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Title: First Ice 2014
Post by: Ski Hunter on Nov 21, 2014, 12:15 PM: I must be getting old...waited for over 3" of ice this year before I made it out (more like doubles kept me from checking it Wednesday ;) )

Anyway, made the first actual trip out this morning on somewhere between 3 and 4" of clear black ice. Only had about an hour or so as I had to take care of a few things to get ready to head offshore in search of pelagics this weekend before heading to work tonight ;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/MikeThePike/NCM_1978_zpsn5nqegpo.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/MikeThePike/NCM_1975_zpsmcwyulq2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/MikeThePike/NCM_1974_zpsdtp1neh1.jpg)
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: icewolf69 on Nov 21, 2014, 12:29 PM: What part of Pa you at? :o
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: Ski Hunter on Nov 21, 2014, 12:35 PM: Quote from: icewolf69 on Nov 21, 2014, 12:29 PM
What part of Pa you at? :o

just west of the Poconos
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: Basspunker182 on Nov 21, 2014, 12:47 PM: AWESOME :thumbsup:
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Post by: eyedoktr on Nov 21, 2014, 01:01 PM: Very nice !!
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: icewolf69 on Nov 21, 2014, 01:05 PM: Damm I am jealous ;D
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: PaWhiskerWacker on Nov 21, 2014, 01:09 PM: Nice! Congrats on the 1st trip! Making me jealous, there is a little ice on my home lake in crawford co. Ready to hit it hard!
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: cabst119 on Nov 21, 2014, 01:15 PM: Close 2nd
(http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af196/cabst119/D73BE5BB-B5E9-49E4-ADDF-4C75ACF8C586_zpsy5sl0zwj.jpg) (http://s1007.photobucket.com/user/cabst119/media/D73BE5BB-B5E9-49E4-ADDF-4C75ACF8C586_zpsy5sl0zwj.jpg.html)

(http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af196/cabst119/63E143B1-AE83-44CF-8584-83B59BC51E84_zpsiqgjw6b9.jpg) (http://s1007.photobucket.com/user/cabst119/media/63E143B1-AE83-44CF-8584-83B59BC51E84_zpsiqgjw6b9.jpg.html)
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: cabst119 on Nov 21, 2014, 02:18 PM: Yeah, I didn't want to bring my gas auger so I used a hammer, haha. Only 3" thick, not too hard to chop through.
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: ice4life on Nov 21, 2014, 02:29 PM: Anyone know how Tobyhanna or Gouldsboro are lookin?
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: J Miser on Nov 21, 2014, 04:13 PM: Mike, you aint getting old, you're getting fat, welcome to the club

After a phone call at 1024p notifying me that someone in PA is standing on the ice, I decided to leave work early, get stuck in traffic, and absolutely freeze my fingers off in 28 degree temps in hopes of something actually hitting a nightcrawler under a tip up and jigged.

Hey wait, mine are the first tip ups on the ice, pretty cool

Now the race is on to first fish on the ice

well then let me come in a filthy third in the race onto ice.
(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z241/miserjoe/ice_zps7e29c9ab.jpg) (http://s194.photobucket.com/user/miserjoe/media/ice_zps7e29c9ab.jpg.html) 2.5 inches, clean and crisp

(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z241/miserjoe/ice3_zps25a5c91e.jpg) (http://s194.photobucket.com/user/miserjoe/media/ice3_zps25a5c91e.jpg.html) looking back at the bar

(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z241/miserjoe/ice2_zps3c3054fb.jpg) (http://s194.photobucket.com/user/miserjoe/media/ice2_zps3c3054fb.jpg.html) just a pretty parting shot

this is Leisure Lake halfway up the Plateau, fishing the mid main body of the lake in 4 feet of water. This means there has to be safe ice on top of the Plateau. And if you don't get out this weekend, who knows how long you'll have to wait.

My itch is scratched.

I'll be at the Pickeral inn tomorrow morning at 7 and will get off the dam on Leisure tomorrow.

Mike, I'll be at the Susquy by you tomorrow afternoon hunting walleye since we can't get to Buffalo to hunt browns.

Welcome to new ice season - November 21, 2014, what an early start.

Van Cleaver, MarkD, Arkansaspete, call you boys tomorrow with the report.

Dr. JM
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: Mike Reilly on Nov 21, 2014, 05:21 PM: awesome good luck be safe I'm very jealous
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Post by: ship of fools on Nov 21, 2014, 06:17 PM: Great post. Where you headed this weekend? And for tuna i assume? Catch em up @)
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: wiredstone on Nov 22, 2014, 11:04 AM: I was out early this morning. ;D
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Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: ice4life on Nov 22, 2014, 11:23 AM: Is that Toby? Any luck? How thick is the ice?
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: wiredstone on Nov 22, 2014, 01:21 PM: Yes. 2 to 4" of good black ice. You can see the soft spot. :thumbsup: Slow today, but great to be on ice ;)
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Post by: charlijones on Nov 22, 2014, 05:33 PM: nice pic wired
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: PaWhiskerWacker on Nov 23, 2014, 07:47 AM: I dropped my first jigs down yesterday in nwpa, 1-1.5" of clear ice.......... The kids and I took a walk down to the lake and seen bluegills and bass in a few feet of water, they came right up to us and were staring at us through the ice. Really cool, so we ran home to get the rods. I poked a few holes using a ski pole and started my ice fishing season for 2014-15....... My season came to an abrupt hault when the ice gave way and I was in the drink. The water was only a few feet deep and the kids and I had a good laugh, as I gave a lesson on ice safety. Do as I say not as I do sorta thing, lol. Nice to get out and have some fun on the ice anyway.
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: Geomoy69 on Nov 23, 2014, 08:09 AM: I was out checking ice on 2 private ponds Saturday morning in center county both had around 1.5 on them
Title: Re: First Ice 2014
Post by: anglure on Nov 23, 2014, 08:37 AM: NICE PICS SKI !! Hope your offshore Pelagic run is a good one !!