Ice is here, time to give up, maybe

[briansnat]

I finally packed my boat up for the winter today. The local lakes are largely covered with ice. I drove by Pinecliff Lake in West Milford today, not a small lake, and it was about 90 percent covered with ice. The smaller ponds are 100 percent covered.

After last year with little safe ice, this is a nice start for ice fishing. I'm still reluctant to say the boat fishing season is over. Perhaps Round Valley is an option and I can easily unpack the boat to go there