Ice conditions thread......?????

Originally Posted by icebadger

just a heads up i went and looked at the ice at different places on the cong today and the ice seems to be good out from the shore. there was some people out at the state park area and i wondered how they got out there.. i did not see a plank or anything else that would of allowed them to get out there maybe they got out from a shady spot or a dock that was still safe to walk on. the shores took a beating, the old ice is under water and we need a couple of cold nights to lock everything up.. if you go PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND CHECK AS YOU GO... if it stays cold things might improve by Monday. we need the wind to mellow out at night and that might speed things up a bit.

Badger I went up today to check it out as well. Around 3:00 there were two group of guys fishing off the State Park, have no idea how they got out. Water at the launch and along the beach was wide open and it was 36 degrees. In my opinion, no fish is worth that kind of risk. No one fishing at Lake's End either, water looked sketchy there as well. If you're going out this weekend, be careful. Next few weeks should lock things up solid.

[Fishinfire]

Lake Iliff, manged a decent preggo perch (released) and my friends pulled a few fat Pickerel. Ice was thin at the bank but was only ankle deep. Most of the lake was 5-6". 3" along the far shoreline.

[acaravaglia]

Was out on hopatcong this afternoon. Slow day few chunky perch on tipups. Only one caught jigging. Ice was about 5"

[Chrisper4694]

watch out for thin ice even if you have 5-6" everywhere. a lot of currents, winds, springs etc in a lot of the bigger lakes. it can look the same.

[briansnat]

I wasn't fishing Sunday but I hiked past Lake Aeroflex and there were a lot of people on the ice. Most near the boat launch but a few further out.

[OMC]

We were out Sunday afternoon on Aeroflex there was around 3-4 inches but it was getting soft with the warmer temps. Didn't even attempt to venture to far. Fishing was very slow. With the big temp drop everything should lock up nicely but you still need to be aware on the big lakes. I drove pass Greenwood on Monday and there was a lot of open water mostly on the NY side.

[phil]

I fished aeroflex on Monday. it was a solid 4 inches everywhere I went except for the launch. you have to takeoff from the end of the dock. fishing sucked tho I think all the fish were removed on saturday and sunday.

[AndyS]

Should be solid now.

[AndyS]

Spruce Run frozen, Round Valley no ice

[Sako1]

I was at RV about 4pm today, one guy was out on the main body of water, not very far at all, in the corner. I can't imagine the water was very deep there.

A few guys were on the other side, the swimming area, out a bit farther. They seemed like they were in a much better spot.

Dave