Ice Monday or Tuesday

 Be careful if you do it; I want to look ahead to Tuesday as possible for ice fishing, maybe even Monday, in North Jersey. Whether or not I will go is undecided as yet. I doubt it, because I tend to like ice at least four inches thick, and it might be three inches. I had no fear of three inches during my youth, but I fished ponds. I know there are guys willing to go out on three inches on places like Budd Lake, but all of these big bodies of water freeze unevenly. They know that and watch out, but I think I would rather wait. Unfortunately, it might be long one with these mild winters.