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I have a portable grill, gona grill up something. My buddy Bob has a propane stove he's bringing up. Tomorrow might be sketchy Mike, probably 4 inches of snow up there on top of whatever ice there is. No good way to know how thick it is. Definitely good to go by next week, 10 degrees or so overnight. YEA BUDDY!!!!

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In regards to those big baits you mentioned, i presume they are not dead baits? How do you keep em' alive, in a giant cooler with an airator? Know a spot where could prob get some big suckers but not sure how to keep them for any lenght of time and transport them. i'd have get up to the spot a day or two before so any help would be great. Figured could put a couple on a stringer where i catch them but not sure the best idea is from there. Would like to try for muskie at Monksville next week.

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Large rubbermaid container and 2 aerators. Keep the water cold and fill container with the water the fish came out of. Alot of Musky are caught threw the ice at Monksville on extra large shiners. You never know when your going to get 1 threw the ice. You just have to drill the lucky hole.

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Fresh dead baits work too....ask Saxmatt;)

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You ain't kiddin' He's on Fire two times out two huge pike! All the times i have been ice fishing never caught anything like them! Used to fish budd alot but haven't ice fished in many years so looking forward to next weekend!

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I thought I would give you freshies a "woody":eek:

Drove up to monksville this morning to have my coffee and check it out for you guys. It is almost completly covered in skim ice. Very little snow, but I wasn't goin out there to see how thick it was:p!

As far as big musky thru the ice, mt buddy pulled a monster thru two years ago.

I will see you guys there if I am not on the ocean

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Yes sir, I just got back from a tour of northern NJ. Had my coffee at Monksville this morning. Ice, Ice everywhere!!! Its not safe yet but its a definite for next weekend. I walked down to the water and apparently somebody got wet feet. Whoever got the wet feet, hahahahahaha, be careful buddy. Everything is frozen over, just needs a few days to get solid. Do big dead baits work for the Musky as well? Im really not sure, never saw anyone catch a Ski on a dead bait. Anyhow, see you HARDWATER FREAKS out there.

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Wonder who that coulda been:p. i wanted to c how thick it was also checked out south end of greenwood lake iced over too. c u guys sat and sun

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I knew it was you after mentioning you were gona try to get on. SICK, LOL!!!

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Just wanted to remind all you hardwater guys, don't forget to purchase a 2013 license, it would a a shame to ruin a great day with some unnecessary problems. It would be the kind of thing I might do. I'm not an ice fisherman, but I'm going to try and drive up to meet some of you guys and see what I can learn. I'll bring a small trout rod and some worms, hope someone will drill me a hole.

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Monday 1pm.
Two sick bastards out on the ice at monksville

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And so it begins. The edge of that place was in rough shape yesterday, can't believe they got on. WOW!

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That was SaxMatt out there :D

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Was it really SaxMatt or was it the DEVIL??? HMMMMMMMMM!!! Reminder fellas Monksville saturday and BUDD lake on sunday. Can somebody bring some live TROUT for bait? Ill pay for 5 of them if anyone is close to a place that has em!

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I haven't fished NJ ice yet but tomorrow will be my first day.

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Will you be going for the monster Buddy Lake Pike tomorrow? Good luck dude!

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My buddy checked budd over the weekend and its not ready. I checked a few early spots myself and nothing is walkable, lots of honeycomb from the snow and these above 32 temps dont help. Maybe if we get a warm day like tues and the stuff on top melts and then refreezes we will have good ice for the weekend. I hate to jinx it but I saw the weeks forecast and this super cold isnt gonna hit us hard, earlier they said 20s rest of the week now that changed. I may just take a road trip to monticello area there is good ice around there now..........lets hope

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Budd lake wasn't ready Sunday when I stopped by but the overnight temps should help. Its only above freezing for a short time during the day this time of year. Monksville will be ready for Saturday. Hope to see you there. Anyone live close to Budd? Can somebody pop a hole to check it out?

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Eddie!! Im at my honey hole just set the forth tip up turn my back and heard that sweet sound of flag going off and pulled a slime dart out haha ill stop by and check budd out otw home

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Cool man! Glad your out there getting into some fish. Keep us posted on catches and ice conditions. Good stuff. FLAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!! :D

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Hey eddie im here now. theres three guys out about hundread yards from the launching area.ice is about 2 1/2 thick. should be game on sunday

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Thanx for the info Mikey. I appreciate it, you the man! Budd will have 6 by the weekend probably.

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man, i am pretty pissed, but i don't think i will make it out this weekend... in an air cast now for a bad ankle sprain, i might miss the whole ice season :mad:

sorry eddie, i will bring the goose jerky to opening day

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Saw a few people on Budd lake today!:D

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Sprained ankle? Oh man, hope it heals up soon. BIG BUMMER!!!

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So I just read/skimmed through most of this thread. Is there an official place selected? lol :confused:

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Tomorrow at monksville and sunday budd lake. :D

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Hey guys, I heard that Budd Lakes shoreline was all slushy today. Nobody was out there ice fishing. Can anyone confirm this ICE TRAGEDY? MONKSVILLE is good to go.

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heading down to cape may for tog on saturday, gonna try and stop by saturday AM to see you nuts off onto the ice.

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so how'd you guys do today?

Njf @ Monksville 1-5
 

Hit the MMONKS bright and early with Bob and Matt. Shrimpman Steve and his dog came out to see us off. Thanx for the support buddy, really appreciate it. Mikey Topaz, Duck or Bleed and his crew showed up a little later. My 2 non member friends, Bob and Yuri the Pollock came out around 9. There was about 40 guys on the Ice. Some introduced themselves and some just walked on by to there fishing grounds. Thanx for coming out Mikey and crew. Anyway it was a slow go in the morning. My buddy Frank got a small Pickeral on a tip-up late morning. That would be the only flag my crew got from 7 am til 2 pm. We made a power move toward the bridge with all our jigging gear. We found some 10-12 inch perch, Bobs being the smallest at 6 inches. Everybody got a couple big Perch and Yuri came up with a bonus Walleye at 15.5 inches. A short but a Walleye none the less. We fished hard and jigged hard from 645 to 445. Definitely put in alot of work today. Walking back to wrap it up I had 1 fish on the tip-up that I couldn't see from the bridge, just a Pickeral but another fish. Another day I wont be SKUNKED at SKUNKSVILLE. It wasn't a banner day but it was a day that ill remember forever, because of the people that came out. Thanx again for coming out fellas. There was a good amount of fish in the bridge area, but the ice is in bad shape. I wouldn't suggest anyone head out there alone. All in all a great day with great people. GOOD TIMES!!! TIGHT LINES!!!:D

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Yea F@#king Buddy!!! Ya Gotta Be Outher To Get Em And In It To Win It !!! Tight Lines!!! Gotta Love The Hardwater!!!

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Sweeeeeet ! C u guys in the am again with the boys.

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NICE JOB. Kudos to the NJF gang !

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Very nice Gentlemen, way to fight off the skunk. Was out off State Park today...very slow but was nice being out there.

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Budd lake was a solid 4-5 inches of ice smoothest ice in a while for this place too bad nobody caught anything but a 22 inch pike..... hopefully tomorrow is better and that the fish will be hungry:D :D a lot of wind surfers (around 20-30) on the ice today though that was the worst part because one of them ran over and broke my tip up!!!!!!:mad: :mad:

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Got there kind of late, tired couldn't get my ars out of bed but showed up about ten. Saw the crew right away, introduced myself and the good times began. Not .................................................. .................................................. ................many flags Saxmatt had one pike early and anothiter flag before i................................................. .............................................
got there and that was

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Saxmatt had a flag around 8-830 am. It was a 25 inch PIKE caught on a gnarly dead fallfish. That was the biggest fish of the day. Matt was the first 1 there followed by that other dude who was using a 10 inch Jiffy power auger on 4-5 inches of ICE. MIKEY TOPAZ, JimmyLiveBait, DuckorBLEED SHOWED UP AROUND 9 Am. Amazing that somebody showed up when they said they would. Shortly after GETANET came up ready to go. Great guy, biker looking dude. He probably knows my mothers side of my family, PAGANS!! ANYWAY, he's a great guy and kept his word and showed his face. Flatcreek Phil and Tom, LURKER, also came to the show. River rats were in the house. Thanx Phil and Tom for coming out. Ill see u on the BIG D. Anyway I don't feel like writing much. Not much was caught at BUDD. But the guys that came threw are people id fish with all year round. Real honest peeps. Whoever didn't show up that said they would, you suck. Keyboard GANGSTARS!! cool: !

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Despite the lack of FLAG UP screams and hollers throughout the morning it was a great morning at DUD Lake. Another memorable day with Mikeytopaz, DUCKORBLEED and Fasteddie and saxmatt (Nice to meet you bud) for these guys are great honest fishermen. Nice too meet the Older Generation getanet and his boys....show me the walleye! Me topaz and dickorbleed went off to our honeyhole and wound up with 14 SLIME DARTS and countless misses..we even had four flags up at one time! A great day in all with my closest friends. check out some pics on mikeytopazs post

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Yea buddy!!!