Author Topic: Closest Out of State Locations (Read 6194 times)

RJP · « **on:** Jan 03, 2007, 11:19 AM »

On the chance that NJ temperatures do not get below 50 degrees this winter, what would you suggest as the best out of state locations.

Coming from Essex County, either NY or PA are a possibiblity.

Do you have any thoughts on one over the other - shortest drives, price for out-of-state licenses, other tips and suggestions.

Hopefully, we don't have to use this, but just in case.........

TIA - Russ

Icenutter · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 03, 2007, 12:39 PM »

Right now I believe the closest locations here in the East are Northern Main or Northern Michigan/Wisconsin.

ShawnM · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 03, 2007, 12:51 PM »

there is or was ice way up North in NY by VT. So you are looking at a 5 to 6 hour drive. Main you are looking at a 8 to 9 hour drive

LoneWolf · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 03, 2007, 04:04 PM »

I made it up NY state this past Sunday ... 4 hrs each way. I was getting desperate and JAw is running out of time before he goes back to AZ. We hit a small lake with 3 1/2" of ice and you could get out about 100 feet or so before it dropped to 2 1/2". Managed to jig up pickerel and perch.

I'd be surprised if the ice will be 2" this weekend.

NJ_ICE_HUNTER · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 03, 2007, 04:36 PM »

Just Got back from Maine.....8 hr drive to the western mountain region. The ice was scarce there too but I found around 4-6 inches on a few ponds and smaller lakes

THE Spud · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 04, 2007, 10:20 AM »

Keep an eye on Lake Jean Ricketts Glen State Park in PA onlty about 2.5 hrs from you one of the first lakes to freeze in PA. Reports Board for PA will probly let you know first day it's safe should be soon

FRED

LoneWolf · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 05, 2007, 08:03 AM »

Thanks Fred !

RJP · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 07, 2007, 08:25 AM »

Thanks for the info - I'm going to take a look at that lake Fred suggested.

Bad sign yesterday when the dogs were laying around with their tongues hanging out. Not what we want to see in January!!!!!

Russ

Sub Zero · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 08, 2007, 06:42 AM »

How about Alaska? Sorry for being a pessimist but I'm done waiting and wondering. Maybe next year??? See Ya!
Lake Hopatcong Forecast:
Today
Jan 8 Rain
50°/30° 80%

Tue
Jan 9 PM Showers
43°/27° 40%

Wed
Jan 10 Partly Cloudy
37°/23° 10%

Thu
Jan 11 Sunny
44°/33° 10%

Fri
Jan 12 Cloudy
55°/44° 10%

Sat
Jan 13 Few Showers
60°/46° 30%

Sun
Jan 14 Showers
70°/39° 40%

Mon
Jan 15 Showers
49°/26° 60%

KingKool · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 08, 2007, 08:57 AM »

I dont know,this is unreal...although i see next Wednesdays forcast for Hackettstown has a high of only 35 with a low of 24...maybe thats the start of something. Who knows....lol

KingKool · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 08, 2007, 09:01 AM »

Also just checked the 10-15 day forecast on accuweather and from Wed the 17th to Mon the 22nd highs below freezing and lows in the Teens...too early to get excited huh???

JigAwhopper · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 08, 2007, 08:14 PM »

I'm flying back to AZ this w/e, I think I'll have a better luck finding some ice in the high mountians I think. This winter was a big disappointment for me so far $:-\$

Jig4M · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 09, 2007, 10:27 AM »

I feel your pain jigAwhopper! As I left for work this morning I saw a frozen puddle in my driveway and got my hopes up only to find out the temp is supposed to go back up again. Maybe next year will be better. Any way have a safe trip.

HaveAuger · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 09, 2007, 08:01 PM »

................ We shall see

WARREN-MORRIS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
332 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2007

.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS
EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH MORE ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS OR
FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. A LOCALIZED COATING POSSIBLE. LOWS IN
THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 40
PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 20 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS. NORTHWEST
WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE MID 30S.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S.
.SUNDAY...CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 40S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 30S.
.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE
OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S.
.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW...POSSIBLY
SOME RAIN IN THE EVENING. COLDER WITH LOWS IN THE MID 20S. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.

Hopefully it is a start!

NJ_ICE_HUNTER · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 10, 2007, 08:49 AM »

Forecast for Highland Lakes NJ for next week from ACCUWEATHER........ Small warm spell this weekend but I think we will be ok

Wednesday, Jan 10 Windy; a little morning snow Low: 15 °F High: 30 °F

Thursday, Jan 11 Mostly sunny and breezy Low: 22 °F High: 37 °F

Friday, Jan 12 Milder with periods of sun Low: 33 °F High: 46 °F

Saturday, Jan 13 A shower possible Low: 29 °F High: 41 °F

Sunday, Jan 14 Mostly cloudy, rain possible Low: 33 °F High: 40 °

Monday, Jan 15 Windy with rain possible Low: 28 °F High: 43 °F

Tuesday, Jan 16 Windy and colder Low: 11 °F High: 32 °F

Wednesday, Jan 17 Sunshine and patchy clouds Low: 11 °F High: 30 °F

Thursday, Jan 18 Sunny Low: 14 °F High: 29 °F

Friday, Jan 19 Times of clouds and sun Low: 14 °F High: 32 °F

Saturday, Jan 20 Mostly cloudy Low: 13 °F High: 31 °F

Sunday, Jan 21 Mostly sunny Low: 17 °F High: 31 °F

Monday, Jan 22 Rather cloudy Low: 18 °F High: 32 °F

Tuesday, Jan 23 Times of clouds and sun Low: 18 °F High: 31 °F

Wednesday, Jan 24 Snow Low: 25 °F

KingKool · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 10, 2007, 12:21 PM »

Thats exactly what i saw on accuweather...I will make a prediction,there will be safe ice in somewhere in NJ by the end of January...lol wishful thinking?

lol

Jig4M · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 10, 2007, 12:48 PM »

I hope you're right KingKool! What do you consider safe?

KingKool · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 10, 2007, 04:51 PM »

Quote from: Auggie on Jan 10, 2007, 12:48 PM

I hope you're right KingKool! What do you consider safe?

4 inches of course!!!

I just read something about the arctic front that is moving down next week and from what i read it could be here for a while and based on the forecast starting next Tuesday it looks to be coming...crossing my fingers big time.

Bukshot · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 04:59 AM »

NJ Ice Hunter, You're forecast looks like a good one. It looks like they are calling for pretty cold weather to arrive by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Let's hope it stays !!! This SUCKS ... I swear if we get fishable ice by February 1st or thereabouts, I am going to fish every day for a month !!! Work will have to wait. I know here in Central Jersey, Davidson's Mill Pond is usually the first to freeze up. Which places ice-up the quickest in Northern Jersey? Anyone with info. I appreciate it. Thanks.

KingKool · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 08:30 AM »

I will wait till the water on my pool cover freezes before i get excited about anything!

NJ_ICE_HUNTER · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 09:52 AM »

Some of my lakes here in Highland Lakes are skimmed over as of yesterday. This weekend with the cold rain and possible wind will hurt them but there is gonna be a sever temp drop Monday night. Highs are going to be in the 20's to low 30's for a week with lows in the single digits and teens. I plan to be on the ice locally by next sat 1/20

Red eSox · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 10:35 AM »

budd lake freezes over just before lake hopatcong here in morris county.
i've got my debut scheduled for 1-20 as well.

KingKool · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 10:46 AM »

Quote from: Red eSox on Jan 12, 2007, 10:35 AM

budd lake freezes over just before lake hopatcong here in morris county.
i've got my debut scheduled for 1-20 as well.

Oh man,i was hoping for the weekend of the 27th to make that short drive over to Budd... but i like you guys enthusiasm! The 20th it is!!!

Jig4M · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 10:57 AM »

Quote from: NJ_ICE_HUNTER on Jan 12, 2007, 09:52 AM

Some of my lakes here in Highland Lakes are skimmed over as of yesterday. This weekend with the cold rain and possible wind will hurt them but there is gonna be a sever temp drop Monday night. Highs are going to be in the 20's to low 30's for a week with lows in the single digits and teens. I plan to be on the ice locally by next sat 1/20

I hope your prediction is right because it can't happen soon enough for me! Where do you plan on going?

NJ_ICE_HUNTER · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 12:48 PM »

one of my private lakes around here, lake hopatcong, or somewhere over the border in PA

Jig4M · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 01:23 PM »

If your private lakes freeze by the 20th then ShawnM's lake should too, but I say no way Hopatcong freezes by then. It didn't freeze last year and I don't see it freezing this year either, not with the temps on this roller coaster trend of up and down. Shawn and I fished only once on his lake last year. The rest of the time we went to Highland lake in NY.

KingKool · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 01:46 PM »

With what accuweather is forecasting for the next 15 days the State Park will be safe enough...Budd will be ready to go to...the cold weather is supposed to start Tuesday...10 days of cold temps is plenty enough for good ice to form...im so ready

Sub Zero · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 01:50 PM »

Maybe our luck is starting to change!?

HaveAuger · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 05:19 PM »

NJ ICE HUNTER, when you talk of lakes freezing, (skim ice) near highland lake, are you talking NJ or NY?

kuz · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 12, 2007, 05:53 PM »

Budd is usually my first ice spot. Either there or local ponds and small lakes that are wind protected. Looks like even with the cold temps predicted the poconos might be the move for the first trip. Hopefully things will pan out as predicted, and I could optimistically anticipate gettin on some ice 1/20 or soon thereafter.

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Author Topic: Closest Out of State Locations (Read 6194 times)