Stocking Newark Watershed:

[urbnimports]

if it were PUBLIC then you wouldn't need to buy a permit to fish there, and shoreline access is only for the permitted anglers. Also there wouldn't be rules that ban kayaks, canoes, etc. Public meaning any person with any type of water vessel can fish there...Monksville is Public, you don't need a permit and you can take anything there to fish.

[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by urbnimports

if it were PUBLIC then you wouldn't need to buy a permit to fish there, and shoreline access is only for the permitted anglers. Also there wouldn't be rules that ban kayaks, canoes, etc. Public meaning any person with any type of water vessel can fish there...Monksville is Public, you don't need a permit and you can take anything there to fish.

This is what bothers me about there. Boats are allowed, but no kayaks or canoes. Anyone have any sort of insight on this?

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

This is what bothers me about there. Boats are allowed, but no kayaks or canoes. Anyone have any sort of insight on this?

since the reservoirs are pretty big they can get a decent chop on them with the wind it is a safety issue... they want boats big enough to not get tossed around out there. this is more of an issue at the newark reservoirs than at state owned reservoirs, because the newark watershed owns the land instead of the state, so if something happened to someone, it is likely that newark watershed would be sued. so, thank ambulance chasing lawyers and our overly litigious society for you not being able to take your kayak out there.

[urbnimports]

the best part is the watersheds are not even that big compared to other lakes which kayaks are allowed.

[urbnimports]

just did some measurements...not a single one of the watersheds is over 2.5 miles long...Hopatcong is around 7 miles long and kayaks are permitted...just saying

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by urbnimports

if it were PUBLIC then you wouldn't need to buy a permit to fish there, and shoreline access is only for the permitted anglers. Also there wouldn't be rules that ban kayaks, canoes, etc. Public meaning any person with any type of water vessel can fish there...Monksville is Public, you don't need a permit and you can take anything there to fish.

well, i disagree.

NWS reservoirs are public because anyone can get the permit to access it. by your definition, i guess the entire state is private, since you need a fishing license?

plenty of other public places also have restrictions that ban different types of water vessels. you mentioned Monksville... there are two very big restrictions on vessels there: no PWCs and nothing over 10 horsepower. by your definition of public being "any person with any type of water vessel can fish there", Lake Hopatcong, Budd Lake and a handful of others are the only public lakes in the state?

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by urbnimports

just did some measurements...not a single one of the watersheds is over 2.5 miles long...Hopatcong is around 7 miles long and kayaks are permitted...just saying

it's owned by the state, there's hundreds or thousands of houses directly on the lake to see/hear and report any problem, multiple fire departments and the NJSP marine division have boats in the water 24/7...

[ChaosStarter]

Originally Posted by acabtp

it's owned by the state, there's hundreds or thousands of houses directly on the lake to see/hear and report any problem, multiple fire departments and the NJSP marine division have boats in the water 24/7...

This.

[danyeo]

Originally Posted by FISHOFF

The trout stocked in Clinton are being eaten by the pickeral and my guess the largemouths. I saw a picture of a fileted pickeral and inside of him was a stockie.

On another note, saw a picture today of a Water Moccasin or Copperhead dragging a smallie out of the water on Clinton. A fisherman wacked the snake with a paddle and the smallie swam away. I have the pic, on my email, don't know how to post.

Here it is.

[ChaosStarter]

Originally Posted by danyeo

Here it is.

Aren't those snakes incredably poisonous? Even if that smallie swam away, I bet it didn't live too much longer unfortunately.