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How much of Budd is still open? At the initial freeze were the shorelines pretty much frozen all around? Looks like Budd will be jammed this weekend, like usual at first ice. Just wondering if there will be enough good ice to spread out a bit, or just at the beach.
I havent checked this week but last Sunday it was frozen all around with the middle open....Your right,looks like there will be alot of people but as long as there is enough safe ice and space for everyone i enjoy seeing alot of people out..that being said i'll be there early!!!
I like to see a lot of guys too, safety in numbers and good times, but I'd really like to see a lot of safe ice!!!I'd just hate to see guys moving out for space and putting themselves in an unsafe perdicament. I'm gonna check some spots tomorrow morning, maybe just bring the hand auger and a jiggin pole to set my plan for the weekend.
Stopped by Budd this morning. Cut 2 holes out from the parking lot by the castle. first hole was about 25ft out with 4-4.5 inches. cut another another 20ft out with about 3.5- maybe 4 in. nice clear black stuff. only soul up there, not enough for me by myself. and it was cold!! . if there was someone else i would have fished. still a good amount of open water. stay away from 46 side except by beach. LH state park looked good out to the right. ice as far as i could see, with the exception of some open water in front of and a spot out from the spillway. Stopped by Mt. Hope pond and that was locked up, but didn't look too thick. Spot usually is good to jig some trout, but the perch are small in that joint. Musconetcong was locked up, guys have been out there. Saw some holes cut on Budd, they were froze over enough that I couldn't break through with my foot. Weekend is looking promising for safety, fishing is definately on (for the brave)
You know its cold when while driving my kids to school down rt 57 i look over and see chunks of ice in the Musky River....even iced over in some of the real slow moving spots... All this in one night!!! Should of added decent thickness to already iced over areas and we still have today and tonight to help as well...ITS ON!!!!!
i called dows they said 5 in state park and wood port and they open at 6 am im heading to hopatcong if anyone wants to hook up and i have a couple of extra tip ups if some never went and want to try it out ill be going to woodport
wood port is the very north end its alittle more sheltered than the rest of the lake the yellow perch bunch up back in that cove big time yull see guys that just keep moving trying to locate a school and when they get on the they load up and lots of crappie and blue gills gigging as well and tip ups it can get crazy running after flags but you do get slow days but i never get skunked back in their always catch someting I'm going sunday if you want to hook up your welcome to come along i can meet you at dows if you know were that is if not the shell station on rt 15 by berksirevalley road ill check back latter
If you are going to woodport , just a little advice , don't park at the old smitty's tavern[oh sullivans pub] the owner was leaving notes on the cars yesterday saying if you want to park there you have to pay $20 , or come in and eat and drink $20 worth, She was telling me that people were leaving garbage and fileted fish all over the place making a mess.Woodport has close to 6" of ice all black , but the fishing wasn't that hot , although we did manage a few nice perch. There was close to 40 guy's out there ice fishing yesterday.
