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Jigman13 · #1 01-05-2022, 11:46 PM

That is all...

bulletbob · #2 01-06-2022, 12:08 PM

No ice here and I'm almost 3 hours north of sussex county... Even tiny half acre farm ponds have no ice or just a tiny skim around the edges... The big lakes?.. none at all...

Chrisper4694 · #3 01-06-2022, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bulletbob

No ice here and I'm almost 3 hours north of sussex county... Even tiny half acre farm ponds have no ice or just a tiny skim around the edges... The big lakes?.. none at all...

really?? must've been too windy... we had like 75% skim ice coating on the shallow first ice small lakes.... def looking at late next week to get the first trip in NJ.... my dirty undies have been spending the nights in the freezer for voodoo purposes.

acabtp · #4 01-06-2022, 01:08 PM

i was walking on water 2 days ago up in VT, felt great, can't wait to get out down here

everything i drove by in sussex and northern morris county on the way home yesterday was locked up, hopefully it won't be too long

bulletbob · #5 01-06-2022, 01:23 PM

I was just out and came back.. Small farm ponds starting to freeze up, it has cooled down past 2 days, but the lakes in NY are BIG, and it might take a while.. Makes no difference to me, I don't ice fish at all.. Seen too many horrible things, and was involved in one myself at age 12 or so,,, Not my bag...

AndyS · #6 01-06-2022, 04:42 PM

Budd Lake is usually the first lake with safe ice.

phil · #7 01-06-2022, 06:26 PM

February is the new january. The long range temp forecasts look really good for making ice.

FASTEDDIE29 · #8 01-06-2022, 07:25 PM

All in like the uni-bomber. If there is ice I’ll be on it. Playing with the ice gear now and doing a check of what needs a tune up.

bigfishy · #9 01-06-2022, 08:39 PM

Is it bad if theres skim ice and it snows on top of it???

Billfish715 · #10 01-07-2022, 12:55 AM

Not to worry..........scientists from a major New Jersey institution of higher learning are working on a way to get all of you hard water anglers a chance to drill some holes on your favorite ponds much earlier in the year. It won't matter how cold or warm the nights are to get the water to firm up. They are experimenting with a substance which, when added to the water, will end any ice dancing forever. What is it you ask? They are adding little blue pills to some selected lakes and ponds to get things firmed up. It promises to get the waterways harder and thicker than by just waiting for things to happen normally.