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Hmmm, I live in the South East Pa, Delaware, New Jersey tri-state area. I'm originally from Pa but now live outside of Wilmington. When frozen as in now I find myself ice fishing in Gloucester and Salem Counties. These counties are dotted with a plethora of small lakes and ponds of various sizes. When frozen like now this is the closest ice fishing to my locale. I was out yesterday on a lake outside of Mulica Hill and had had it all to myself, same thing last week. The ice is 10" with 3" of frozen soup on top. The fishing has been slow so far. I've bagged some real fat perch and a mess of gills, no crappie yet. I've also caught bass and pickerel. I've been fishing South jersey for 7 yrs now and the fishing is as good or better than anywhere close in Pa. I'm not interested in Delaware, tried it once 5 yr ago and wasn't impressed. The closest lake fishable water in Pa from me are over twice as far as the Jersey action and there is no other anglers present almost 98% of the time. Maybe I'll see you out there someday.
I think most people in Jersey avoid South Jersey figure and it's warmer and there's no ice but when it's cold we get good ice and as you said there's some real nice little ponds and lakes down through Salem and Cumberland County