howsthebite · New Jersey
Fishing in New Jersey
We don't read a water in New Jersey yet — the next wave adds more. What we do have for New Jersey is the licence: what it costs, who needs one, who doesn't.
Before you go
A New Jersey fishing licence runs $22.50 a year for residents. NJDEP Fish & Wildlife sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What a New Jersey fishing licence costs, and who is exempt →What you may keep
NJDEP sets a size or bag limit for 7 species here — 7 with at least one area open today. Where a species is open in one water and closed in another, its own page says which. Each page carries the agency's own figures, the date they were read, and what is still unsettled.
Check a length against the rules →