NJF ICE Meet & Greet parts 1,2,3
 

Hey fellow HARD WATER ANGLERS! Im looking to arrange a MEET-N GREET on January 5th and 6th. Who's in??? Being as Budd Lake and the north side of Monksville usually freeze first, Im choosing these bodies of water as our ICE PLAYGROUND. If you cant make it out on the 5th than come on out on the 6th. If no ICE or unsafe ICE than the MEET-N-GREET will be moved to January 12th and 13th. Hopefully we'll have plenty of happy ICE between now and then. I'm looking forward to meeting alot of you fellas and really hope that we get a good showing of people. I'm looking to make up for a ton of lost fall fishing time. Cant wait to see you out there. YEA BUDDY!!! TIGHT LINES!!!:D

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Ice playground??

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I'm down to catch some anorexic pike at Budd or get skunked at Monksville.

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I'm game for some ice fishing, but after today and tm it looks like we could be back in shorts and t-shirts in another month:rolleyes:

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We can always jig out them Golden Shiners and stunted Crappie at Budd. Monksville is slime dart heaven and there's plenty of 3 inch Bluegills to jig up. LOL!!! Hopefully someone will get a 40+ fish.

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ICE FISHING PLAYGROUND!!! Are you coming out youngster?

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Friggin heatwave!!!

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Budd used to be a great place to jig up goldens but it's been dead the last few years. Jigging for panfish used to be great too but it's gone downhill and the fish you catch are usually small. Unfortunately I think the bucket brigade cleaned out a lot of fish. I won't be catching any pickerel or panfish at Monksville, I'll be swinging for the fences with all big baits on tipups.

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I usually keep 1 tip-up out so I can jig. Hopefully everyone will be droppin down BIG BAITS! Let's get em!!!

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I would try some jigging if we went to Budd. I only have a few goldens in my tank and it's at least worth a try. I usually catch a few pike every time I go there, but I can almost guarantee we won't get a 40. I've seen a few in the mid 30 inch range but have heard of a 40 coming out of there.