New Jersey § 23:5-3
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 23:5-3, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 23:5-3.
No person shall take or attempt to take a fish from any of the waters of this State
by any means or in any manner through an opening in the ice in these waters, or beneath
the ice, prohibited by the State Fish and Game Code, or, in the absence of such provisions
in said code, no person shall take or attempt to take a fish from any of the waters
of this State by a line with hooks attached thereto, or by any other device, net or
tackle operated through an opening in the ice in these waters, or drawn beneath the
ice, excepting that: a. Carp and suckers may be taken through or under the ice by the means, in the manner
and during the period, prescribed by said code, or, in the absence of such provisions
in said code, with a net through or under the ice between December first and March
first next ensuing in each year; b. Suckers may be taken through the ice by the means and during the period prescribed
by said code, or, in the absence of such provisions in said code, by means of hooks
directly attached to a rigid handle, the hooks not to exceed three in number, between
December first and March first; c. Pike perch, pike and pickerel may be taken through the ice by the means and during
the period prescribed by said code, or, in the absence of such provisions in said
code, in the manner known as angling with hand lines or with rod and line, between
the first Saturday in January and the last Sunday in January, the number of lines
not to exceed ten in number, each of which lines shall not have more than one hook
attached. No person shall take, kill, catch or have in possession on one day during such period
prescribed by said code, or, in the absence of such provision in said code, from the
first Saturday in January and the last Sunday in January, more than the number of
perch, pike perch or pickerel, permitted by said code, or, in the absence of such
provision in said code, more than ten in the aggregate of perch and pike perch, and
ten in the aggregate of pike and pickerel. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be liable to a penalty
of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each fish unlawfully taken or possessed.
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