Central NJ Ice Bass Assassins at it Again! 2/9/14

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by JimmyMas

Should have got out of bed earlier. Crap!

Dale said a few times that "JimmyMas is missing a good day!" lol

[ScowardNJ]

Whoa! Nice day fellas....This winter has a bunch of us ice rookies exploring our local holes in ways we never have!

[Skunk City]

Great report and nice LMB's! Like Scott said, lots of rookies(like myself) out there enjoying the awesome ice we've been blessed with this winter.

[GetANet]

It's like six pm monday and I'm still smiling!!! Guy's at work were sick about hearing about our day yesterday for sure!!!

I just had that feeling about the spot we were fishing We found some nice green weed beds in about 10-15ft of water last week and I wanted to hit it again. We had great action there last week even though it was 75% perch and 25% bass so I expected to be having another Perch Fest but to not a one!
ALL LM, nice size beautifully colored. We were quite satisfied with the day before we caught those last two fish!

That never happens, ever!!! One large fish sure, TWO within minutes???
The pics don't do any justice to those fish!!!
I was beside my self NOT only for me But also for Jeremy!!! His smile met at the back of his head he was so happy!

Not that I know anything about catching fish but it appeared to me that as we were sitting there getting ready to wind up for the day, the front had started to come in they were forecasting.
All of a sudden it got cloudy, the breeze picked up and felt like the temp dropped like ten degree's.
I think that triggered these bigger fish to feed.
Seemed like a school of these fish came in and chowed down based on the weather change.

[GetANet]

Mentor eh?

Gave him quite a lesson on landing fish on the ice yesterday as well.
Earlier in the day he started kicking the old man's behind and I was trying to catch up! Any one who fishes with me knows I'm not too quick or able to move too well, back/neck probs etc. so I wasn't running for flags so that gave him a slight advantage. I was hooked up and as I'm pulling the bass threw the hole it comes off in the hole. I JUMP down on the ice and jam my arm into the hole up to my elbow and pin the bass against the bottom of the ice with my hand! I was able to work the fish back to the hole and just as i start trying to work it back thru the hole it slipped out of my hand and I lost it!
Almost had it but sure FUNNY AS HELL to watch!!!

But I landed the two that counted ! Pressure was ON!! I knew we weren't dragging either one of them out of the hole by the leader!!!
He played that fish like an expert in my book!

[kmaty]

Yea dude... I'm scratching and twitching over here lol. I still have to get used to the booms and tremors of expanding ice though. I almost jumped outta my boots a number of times during the day saturday. Dale got a kick out of it haha

You and me both ive been on the ice for a few yrs now but every ounce and a while it gets me the other day out by the island on hopatcong it would sound like it cracking witch it did then pick up and slam creapy stuff!

[GetANet]

The ice where we were at every once in a while you could feel the ice rise and sag back down, you could see the water in the holes rise and fall was pretty cool. No way were we going thru the ice it was three to four inches of hard frozen snow on top of six or seven clear inches. Stays cold gonna have ice in CJ till March!

Bring on MARCH MADNESS!!!!!!!ON THE ICE!!!!