Our very first ice fishing photo of the winter was received on December 29, 2025 as Pamela Otis found success on – or rather through a North Jersey lake. “I’ll be on the ice all winter,” Pamela told us.While many folks had already hung up their fall run gear, 12-year-old Carson Plisko and his dad Matt made it a December to remember 2 miles outside of Atlantic City jigging up striped bass.On December 16, 2025 Dave Tiedemann of Fords caught and released this 17.8-pound blackfish aboard White Crab Charters with Capt. Jimmy out of Neptune while fishing southeast of the Scotland in about 130 feet of water.“We were able to get out on some ice in the Poconos and found some trout, bass and yellow perch biting,” reported Christian Gresko in early January, noting how his buddy Phillip “Crazy Legs” Franks also found a nice largemouth bass.Anthony Carr sneaked out of Cape May County back on December 13 and was quickly greeted by gannets divebombing on bunker. “These fish were in full on feeding mode while quickly making their move south,” reported Anthony.
