N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-6.19
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 7:25-6.19 - Greenwood Lake(a) In cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Fish and Wildlife, the following regulations for Greenwood Lake, which lies partly in Passaic County, New Jersey, and partly in Orange County, New York, are made a part of the New Jersey State Fish and Game Code and will be enforced on the whole lake by the conservation authorities of both states. | 1. | Species | Season | Size Limit | Daily Bag Limit |
| Trout | No closed season | No minimum | 3 |
| Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass | third Saturday in June until Dec. 1 | 12 inch minimum | 5 in total Catch and release only |
| Dec. 1 until third Saturday in June |
| Chain pickerel | No closed season | 15 inch minimum | 5 |
| Muskellunge and any hybrid thereof taken before April 1, 2019 | No closed season | 36 inch minimum | 1 |
| Muskellunge and any hybrid thereof taken on or after April 1, 2019 | No closed season | 44 inch minimum | 1 |
| hybrid thereof | season | minimum |
| Walleye | Jan. 1-last day of February and May 1-December 31 | 18 inches | 3 |
| Channel catfish | No closed season | 12 inches | 5 |
| Black crappie and white crappie | No closed season | 8 inches | 10 in total |
| Yellow perch | No closed season | No minimum | 50 |
| Sunfish | No closed season | No minimum | 50 |
| All other species | No closed season | No minimum | No limit |
| American Eel | No closed season | 9 inches | 25 |
2. On Greenwood Lake, it shall be legal for any ice fisherman to use up to five tip-ups and two hand-held devices for the taking of fish. All devices that are not hand-held must be plainly marked with the name and address of the angler. The ice fishing season is from ice-in to ice-out (when ice is present in a sufficient quantity to support fishing activities).3. On Greenwood Lake, fishing will be permitted 24 hours a day.4. Either New York or New Jersey fishing licenses will be honored on all of Greenwood Lake.5. Bow and arrow fishing for carp, suckers, herring, catfish and eels by properly licensed fishermen, will be permitted on Greenwood Lake.N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-6.19
Amended by 50 N.J.R. 801(b), effective 2/5/2018