The deep freeze has iced up many of the lakes in New Jersey and fishermen are digging holes and catching perch and pickerel ...

The chain pickerel ... overall slow fishing very few people have been coming down to the docks to board the boat. At this point he said he will just be sailing weekends. When Jersey Shore native ...

The winter has been cold enough so far for Lake Hopatcong to freeze, which means the traditional ice fishing contest is on.

If it’s good solid ice, I’ll go on 3,” he said. Landon Lesh, left, and Terry Lesh hold a perch and a pickerel while ice fishing Jan. 10 on High Point Lake in Somerset County. It's one of the ...

Fishermen have been dragging sleds out onto the lake and drilling fishing holes with augers in the coves for at least two weeks now. Murphy said the yellow perch, pickerel and bass are biting but ...

Here, the zones are at the entrance to New York harbor ... Murphy said fishermen have been fishing the shallow coves and picking away at the perch and pickerel. When Jersey Shore native Dan ...

More: Ice fishermen pull in pickerel, perch as New Jersey lakes freeze up While the ... More: What's biting: get the latest fishing reports here On the surface he has read and seen bunker about ...