Rack n Fin

Just gotta love October...the harvest month that keeps on giving!

This Saturday, October 23rd. No need for a license. No need for a trout stamp either if fishing in waters that have been stocked with trout.
In an effort to promote the outstanding freshwater fishing opportunities throughout the Garden State, the NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife, years ago, ins…

The Division of Fish & Wildlife’s October trout stocking program kicked in this past week.

Only a couple of weeks remain to get your striped bass bonus tag.

After a three-week closure, black sea bass will once again be a legal quarry, and the daily limit is raised from two to 10 fish.

Although EHD has wreaked havoc on some local herds north, central, and south, overall whitetail numbers are high.

This past week the Bureau of Freshwater Fisheries’ Hackettstown Hatchery trucks were delivering final loads of feisty and delicious channel catfish to select lakes and ponds statewide.

Saturday, September 25, marks the opening of the grey squirrel and cottontail rabbit seasons, two of our favorite small game/upland quarries.

From Cape May up to Barnegat Light, it’s kingfish crazy in the suds.

The season ends September 19, and the flatties are on the move.

The statewide September Canada goose season will commence Wednesday, September 1, and run through Thursday, September 30.

Seventeen days and counting until the opening of the early archery (bow) season for New Jersey’s premier big game animal Saturday, September 11.