NJ Proposed Ammendments to Fish Code

[DanH]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

Invasive species to be added:

Round Goby, Blue catfish, and the "other" black-basses, like Spotted Bass.

"Black Bass species,other than the indigenous Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass, and Blue Catfish... Large-mouth and Smallmouth Bass have naturalized in New Jersey and are both recreationally and economically important species.

Others from the same genus such as the Alabama Bass (Micropterus henshalli) and Spotted Bass (Micropterus punctulatus) are problem-atic in waters beyond their native ranges; hybridizing with native black bass species.
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lol maybe a miswording of "indigenous" in the code oh well

True, a lot of people don't realize that the large mouth bass is NOT native to NJ . Some people believe that the SMB may have been present in the upper Delaware watershed.

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by DanH

True, a lot of people don't realize that the large mouth bass is NOT native to NJ . Some people believe that the SMB may have been present in the upper Delaware watershed.

Yea I always found native species very interesting. Like how did the species get bounced around etc, before humanity spread em via barrels in trains it's like some huge mystery lol

Also R.I.P. to the "spotted bass" we may have saw in the raritan lol.

[DanH]

I catch a few spots every year out of the Raritan, sometimes don't even realize it till I look at the pictures later.
I just got back from Farrington! Does anybody EVER get any pike out of there? lol All I got was a good drenching ! lol

[FASTEDDIE29]

Great info always! Big thanks to the people at NJ Fish and Wildlife. They work really hard to ensure the species we fish for aren't over harvested. The rules are there to protect what we take pleasure in doing, fishing! Thanks for posting Cap’n Gerry!

[cruiser1234]

I’ve seen two pike caught out of Farrington. One mine. Was so happy to get it. Total accident. The next year I brought my step dad to the same place because before the pike was a a perch bite. Same thing happened, but his was a smaller pike. Eating the Perch I guess?