Ice Meet-N-Greet LHSP 3/2/25

[Broad Bill]

Went out today in northern NJ to some quarries and the edges are starting to be a little chopped up. Air temps and rain over next four days won't help so be careful out there especially at impoundment with deep drop offs near shore.

[icebadger]

I was out on swartswood and the ice was good there 10" some surface rot by 6pm when i came off the ice. the state park is shallow 3'to 8' now with the lake down 22" we should be good if we stay local in the park area.

[Broad Bill]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

It’s looking pretty lame here. I’m just guessing people have their own agendas these days. It is what it is and things aren’t the way they were. See what happens guys!

As the song said, "Video killed the Radio Star", social media is killing socializing. Today's generation(s) would rather be on their devices all day than actually experience real social interaction. It's a real shame, implications will be significant especially for children. We went from needing a cell phone strictly for emergency cases to 42% of children having a phone by age 10, 71% by age 12 and 91% of children by age 14. People don't know what it means to socialize anymore, we've become a lazy non interactive society.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Originally Posted by icebadger

I was out on swartswood and the ice was good there 10" some surface rot by 6pm when i came off the ice. the state park is shallow 3'to 8' now with the lake down 22" we should be good if we stay local in the park area.

Keep us posted on conditions Badger. People are showing interest in the ice party. Let’s see if we can make it happen.

[icebadger]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

Keep us posted on conditions Badger. People are showing interest in the ice party. Let’s see if we can make it happen.

i was out on the cong today and the place i was at had 11"still and the top had about 1"of rot by 6pm the ice was still solid under the rot i will check it after the rain tonight and get back to you

[icebadger]

Originally Posted by Broad Bill

As the song said, "Video killed the Radio Star", social media is killing socializing. Today's generation(s) would rather be on their devices all day than actually experience real social interaction. It's a real shame, implications will be significant especially for children. We went from needing a cell phone strictly for emergency cases to 42% of children having a phone by age 10, 71% by age 12 and 91% of children by age 14. People don't know what it means to socialize anymore, we've become a lazy non interactive society.

you got that right they do not go fishing unless it is a video game at least they can catch fish there not like getting skunked in the real thing.

[icebadger]

Ok here it is, the ice at the state park is still good on the right side.. the beach area has melted back about 2ft and they are going to cut a big hole there for the annual leap-in-the-lake event on Saturday the 1st of march so we are going to have to get on over by the trees on the right side of the park area. the holes i cut had 8"of good ice with 1"or so of rot the ice away from the shore is still good as of today. this looks to be the swan song on what has been a good ice season. i am going out at a different spot tomorrow and will give another report when i get back. it is forecasted to be 34 on Sunday and below freezing Saturday night at 18 degrees so lets keep our fingers crossed.

[Chrisper4694]

Originally Posted by ScowardNJ

See ya Sunday!

Are we thinking the ice will be ok? We gotta do this ea4lier in the season next time. Actually getting ice took us by surprise this year 😂

[FASTEDDIE29]

Hey guys. We may do a possible spot change but at the same venue. Stay tuned for more info.

Badger, thank you for the continued updates! You are appreciated!

I can’t believe we finally had a normal season. I think everyone was caught off guard and in shock that our ice finally came back to us. Pretty awesome for real!

[FASTEDDIE29]

State park tomorrow everyone. Look for my red Eskimo shelter to the right of the beach. Going to drag this thing out there because I haven’t set it up in 4 years. Haha! I want to make sure it still functions properly.