fishing the wall, fishing the falls, whatever from the south side is fine, as long as you don't cast out that far... the river is only ~150' wide across from the ladder entrance and ~200' wide at the falls, so you could cast 1/3 the way across towards the ladder entrance and still be legit. Probably fine casting all the way across the falls, but it might depend on what they define as the "ladder entrance". But none of that is anything i would describe as "fishing the ladder", because as andy reminds, it's across the other side of the river. you wouldn't say "fishing that tree" when you cast 50' towards a tree 150' away, would you? when someone says "fishing the ladder" a reasonable person would have to assume that they meant somehow fishing the ladder, either from the ladder side (which is possible to get to, but requires parking elsewhere and luck not getting caught) or by casting close to the ladder (easily possible with large lures and braid or unifilament).
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Originally Posted by cantcatchme
I think there are more fish cops on this site then in the field.
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you are exactly right, but further, that is how it has to be, and it's really not a bad thing. there's only a handful of DEP officers, so few that it is nearly impossible for them to respond to anything that's called in. so, it is our responsibility to educate other anglers about the regs and help prevent poaching. most times people just don't know the rules. i am sure from reading this thread, someone who did not know about the spring fish ladder restriction (ladders are fairly rare in NJ, the vast majority of dams in the state do not have them) has learned. keep in mind that for every one of us who is a registered user posting in this forum, there are 5-10 lurkers just reading the threads.
