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FASTEDDIE29 · #1 03-20-2014, 08:47 AM

It was a great ice season for sure. Good times were had by all and some nice fish were caught. Thanx for coming out guys, it was a blast! Thanx to Rocco for being a fine host! See you guys on the HARDWATER next year, hopefully. The 2014 fishing season is off to a phenomenal start, what will the open water bring? WHOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
TIGHT LINEZ!!!!!

UglyStick · #2 03-20-2014, 09:45 AM

Gonna jump on the bandwagon here and add thanks to you bunch of maniacs for getting me back into ice fishing after not doing it for 35 years. I even got my first smallies of the season already thanks to it. This includes hitting the open rivers for trout during those months. I still hate the cold, but I hate not fishing during that time even more. Can't wait for open water and the Meet-N Greets they bring too.

buzzbaiter · #3 03-20-2014, 09:54 AM

I'm glad its over. Historically speaking, good ice fishing years lead to poor rest of year fishing - particularly pickerel which some ice guys treat like garbage. Too many get discarded o the ice to die. Pickerel are often the only game fish biting early on until things warm up so give them a break!

I live in northern Warren County a one of the farm ponds near me - about 5 acres - started the week at about 90% covered. This morning it was half open. I'm doing a happy dance right now :-)

acabtp · #4 03-20-2014, 10:44 AM

you guys must all be south of me, bc I am still planning on being on the hardwater this weekend.

ice fishing during official spring, can't beat that!

i was hoping to go direct from ice to trout fishing, but it looks like I may need to take a week off

saxmatt · #5 03-20-2014, 11:08 AM

Over? I'll be on the ice into April!

Skunk City · #6 03-20-2014, 11:53 AM

I'm in the same boat as Scott. Always wanted to ice fish, got a few trips in last year. This season we were lucky enough to get a ton of ice and I did my best to get out there every chance I could. Learned a lot and did pretty well. Looking forward to keeping the momentum up into open water. Passaic, Hackensack, Hopatcong, Greenwood, Monksville, Spruce, Raritan, Mountain, Furnace, Pompton, if there are fish I will be there!