RVR/SR Night fishing??

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by Castaway

I thought the gate to the right of the boat launch has a sign that says you aren’t allowed in after 4pm?

the state park entrance and swimming/picnic/bbq area close at 4.

the angler access area and reservoir are open 24/7. there are campsites too that you can reserve. pretty sure campfires on the shore are prohibited unless you have a campsite and use the fire pit.

[Castaway]

Originally Posted by acabtp

the state park entrance and swimming/picnic/bbq area close at 4.

the angler access area and reservoir are open 24/7. there are campsites too that you can reserve. pretty sure campfires on the shore are prohibited unless you have a campsite and use the fire pit.

Is the angler access area the walk path that separates the main reservoir from the swimming area? I think it has two gates you have to go through to get to the main reservoir?

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by Castaway

Is the angler access area the walk path that separates the main reservoir from the swimming area? I think it has two gates you have to go through to get to the main reservoir?

no, the access area has it's own entrance, different driveway around the corner from the park entrance

Originally Posted by tycomps

bear spray (probably works on knuckleheads too : - )

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002BMOJXE...&pd_rd_w=bK1KY

that is illegal in new jersey. only the tiny pocket sized ones, that would be useless on a bear, are legal here. and you can only carry one. DEP CO or local cops find you w/ bear spray you'll get a nice ticket.

Any non-felon 18 or over may possess for your protection
“one pocket-sized device which contains and releases not more than three-quarters of an ounce of
chemical substance not capable of lethal use or of inflicting serious bodily injury, but rather is intended
to produce temporary physical discomfort or disability through being vaporized or otherwise dispensed
in the air”.

[tycomps]

if I'm fishing bear turf at night I'll take the ticket.

[logs22]

Originally Posted by tycomps

if I'm fishing bear turf at night I'll take the ticket.

My thoughts exactly!

[Jigman13]

I've logged 100s of hours the last 4-5 yrs nite fishing the shores of SRR. I've encountered many types of animals--both fur-bearing and human. Never once have I seen a bear nor have I ever come across scat, tracks or any signs of a bear's presence. Perhaps its more likely or possible in the back but around the launch and access points on Van Syckle, never have I seen signs.

I'm sure they're around, though.

[Eskimo]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

I've logged 100s of hours the last 4-5 yrs nite fishing the shores of SRR. I've encountered many types of animals--both fur-bearing and human. Never once have I seen a bear nor have I ever come across scat, tracks or any signs of a bear's presence. Perhaps its more likely or possible in the back but around the launch and access points on Van Syckle, never have I seen signs.

I'm sure they're around, though.

I haven't seen any bears there either, but the groundskeepers have.
A couple of years ago a hunter in a tree stand down the road in Clinton WMA shot a bear that climbed up the tree he was in.
Link: http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-d...r_climbin.html

My favorite animals there were a pair of friendly foxes that would panhandle for food by the ramp. One day they both disappeared. I don't want to know what happened to them.


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