On the ice again today

[Mikey topaz]

Headed back out this morning myself fast eddie, and alex. Got to the honey hole ice looked a little on the scary side not gonna lie boyz! With the snow overnight between the weight of the snow and temps above freezin we had prime meltage guys nice sloppy snow/water under the snow on top of the ice you know what i mean.... Ah so we ventured out on what was 3" yesterday today what was mostly 2" 2 1/2" in spots other areas where we made our playground was 3" be carefulllll guys !!! Ice started gettin reallll sketchyyy around noonish we did alot of drillin checkin thickness of the ice got out had a small area to work with for the time being the big power hr bite came on about 1o clock flag flag flag flag flag, ended up the day with 8-9 pickeral and 1 black crappie biggest slime dart went bout 2 1/2 lbs probly 21". As always blast fishin with fast eddie thanks dudee😁

[AndyS]

Glad you guys got out. Temps in the 40's and 50's Friday through Sunday don't bode well for ice making, but it's early yet.

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by AndyS

Glad you guys got out. Temps in the 40's and 50's Friday through Sunday don't bode well for ice making, but it's early yet.

I didn't see any 50's and it's not supposed to above freezing until Wednesday with lows in the teens every night, at least where I'll be fishing. I think there will be more ice and more options next weekend. 40 degree weather doesn't do too much damage.

[saxmatt]

Mark is right about the day temps not doing much damage. We don't get much daylight this time of year and the sun doesn't get that high. We'll only have warm temps for a few hours during the day and we should make ice at night.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Good day on the ice. Pickeral kept us busy for a while. Thanx for taking me to your honey hole Mikey! 3 inches of water on top of 2-2.5 inches of ice by the time we left at 145. Should freeze up good over night. Alex was a funny dude, he didn't want anything to do with the ice, LOL!!!!! Finally got him to come out and ice his first Pickeral on a tip-up. Good times!!!!

Northern NJ will be good to go all week. Good start to the season with no SKUNK!!!!

Making ice all week!!!! YEA BUDDY!!! FLAG!!!

Good job guys getting some snot rockets....That's alot of fun through the ice.....

Even though you cannot fish it until the spring, despite the cold we have been having, stll alot of NNJ still is 1/2 frozen.....I noticed it on several NNJ waters this weekend....Some of the smaller bodies were all frozen as I saw some ice skaters out there, but be careful still..I have all my tipups,auger, and jigging rods ready to go as soon as what I believe to be totally safe ice(for me it's six inches thick or more)..supposed to be high 40's by Thursday......that will be a day for trout for me for sure......

Here's a shot of Oak Ridge from Rt. 23 yesterday afternoon....notice only 1/2 frozen, 1/2 open.....



Here's another scenery pic from another spot....this place also had alot of open water.....

[Worksforjerks]

Glad you boys got out. I would have been there but I had to plow. Good job beating the skunk!