I hope you folks all had a wonderful holiday season!
Here is my fishing report for January 8th, 2018. The 2018 Statistical Fishing Chart was updated as well.
Location: Spruce Run
Time: 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Fishes caught:
- None
Video:
Below are the highlights for this fishing session:
My 1st outing of 2018. Multi-Species fishing at the Spruce Run Reservoir in Clinton, NJ. Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my YouTube videos, please support the YouTube Channel by subscribing to it. More likes & more subscribes = more time to make videos!
Summary & Photos:
Despite having a lingering cough for almost five weeks, I finally decided to go out with my friends for some ice fishing in north New Jersey! Thus, my friends David Ho (a.k.a. Symplex Fishing), Zach Merchant (a.k.a. Zach Merchant Fishing), Jimmy Ly (a.k.a. RaWr Fishing), and I decided to hop on the Spruce Run Reservoir for some Multi-Species ice fishing.
Upon arrival, I was quite shocked to see that we had 8-12 inches of ice on the Reservoir!!! Compared to the previous years in Philadelphia and surroundings, that was definitely the thickest ice that I had seen in a while.
Almost half way through with the auger, and the ice was already in the range of 4 inches
We ended up setting fourteen tip-ups among the four of us. All of them were baited with small to medium sized live shiners, on small 2-4 Gamakatsu hooks, with a small split-shot 6-10 inches above it. We were fishing from 6 inches to 2 feet off the bottom.
Considering the fact that we were going for quality over quantity, we expected the day to be quite rough! And our expectations were right on the money. Heh. After six hours of fishing, only one Northern Pike (Esox lucius) was landed. It was a small 25 incher that Zach landed on the farthest tip up on the Reservoir!
Zach Merchant from Zach Merchant Fishing with a "small" Northern Pike. Photo Credit: RaWr Fishing
Other than that, Symplex Fishing and I tried jigging a few holes with our new ice fishing rods: the Fiblink Graphite Ice Fishing Rod, ML. We paired it up with small 500 model reels, 4-6lbs KastKing Fluotokote line, and 4 mm Kender Outdoors ice fishing tungsten jigs. We used a combination of superworms and nightcrawlers, but to avail. In the end, we weren't able to find the fish in that huge Reservoir.
So there you have it, folks...the first skunk of 2018! One of many to come, of course. But the bottom line is -- even with the brutal weather and the lack of fish, wonderful memories were still created that day! Let's be frank here: nothing beats a good day on the water with your fishing buddies, right? Heh.
From left to right, RaWr Fishing, Symplex Fish, Extreme Philly Fishing, & Zach Merchant Fishing
Best of luck to all of us,
Long Days and Pleasant Nights!
Sincerely,
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