New ice reports

[bobssandt]

hey guys just wanted to give everyone an update as to where there is safe ice so far...There has been guys fishing on the causeway on east branch, back side of west branch on nichols, white pond and by the weekend we should be seeing guys out on goldens bridge it had about an inch or so the other night I also herd that behind DOT was iced over off of route 100 but that has not been confirmed! Good luck out there guys i hope to see most of you soon and BE SAFE!

[westputrout]

 the only thing frozen on white pond was the area by the dam   maybe 2 football fields worth  the rest was open   DO NOT TRY IT

[canoejon]

I went up to Sullivan County yesterday with a friend. We took a nice mess of perch and pickerel from Swan Lake. It's only about 10 feet deep. My buddy saw a big walleye come through the ice the week before out of Morningside Lake, another shallow one. I'm hoping Swinging Bridges will be good by the end of this week.

[bobssandt]

the only thing frozen on white pond was the area by the dam   maybe 2 football fields worth  the rest was open   DO NOT TRY IT

Weird cuz just yesterday I had 5 guys in here that said they had just came down from white pond and they said they were fishing it? strange...but I havnt seen it for myself so if you have seen this then they may have been mistaken about where they were maybe?

[westputrout]

 yeah  i drove by sunday around 3;oo  rite b4 the giants game  and like i said it was all open exept by the dam  and ramp  and nobody out there   maybe they got the wrong lake  the little pond rite up the road was coverd over its called Barret pond  good bass and pickeral yellows and a few crappie about 7- 8 ft deepest   


                                       WE ARE ALL GOING CRAZY WAITING FOR ICE
                                               BUT PLEASE BE CAREFULL
                                             

[Trout Stalker]

Don't be fooled by Diverting. Drilled a hole near shore and there was only 1.5"! Heard Sodom has 5" from someone standing on the ice when he called me. Boggs is good too from what I heard. Be safe out there!

[VinnyH]

Don't be fooled by Diverting. Drilled a hole near shore and there was only 1.5"! Heard Sodom has 5" from someone standing on the ice when he called me. Boggs is good too from what I heard. Be safe out there!

I might try BB someday. I've caught some nice yellow perch there.
Thanks,
Vinny

[ChrisD]

I can confirm that the backside of the East Branch has a solid 5" of black Ice, did not check the main part of the reservoir but it looked a little scetchy.

[westputrout]

  if anybody can verify that the big side of Sodom  [east brach] is frozen  safe post it please .. good walleye  white  yellows  and some trout     cant wait   

[ChrisD]

  if anybody can verify that the big side of Sodom  [east brach] is frozen  safe post it please .. good walleye  white  yellows  and some trout     cant wait   

The area I checked was on the main basin in the shallower northern arm. I think my original post might be misunderstood to mean the small basin on the north side of the causeway. I am probably hitting it tommorrow.

[westputrout]

 yeh  i  think im going there 2  but want 2 check the big side out by the train tacks  some good sunken island and old foundations there    here WALLIE WALLIE

[BigWilly]

yeh  i  think im going there 2  but want 2 check the big side out by the train tacks  some good sunken island and old foundations there    here WALLIE WALLIE

Im going to get the rest of my ice fishing gear tomorrow.  I'm checking it out sunday, along with every other person who read the exact spot you think they are at.lol

Seriously, this is my first year ice fishing and walleye are one of my main target, can't wait.  I have been PM about a few spots but no one has been quite as specific.

[striperman13]

Just to let folks know,upton lake has about 4 inches on the front of the lake.The back end is still open thanks to those dumb geese. Both sides are around the 2 to 3 inch so need to be carefull there.From what I have seen some trout are coming out but haven't seen any large ones yet.

[westputrout]

  any body been or seen the ice cond. on the  rt 6 side  going towards conn?  heard sodom was hit hard by the causeway

[canoejon]

We were up on Swinging Bridges reservoir in Sullivan County on Friday. We caught a bunch of tasty crappie, dink perch and walleye, lost a BIG walleye at the hole, but the highlight of the day was feeding this beautiful young bald eagle that showed up on the ice whenever a fish came up. Blindly into the glare, I shot my first video on my Iphone. I'm not sure how to create the link here, but I did put it up on Youtube if you type in Feeding a Bald Eagle While Ice Fishing." He would nail the shorts we threw on the ice about ten feet from us.