Post Ice pictures and info here covering Bays, Rivers and ocean, 2015

[Never Puke]

Last year I did this page also here.http://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66880
Seems there is more ice now and still growing much latter then last year at this time.
Info regarding where ice is covering areas and flowing may be helpful for many out there for navigation.
River ice is also getting thick from the prelonged cold weather and poses a big flooding issues in when it decides to let lose in the spring.

Be safe out there.

[Never Puke]

I will start off with the First one.
Sea Ice wrapped around Cape May today, lots of ice in Chesapeake bay and Loaded up in Sandy hook bay towards highlands side. Can see it on this most recent Satellite picture and loop
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/wfo/phi/flash-vis.html

[Capt. Debbie]

Are you trying to depress us even more? :)




Last year I did this page also here.http://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66880
Seems there is more ice now and still growing much latter then last year at this time.
Info regarding where ice is covering areas and flowing may be helpful for many out there for navigation.
River ice is also getting thick from the prelonged cold weather and poses a big flooding issues in when it decides to let lose in the spring.

Be safe out there.

[Billfish715]

The Shrewsbury river from Monmouth Beach to the confluence with the Navesink at Rocky Point is frozen with jagged chunks of ice. The eastern side of Sandy Hook Bay is the same way. There were some ice flows in the canal in PT Pleasant as well. If someone on this board came out of his house on Feb. 2nd and saw your shadow, I blame you.

[Never Puke]

Are you trying to depress us even more? :)

No, It is what it is.

When does flounder season open? I have always wanted to jig some through the ice..lol

[Billfish715]

Flounder through the ice? I was thinking the same thing as I pictured tip ups all over the bay on St. Patrick's Day.

[Never Puke]

Yes Flounder.
That would be very cool.

[NoLimit]

Flounder is open now - no closed season.

[Never Puke]

Someone posted this picture one on Twitter today, Seals hanging out on floating ice off of Sandy hook. 80501

[Billfish715]

Ice Is holding NJ fisherman hostage!

[Billfish715]

I'm thinking about Florida right now!

[shresearchdude]

Well for the most part Winter Flounder don't eat as much while they are spawning-which they do even under the ice. Yes they can be caught when they haven't spawned out but feed heavy prior and after they spawn.

[bulletbob]

You know whats weird?.. Back in the 70's and 80's, I used to catch whiting and ling all winter out of AH. .. Seldom were the boats locked up as bad as those pics indicate, although I do recall boats breaking through light skim ice at times.. At that time we never heard about "man made climate change" Yet now, after decades of "global warming", the harbor is frozen solid... Can't buy the global warming argument, sorry... Its just hard to accept when you are typing in bright sunshine through the window, yet my thermometer outside reads 0... bob

[Joey Dah Fish]

80523
Just saw this :mad:

[stevejordan]

80523
Just saw this :mad:

its ok, that rope will hold it up :eek: that really sucks, sorry to the capt

[Billfish715]

Somebody has a lot of explaining to do for that. It looks like the ice kept creeping and building under the bow and raised it enough to drop the stern below the surface of the water. I didn't see any evidence of bubblers, but wasn't someone checking on the boat? We had a new moon and the tides were affected to some extremes so that could have been a factor too.

[NJ219bands]

Delaware Bay, 2/24/2015.