Approx 8 weeks till fishing.......

[bgreene]

Here in NJ........time flies.

[captpete13]

I'm counting the days.

[phatdaddy]

st patricks day kicks it off for us
should be seeing squid soon
water temp is 58*

[jamesbalog]

id like to be fishing here in ohio in a month but mother nature seems to be vetoing that one.... Erie is close to 100% covered in ice

[SkunkBoat]

I wish it was 8 weeks but more realistic it is 12 weeks.
except for a 2 winter flounder limit beginning in March, there ain't nothing to catch til mid May stripers arrive in numbers.
Water temp at Ambrose buoy is 36 degrees.
I'm just looking forward to some warm weather to get the boat ready

[bgreene]

Stripers in Raritan on clam and trolled plugs usually by mid April......maybe later this year due to the cold water but we'll see !

[Striper80]

Can't wait. I'm finally going to be back at AHMM for the first season since before Sandy.

[bgreene]

Can't wait. I'm finally going to be back at AHMM for the first season since before Sandy.

Nice ........... you'll be in great position for the ocean and bay fishing.

[A ReelCool Chick]

And we just got 7" of snow....yay me.

[SkunkBoat]

Well, there were ice boats sailing out on the Toms River and Barnegat Bay today. It is a rare winter where that happens...if that gives you any idea of how cold it has been. Usually they are up in the mountain lakes not on salt bays.

[garbubba]

Any day now I'll start hearing Lemonfish reports.

[phatdaddy]

weird how they show up to the west first. ( i guess your talking about ling or cobia) i have always heard they migrate up from south fl. to us seems like mobile, pcola, and destin get a visit before we do.

[bradford]

When Phatdaddy posts up some new spanish mackerel pics is when winter is just about over.

[phatdaddy]

the old timers say the spanish arrive around the third foggy day in march
today was day #1

planning on trying to go on wed

[SkunkBoat]

thats funny...stripers arrive here about 3rd foggy day in May.

[phatdaddy]

third foggy day produced this little guy. water still dirty and temp @ 60*. this was the only thing we caught in 2 .5 hours of trolling. depending how cold this next front is, still got a couple of weeks to go


http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo214/gls216/NCM_0091_zpsdp27slkf.jpg (http://s377.photobucket.com/user/gls216/media/NCM_0091_zpsdp27slkf.jpg.html)

good to know these little scouts are here, also, i made sure the new motor was in the pic, don't want u guys to think i was salting the mine with last years pics

[macojoe]

water temp here this AM is 32* it going to be a while!!

[phatdaddy]

that's pretty close to our drink ice temp

[Striper80]

Snow melted a little more today, I can almost get my boat out of its spot in the backyard. Can't wait.

[A ReelCool Chick]

Water temps in Va. are mid 40's.

[phatdaddy]

ours is at 70*-72*, but still no spanish. still no squid, but sheephead are massing in the passes.

wife is off for spring break, going to try and go tomorrow, maybe get some updated pics

[macojoe]

water today off the cape 36* :zip:

[jamesbalog]

about another week or two left until fishing starts for me here in ohio.

i attached a map and circled te ice out fishing area in red, all we need is a big southwest blow and she should start to break up more... and were getting it tomorrow along with 65 degree temps and rain :sly:

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/jbalog30/erie_zpswvgt2iu9.jpg (http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/jbalog30/media/erie_zpswvgt2iu9.jpg.html)