Ice fishing and Pond Hockey - a perfect combo?

[BT67]

Grew up in Roxbury and had some "sand pits" very close to my house. Spent countless hours thru the years skating and playing hockey and would once and a while chop a hole in the ice and jig a swedish pimple for larrys but never did both at the same time. Wasn't a tip up guy, liked to jig but then again that is all I knew at that time, great memories

[FASTEDDIE29]

Gotta love Hockey!!! Unreal injuries and some seriously tough people that play the sport! Big balls, LOL!!!

On another note, union county, NJ is pretty much the only county in this little state that kicks people off the ice for skating, ice fishing, etc., etc.! Be safe where you venture out bro! The law frowns on those that enjoy the outdoors around these parts! At least to me it’s always seemed that way!!! I’ve gotten kicked off safe ice in this area over 25 times that I can remember. Good luck!!!

[logs22]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

Gotta love Hockey!!! Unreal injuries and some seriously tough people that play the sport! Big balls, LOL!!!

On another note, union county, NJ is pretty much the only county in this little state that kicks people off the ice for skating, ice fishing, etc., etc.! Be safe where you venture out bro! The law frowns on those that enjoy the outdoors around these parts! At least to me it’s always seemed that way!!! I’ve gotten kicked off safe ice in this area over 25 times that I can remember. Good luck!!!

You are right, the UC cops are pretty vigilant about kicking people off the ice at most county parks but in my experience their vigilance doesn’t extend any further than what they can see from the comfort of a heated cruiser. The mighty Rahway river though, at least in Cranford, is fair game when the ice is unquestionably safe like it was today. I managed to skate from the dam near Grays/North Union all the way up to the Nomahegan footbridge and lost count of the number of hockey pickup games I passed through on the way. It’s definitely days like Today that remind me why I choose to live a block away from a river known more for flooding than recreation.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Originally Posted by logs22

You are right, the UC cops are pretty vigilant about kicking people off the ice at most county parks but in my experience their vigilance doesn’t extend any further than what they can see from the comfort of a heated cruiser. The mighty Rahway river though, at least in Cranford, is fair game when the ice is unquestionably safe like it was today. I managed to skate from the dam near Grays/North Union all the way up to the Nomahegan footbridge and lost count of the number of hockey pickup games I passed through on the way. It’s definitely days like Today that remind me why I choose to live a block away from a river known more for flooding than recreation.

Hahahaha!!!! That’s awesome! I saw someone shoveling off the snow at the bridge this evening on my way home from work! Use it and abuse it! I think it freezes pretty quick thanks to controlled water levels.