NJ FISH AND GAME COUNCIL MINUTES May 9, 2017:

[AndyS]

Just a few highlights:

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
NJ FISH AND GAME COUNCIL
Central Region Office
Robbinsville, New Jersey
May 9, 2017
Chief Barno passed around a picture of Muskie pure strain from Greenwood Lake. It is the largest Muskie handled by the Division. It was collected in the trap net. It is 38 lbs, 49 inches.
Individual spaghetti tags are put on the fish and data is recorded at the hatchery. This is the same fish collected in 2010 which was 28 lbs at that time. It was released back into Greenwood Lake. Chief Barno passed around another picture from staff member Eric Boehm who was working in Perrineville Lake sampling of a Largemouth Bass weighing 7lbs.
Measuring from the same time period as last year, sales are down 4% in fishing licenses and trout stamp sales are 2.4% lower than last year. For the first time, we have flattened out on the non-resident trout stamp sales.