The fish/game laws and seasons/closures are the same on public or private land
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Originally Posted by thmyorke1
I believe someone wading in the water (with even a few feet of leisure room on land from the water) can even fish there. But this law is a common law and idk about NJ's specifics.
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That is incorrect for NJ freshwater, and is how the fishing clubs, Raritan inn, etc prosecute people for trespassing on "their" stretch of the SBR, Black River, others...
Good concise summary of our water access rights and laws (with full references):
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/co...Wiki/access:nj
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The public does not have any right to use non-navigable, non-tidal waters absent consent by the owners. With respect to navigable non-tidal waters, the public may use them only for the purpose of navigation. However, the public may not use them for other purposes such as fishing.
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