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NJ Fresh Water Fishing Forums => Fresh Water Fishing => Topic started by: bayonne on December 18, 2007, 08:59:49 PM
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anyone on this site do some ice fishing the lakes up north are locking up good hopatcong has reports of 5 in 1/2 black ice 1/2 white if anyone wants to hook up in jan i like it a little thicker my self
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That use to be one of our family's favorite lakes to fish. Haven't been up there in decades.
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brrrr, hell no
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Do you fish out in the open or do you have a portable shelter?
Paul
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we will be there soon ,bay looks like we will be getting another contest going . last year was a lot of fun t^
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I usually make 1 or 2 ice fishing trips a year to Oxford Furnace Lake or Spruce Run if there's water...
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I do a lot of fishing on Spruce Run, but never icefishing. i always wanted to try though.
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TT^
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brrrrrr
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i dont have a shelter might try to get one though and rug cant wait t^ they were talking your neck of the woods and sruce run is a waste of time ice fishing your better off up north hopatcong bud lake for pike but if its a good cold winter assunpink is great aswell big bass through the ice but bait is hard to come by down their you can set up something at molders in english town call and set a date and time for picking up hes normaly closed
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What do you use for bait when ice fishing? 5hrug
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live shinners for the tip ups grubs for tipping the jiggs perch and blue gills bite good on a jig tipped with wax worms or whats called mousies when avaliable and crappies aswell for you guys down south sring lake gets a winter stocking of trout if it locks up good you can jig up some trout and all three assunpink lakes are great fishing i never tried farington but thats got pike aswell
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this is on lake hopatcong
http://www.kneedeepclub.org/Video/muskiewebguy.wmv
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Nice fish! t^
Sounded like a lot of wind that day.
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Nice catch.
Where in relation to the island were you.
Boy that looks cold and the wind sounds nasty.
Paul
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thats not me thats one of the regulars on the lake i know he fishes chesnut point and river styxs alot he gets 10 lb channel cats jigging
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Cool... TT^
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Spruce Run is good for pike through the ice. But in only gets safe ice in a cold winter.
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I went once, By the time I got home everything I caught MELTED rofla rofla hhppy hhppy
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I went once, By the time I got home everything I caught MELTED rofla rofla hhppy hhppy
And you lost the recipe for making new ice! TT^
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I went once, By the time I got home everything I caught MELTED rofla rofla hhppy hhppy
And you lost the recipe for making new ice! TT^
rofla hhppy Thats why our new fridge has a Ice Maker, Now I just have to worry about CATCHING it in a glass rofla rofla chrz
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Just be careful you just might catch a cold. That is nothing to sneeze at this time of year. hhppy
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Hey, I'm leaving Monday for Northern Maine to do some ice fishing! There is plenty of ice up there. My Dad put his shack on the lake on the 30th and after he cut the hole he measured 10 inches of clear ice and about 3 inches of white ice. There will be close to 3 feet, if not more by the end of February.
The state of Maine puts a chart on the back page of the regulation book that tells you how much weight the ice can handle. It's good info to have. Here it is...
Permissible load based on clear, blue lake ice:
2"-One person on foot
3"-Group of people walking single file (I put a snowmobile on 3")
7 1/2"-Passenger car (2 ton gross)
8"-Light truck (2 1/2 ton gross)
10"-Medium truck (3 1/2 ton gross)
12"-Heavy truck ( 7 - 8 ton gross)
15"-Heavy truck ( 10 ton gross)
20"-25 tons
25"-45 tons
30"-70 tons
36"-110 tons
He said there were trucks driving all over the lake and parking next to each other. I can't wait to get up there!
Ice fishing is great. There's nothing like being out in -25 degree temps in the middle of the lake at 4:30am drilling holes with an ice auger and sniffing up the snot only to have your nostrils freeze shut!! WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!
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good luck. not to much ice in jersey. maine is getting a lot of snow and it just misses us. i go the the king , gotta love it . good luck. take some pics t^
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Good morning guys!! Just an update...got up here to Maine 1 day late cause of the snow storm. Went ice fishing yesterday with my dad and girlfriend and we did pretty good. I caught 3 landlocked salmon, girlfriend caught 2, dad caught 2. My girlfriend and I each had one that was 3 1/2 pounds! I'll post pics when we get back to jersey. Gotta go now, we're heading back out there now to do it all over again...only thing is...it's -6 degrees outside right now!!! brrrrrr
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Nice report Basslover. That's too cold for my blood. Brrrrrrrrrr. t^
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Glad to hear your trip to maine was a success Basslover.
Temp's are supposed to be below freezing for the next week here in northern NJ.
Hopefully the lakes will safe enough in a couple of week.
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keeping a eye on you ;D
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keeping a eye on you ;D
You going to join us? Green Turtle Pond maybe?
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You going to join us? Green Turtle Pond maybe
when?????? 5hrug 5hrug
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I think we'll know more by next weekend Wing, my best guess would be the first week of Feb at the earliest.
This recent warm spell didn't help matters.
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there is no ice yet . I think it will get cold and them warm up . I will keep a eye on it . Geen turtle pond is right by me bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D THAT FELLS GOOD. just had to do that rofla rofla rofla chrz chrz chrz chrz TT^
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there is no ice yet . I think it will get cold and them warm up . I will keep a eye on it . Geen turtle pond is right by me bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh bngh ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D THAT FELLS GOOD. just had to do that rofla rofla rofla chrz chrz chrz chrz TT^
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Damn, my head hurts now. (http://smilies.sofrayt.com/eng/brick%20wall.gif)(http://smilies.sofrayt.com/eng/brick%20wall.gif)(http://smilies.sofrayt.com/eng/brick%20wall.gif)
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hhppy hhppy
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5hrug
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there should be ice soon...
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Don't feel bad, even the lakes up by me are no good right now. Last weeks warm spell did them in on the edges. Might be a bit for safe ice!
I did get out twice already this year with the kids. Fished White Lake in Sullivan for a mess a pickerel on tip-ups a few Saturdays ago. Ice was 5" in the coves and no good in the middle of the lake. Went through three dozen large shiners. Had a few bite offs but the action was good for the few hours we were there.
We need some cold weather soon.
(http://www.myfishpix.com/gallery/data/500/ice_08_kids.jpg)