the wind. I'll be ready either way :).

[Jigman13]

Time for big baits! Just dusted the tip ups. I'm ready. Would be nice to have a little more consistency this season. I guess we'll see soon enough!

[acabtp]

all the ponds in denville were skimmed over this weekend... this may actually happen... everybody do their best ice dance

[FASTEDDIE29]

Bwahahahahahaha!!! Maybe just maybe! FLAGGGGGGGG!!!!!

[Chrisper4694]

All depends on the wind. I'll be ready either way :).

yeah a lot of wind in the forecast, but the temps are right

[FASTEDDIE29]

Well then, it looks like the NW winds are going to settle down for a couple days. This wind is notorious for eating ice in NJ! That’s all about to change. We should be making ice sometime tonight. It will be snow ice but it’s a start. Post your findings here if you don’t mind. Let’s see what happens boys and girls!!!:D

[Chrisper4694]

shawnee is the biggest lake that i know of that freezes in total super quickly before everything else except back woods ponds and certain coves of certain places depending on the wind. anyway shawnee was locked up again this morning after being smashed up a bit by the wind yesterday. It usually makes about an inch + per day with these current temps so, it should be ready by sunday haha...that being said, it's private so you'll have to let me know if you want to go :D

[Mikey topaz]

Punched my first hole of the season today....https://s8.postimg.org/f2enncb01/IMG_20171214_102021.jpg[/url]https://s8.postimg.org/sjbm68nwh/IMG_20171214_105358.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/sjbm68nwh/)

[acabtp]

http://www.tombeauchamp.com/misc/fishing/iceicebaby.gif

[thmyorke1]

I had that song in my head too. Haha :D

[NJSquatch]

Punched my first hole of the season today....

How thick?

[Adrenalinerush]

Drove past Budd this morning it was entirely covered with skim ice. I'm sure one of you knuckleheads will fall through this weekend! :D

[Mikey topaz]

How thick?

Was 1/2 .... Looked like the snow hit the water and froze

[njflyfisher]

AHH I guess it's that time of the year to start catching some big baits again.

[icebadger]

has the pfd and picks season started? please remember to be safe out there. lets hope for the best.

[Mikey topaz]

Looks like round 2 coming soon.....starting Monday 😜

[Jigman13]

And I'm off ALL week next week!

[NJSquatch]

giggity giggity!

lets hope there isn't any snow so it can make some safe ice this time!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Hahahahaha, safe ice in NJ!!! Hahahahaha!!!! Maybeeee!!! Just remember guys! After tomorrow most places will be making ice from scratch. It’s slim pickins out there now and we have some wind to deal with on Sunday or Monday I believe. If we’re going to make ice it should start Christmas night hopefully! Wear those picks and vests and spud, spud, spud away! Some good arctic air is moving in! Let’s do that ice dance this weekend!:D

[Mikey topaz]

And I'm off ALL week next week!

Aghhh your waiting til it's 5" .....

[Jigman13]

I'll do 3" if it's black ice. Being alive for my 3 kiddos > icing a few fish. There's always the rivers until things lock up good!

[NJSquatch]

NJF NYE party on the ice?

https://s10.postimg.org/i8bb82755/IMG_0018.jpg

[Jigman13]

NJF NYE party on the ice?

https://s10.postimg.org/i8bb82755/IMG_0018.jpg

Whoa. Those are frigid temps. What town was that forecast from?

[NJSquatch]

Whoa. Those are frigid temps. What town was that forecast from?

Da Cong!

[FASTEDDIE29]

It’s another world once you get north of Rt 80! I’m surprised anglers don’t have different areas programmed into there phones on certain weather apps! It can be 22 degrees at Monksville res while 30 miles south ,on the same day, Spruce run is at a balmy 36! Elevation, elevation!!!!!

[FASTEDDIE29]

BUMP!!!!! Bwahahahahahaha!!! The deep freeze is coming in like a freight train! Weeeeeeeee wooooooooo!!! So much cold coming the creeks and streams are gona freeze............... oh no!!! Welcome to Arctic NJ!!!!!!:D

[bunker dunker]

looks goods for the weekend.coves should be good.