[Capt. Lou]

Another interesting wrinkle effecting out of state boaters operating in NJ waters for over 90 days is whether a documented vessel needs to be registered in NJ or state of residence .
I was stopped in Shrewsbury River a few years ago for for not having my boat registered , since I never thought that documentation wasn't in compliance with out of state boat docked in NJ . For over 90days .
I previously owned several boats that were registered in my state of residence but since this vessel was in access of 9 tons I chose to document and for the previous 6 years of ownership never once was questioned even during fish check stops in both Belmar and Sandy Hook area . I docked a channel club for several years and since the tax folks checked periodically on Docked vessels with De. On stern no issues .
Since fine was small I didn't dispute the Marine Police issued ticket and went ahead and registered my boat , end of story .
Any thoughts ??
PS I was in compliance with operators license since I had a copy of my 100 ton papers on display .