don't stop - believin'

[buzzbaiter]

The odd thing about this ice season is that on January 1st, most lakes and ponds were ice-free. After checking a few web-cams, the ice has been solid since around Jan 5th. Last year ice was in from late November and out by the 23rd at least in northern Warren county.

[bigboy5522]

Where do you check the web-cams? Checking the conditions before going would be great

[buzzbaiter]

Weather Underground weather website has what the call "personal weather stations" (PWS) throughout the country. Most have live webcams. Its good to use to see snow and ice melting. Only a few have the camera pointing in the direction of water. Couple on Lk Hopatcong; one in Succasunna and another in Allamuchy on a golf course. I use the Allamuchy one since its closest.



http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/...t/2/show.html#

Some of the NJDOT cameras also have some views of water. Its good way to scout out conditions you'd otherwise have no idea how they are(frozen/running high/weedy, etc). I-287 @Boonton shows the Rockaway River if you look closely enough.

[Chris_JC]

Originally Posted by gwl2oneida

Gwl is probably still mostly safe but at this point I wanna see open water.

I fished GWL yesterday - there was still 10 -15" ice and it was cold Sat night so edges not bad - by end of day they got a little sloppier. As I was approaching the lake yesterday about 6:15 the Journey song came on Q104.3 and I thought of this thread!