New Jersey Freshwater Fishing Explorer

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Welcome to the Freshwater Fishing Explorer! 

The following sections provide interactive maps and more information on freshwater fishing opportunities in New Jersey.

You can use the menu across the top to navigate to a specific section.

At the beginning of each section clicking Explore - Interactive Map will launch an interactive map with information on freshwater fishing opportunities.

Interactive Map:

1. Click on a water feature to display more information. You can expand the popup by clicking the icon in the upper right.

2. Within the popup, you can obtain fishing opportunity information and click on relevant links.

3. You can also perform searches by waters, coordinates, address, place name, Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and lot/block.


Great Fishing Close to Home

The Great Fishing Close to Home in NJ application allows users to explore the great diversity of fishing opportunities New Jersey has to offer. This application includes over 290 publicly accessible lakes, ponds and reservoirs picked by NJ Fish and Wildlife staff as good places to fish in the state. All have sizable populations of desirable species. Several of them also provide access for people with disabling conditions. For each waterbody, information includes a list of the primary sportfish species present, ownership, whether a permit is required and outboard motors are permitted, and if there are other amenities such as boat ramps, swimming areas, picnic areas, and camping.

Great Fishing Close to Home in New Jersey
Great Fishing Close to Home in New Jersey

Trout Stocked Waters

Each spring, New Jersey Fish and Wildlife stocks approximately 570,000 trout throughout New Jersey. Select waters are also stocked during the fall and winter seasons. Anglers who purchase a trout stamp in addition to their New Jersey fishing license are eligible to fish for trout in these waters in accordance with listed season closures, special regulations, creel and size limits, and other regulations.  This app provides the stocking dates and number of trout stocked for all trout stocked waters in our spring trout stocking program. Clicking on a water feature within the map will pull up the stocking schedule, the number of fish to be stocked and closures.