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My best spot produces 25-30 walleyes every year, and from.what I know 6 guys fish it and out of the guys I'm the only guy that will take one or two 18-22" walleyes. The other guys are strictily catch and release and it shows. Not to mention the safety factor. If you know what you are doing you don't have to ask for reports, if you gotta ask for safe reports on river ice you probably shouldn't be on river ice. Its a lot more complicated then saying there is safe ice because river conditions change daily and in within a foot or two can go from 18" of black ice to skim ice.
Like your pack Ski. Keep it light.
http://poconorecord.com/article/20150222/NEWS/150229832Looks like a lot of people were out on the Water Gap this weekend.
I won't be posting that up soon, if ever on here. I'm not gonna have blood on my hands when some internet river ice expert ends up dying because they don't know how to scout river ice properly I lost over an inch of ice in that spot in 45 minutes on Sunday and had open water that most likely skimmed over both up and down from me. It's no longer safe in my eyes (and I packed up my gear and left after only 2 hours because of it) but wouldn't stop some people from going out because they read about it online
I have fished the Gap for almost 2 months now . Time for a change. Going to hit my crappie ponds now. Plenty of ice and idots down there still. Not many going for Eyes . Just Cats. Saw that baby cariage down there again yesterday. I am done there. Waiting to here about a drowning soon. People never learn. I did good this year. I will post pics when the ice is gone
Very nice eye! I've never caught any crappie out of the river but did get into some huge perch this year! Nice fish guys! Keep up the good work
Was a tough year for me, i explored several new areas down south where I've never seen it freeze before. Definitely got away from the crowds from up north but the fishing was tough, couple walleyes, nice 14" crappies and some panfish. Did get my personal best tho