Category Archives: Fishing News

2013 NJ Fishing License Available Now Online

Good news. You can buy your 2013 NJ fishing license online right now and be on the water in minutes! If you’re like me and itching to go fishing on any day off from work you have, you can. Visit this page http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/als/websalesintro.htm scroll all the way to the bottom and click the Start Here button.

To make the purchase of your 2013 NJ fishing license as painless as possible, have last year’s license handy. You’ll need the 9digit CID number off it which identifies your unique license. If you don’t have last year’s license you can still proceed with your Social Security Number. You can pay with electronic check or credit card. The License will be presented to you as a PDF file which you can save and / or print. You can even print multiple copies which is nice. Keep on in your boat, one in your tackle box, one in your waders!

2013 FISHING LICENSE and STAMP FEES
(Licenses are valid from date of purchase to Dec. 31 of each year)

  • Resident Fishing (Ages 16-64 yrs.) – $22.50
  • Sr. Resident Fishing (Ages 65-69 yrs.) – $12.50
  • Resident Trout Stamp – $10.50
  • Non-Resident Fishing (Ages 16 and up) – $34.00
  • Non-Resident Trout Stamp – $20.00
  • 7-Day Vacation Fishing (nonresidents only) – $19.50
  • 2-Day Vacation Fishing (nonresidents only) – $9.00
  • All Around Sportsman (includes Resident Fishing, Firearm Hunting and Bow Hunting licenses) – $72.25
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2013 Hunting and Fishing Licenses Now Available

The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife has announced that hunting and fishing licenses for 2013 are now available at all license agents ( http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/agentlst.htm ) and online ( http://www.nj.wildlifelicense.com/ ).

All New Jersey fishing and hunting licenses expire on December 31, regardless of when purchased. Hunters can maximize the value of their licenses by purchasing them early and getting out and enjoying the great hunting opportunities still available at the beginning of the new license year, and anglers can continue to enjoy fishing for trout stocked during October and November in waters where they thrive all year, as well as other species which remain active through the colder months.

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2013 Garden State Outdoor Sportsmen’s Show will take place on January 10 – 13

The Garden State Outdoor Sportsmen’s Show will take place on Thursday January 10 through Sunday January 13, 2013 at the New Jersey Convention & Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey.

The show will feature hundreds of fishing and hunting seminars, demonstrations, exhibits, information booths and more. My kids really loved the hands-on archery tutorial as well as fishing in the trout pond. visit www.GSOSS.com for more info.

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Night Fishing Report

I’ll keep it short. The near full moon shut down the night fishing. We fished in 5 different locations (45 to 60 feet depths) from 10:30pm to 4am and caught…one sunfish. Met a fella at the concrete ramp on the way in, he caught…two sunfish. Another boat near us had one Rainbow Trout and 4 small bass before calling it quits. It was a nice night to be out but a terrible night for catching fish.

There will be no moon (aka New Moon) Friday August 17th. I recommend you fish that night, weekend or the handful of nights before or after the 17th.

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Record 110 Rainbow Trout Caught Aboard Double Anchor

The following fishing report has been shared by Ed Harabin, President of the Hunterdon Anglers and captain of the Double Anchor. – RI

Last night, Saturday, June 23, 2012 Dennis Haggerty, Richard Willey and Ed Harabin fished for night time rainbows at Round Valley Reservoir. Conditions were perfect. No moon, slight breeze, comfortable temperature. Surface temperature 76 degrees. Doubled anchored over 47ft. of water on the South shoreline. Started fishing at 9:30pm. Last rainbow in at 4:50am.

Rainbow Trout

Chumed with corn. Baited with cooked Shrimp. 1st. fish in at 9:50pm. Found them at 30ft. over 47ft. Action was fast & furious! At 10:45pm Dennis caught a 21in. 4lb. rainbow at 40ft.

night rainbow trout

Most of the largest rainbows were caught close to or on the bottom. All the fast action was at 30ft. The choice was yours. Ed & Richard stayed mostly at 30ft. Dennis only caught a few, but they indeed were the largest.

Round Valley Reservoir - Rainbow Trout

11:50pm – 21in. 3lb. flat on bottom – Dennis
1:00am – 23in. 5lb. flat on bottom – Dennis (largest of night)
1:15am – 21in. 3lb. flat on bottom – Richard

Other 3 pounders were also caught between 25 & 30ft. down. Everything was caught on cooked shrimp. No other boats at our location. Most at campsite #72. Have no idea how anyone did. We hit a slow period between 3am & 4am. Wanted to break the old record of 101 rainbows in one night with 4 fishermen. We totaled out with 110 with 3 fishermen.

Ed Harabin – 45
Richard Willey – 49
Dennis Haggerty – 16

We could have had a much higher total if Dennis fished at 30ft. Last rainbow caught at 4:50am. We actually ran out of shrimp.

Ed
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If you’d like to start receiving the full color Hunterdon Anglers printed newsletter contact President Ed Harabin double.anchor@yahoo.com or Dennis Haggerty hunterdonangler@aol.com

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