23:5-3 - Fishing through ice - New Jersey Statutes

23:5-3.  Fishing through ice    No person shall take or attempt to take a fish from any of the waters of this State by any means or in any manner through an opening in the ice in these  waters, or beneath the ice, prohibited by the State Fish and Game Code, or, in  the absence of such provisions in said code, no person shall take or attempt to  take a fish from any of the waters of this State by a line with hooks attached  thereto, or by any other device, net or tackle operated through an opening in  the ice in these waters, or drawn beneath the ice, excepting that:

     a.  Carp and suckers may be taken through or under the ice by the means, in  the manner and during the period, prescribed by said code, or, in the absence  of such provisions in said code, with a net through or under the ice between  December first and March first next ensuing in each year;

     b.  Suckers may be taken through the ice by the means and during the period  prescribed by said code, or, in the absence of such provisions in said code, by  means of hooks directly attached to a rigid handle, the hooks not to exceed  three in number, between December first and March first;

     c.  Pike perch, pike and pickerel may be taken through the ice by the means  and during the period prescribed by said code, or, in the absence of such  provisions in said code, in the manner known as angling with hand lines or with  rod and line, between the first Saturday in January and the last Sunday in  January, the number of lines not to exceed ten in number, each of which lines  shall not have more than one hook attached.  No person shall take, kill, catch  or have in possession on one day during such period prescribed by said code,  or, in the absence of such provision in said code, from the first Saturday in  January and the last Sunday in January, more than the number of perch, pike  perch or pickerel, permitted by said code, or, in the absence of such provision  in said code, more than ten in the aggregate of perch and pike perch, and ten  in the aggregate of pike and pickerel.

    Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each fish unlawfully taken or possessed.

     Amended by L.1939, c. 327, s. 2;  L.1948, c. 448, p. 1821, s. 68, eff. April 1, 1949.