New guy from Orange County NY

[icetime]

WELCOME NEW GUY !!!!!!!!!!  AND HELLO GAMALOT, ICEBALLS AND ICEFISHRNY - HAD A GREAT TIME ON BIG POND LAST YEAR, LETS DO SOMETHING AGAIN THIS YEAR!  P.S. GLENN DID YOU GET THE PICS I SENT OF YOU AND YOUR SON WITH HIS FIRST TROUT LAST YEAR ?

[IcefishrNY]

WELCOME NEW GUY !!!!!!!!!!  AND HELLO GAMALOT, ICEBALLS AND ICEFISHRNY - HAD A GREAT TIME ON BIG POND LAST YEAR, LETS DO SOMETHING AGAIN THIS YEAR!  P.S. GLENN DID YOU GET THE PICS I SENT OF YOU AND YOUR SON WITH HIS FIRST TROUT LAST YEAR ?

Icetime,

I did get the pics, thanks again they came out great. Looking forward to some more get-togethers this season.

[wolfpak3770]

WOW! I would have never guessed there would be so many hard water guys in my area. Glad I found this site and thanks for the warm welcome . Monticello FD hasn't announced the details on thier tourney this year but it was held on Sackett Lake last year in February.

[IceBalls]

HEY -- ICEMEDIC!! 
Thanks for the heads-up John.  We're talking about where to go this weekend.... White Pond is in the "mix"!   We were also thinkin about Lake Hopatcong in NJ...the Jersey guys are gonna hit it heavy this weekend.

Looking forward to spending some days with you, IcefishrNY, Gamalot, and th rest of you Ice-Nuts!!

Rodger

[Gamalot]

Hi Guys and just a heads up to be careful out there! I fished Big Pond thursday!
Where the snow covered it was about 3" and where it was bare ice was a bit more.
I could see the ice flexing as I walked and water comming up thru the holes.
Talk about ICE BALLS!!!!
No fish to speak of but I did not venture too far off shore!
Was going to go again today but figured there might be a bunch there and I just don't trust it yet with a bunch of weight on the thin ice.
Hope it stays cold at night and the ice keeps building. A warm snap now will put us back to square one.
Hope to see you all again this year and if anyone does get out be sure to report ice conditions.
Gary

[tommytipup]

hi guys, I currently live in NJ, but will probably be moving to western orange, or eastern sullivan next summer and an looking for some lakes to ice fish. My brother and I have a cabin up in chenago cty but havent made a trip up to ice fish since we bought it.

[Gamalot]

You can have this area, I will use the cabin!!!!

Not much happening here for ice fishing. Most of the better lakes are private. Some of the public spots are OK depending what you want to catch. Scally critters, pan fish, pickerel and pearch are common but trout are few and far between. Think there is only five places to legally fish trout in hard water. White Lake, Lake huntington, Big and Little ponds and Mongaupe Pond. Might be a few in Orange.
Swinging Bridge is dead this year because the dam has a leak and they drained it. Superior might be OK and if you can find a good Farm pond they usually have some nice pickerel.
Mongaup falls and Rio to the best of my knowledge are off limits but others might have better info on them.
I only fish for trout and only where they are legal so I don't pay much attention to the other spots.

Welcome to the mountains and IS.
Gary

[USMC130FE]

Hey "Southern Zone Fishers.  I was on some lakes here in Orange County and had 5+ inches of ice on all lakes with the only problem areas were around the inlets because of the melting we had.  The weather looks good for the forseeable future.  Going to try Chadakee Lake up by Newpaltz and see if I can slam the Crappies and Pickeral tonight.

Tim, yes a get together is needed..........soon!

T/L
Steve

[ice boy19]

WHAT 5 IN. YES!!!! ICE!!!!!!! what lakes? 

[settlepa]

White pond has atleast 5" on it was up there today (Mon) got a few decent pass and 1 pickeral saw a few nice craps caught.  Need your spikes very slippery with no snow on it. 

[Gamalot]

Just got home from Big Pond and I consider it safe now! Solid 6" Measyred in most spots except toward the outlet and inlet streams.
Not much happening with the fish but there is almost twice as much ice today as there was on thursday.
Does not look like many fish this week end and only found a few more holes then when I left thursday.
It has been staying cold up there day and night. Never got above 21 today and it was 12 and dropping quick at 4PM. Won't be surprised if there is 8" by this week end but 6" is just fine with me. No more flexing and no more ropes to shore.

Gary

[JasonUpstate]

Just got home from Big Pond and I consider it safe now! Solid 6" Measyred in most spots except toward the outlet and inlet streams.
Not much happening with the fish but there is almost twice as much ice today as there was on thursday.
Does not look like many fish this week end and only found a few more holes then when I left thursday.
It has been staying cold up there day and night. Never got above 21 today and it was 12 and dropping quick at 4PM. Won't be surprised if there is 8" by this week end but 6" is just fine with me. No more flexing and no more ropes to shore.

Gary

I might have to get my fix this weekend up there... You going up at all this weekend?

I can bring my new camera too!!!!!!!!!!!

[ice boy19]

thank god!!!!! yes i can fish now!!! thanks for the report gary!!  so not much action but thats ok!! at least theres ice!! prob wont be able to get up there till next weekend but still better then nothing

[Gamalot]

I try to avoid the crowds on the week ends and especially this week end cause I have to stand guard and make sure Santa doesn't fill my chimney with coal! 

It would be nice to see the camera in action and do a grid search to see if we can find the fish! They sure were not anywhere I was today. Never had a flag and just one punny pickerel on the rod.
Bitter cold and real windy at times.
Just keep our fingers crossed we don't get a warm rain or serious warm spell and we will be good for the season.

Gary

[HomerJay]

Hey from orange and you guys were talking about white pond. Just wondering where it is.

[ice boy19]

i think its in dutchess? lol