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Lake Hopatcong is a public lake in Morris County and Sussex County, New Jersey, managed by New Jersey DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife. It is public water managed for fishing by NJDEP Fish & Wildlife. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
A North Jersey natural glacial lake (Hopatcong, Greenwood, Swartswood, Budd, Culvers) — largemouth and smallmouth bass, chain pickerel, and a stocked walleye, muskellunge and hybrid striped bass programme on the larger ones; New Jersey's best all-round warmwater fishing.
Lake Hopatcong covers about 2,507 acres in the North Jersey (Skylands & Gateway) region. Anglers here mostly fish for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, chain pickerel, walleye; muskellunge, hybrid striped bass, yellow perch, black crappie are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are River Styx cove and Crescent Cove.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, NJDEP Fish & Wildlife trout-stocking records and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in New Jersey on most waters; some park ponds and reservoirs have their own posted hours, and trout-stocked waters have specific in-season closures around stocking days (check the current stocking schedule).
Boats: The big reservoirs and glacial lakes (Round Valley, Spruce Run, Hopatcong, Greenwood, Swartswood, Merrill Creek) take trailered boats via a state ramp, most with a horsepower or electric-only limit; Pine Barrens rivers and smaller lakes are canoe/kayak/car-top.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at New Jersey state parks and forests near many of these waters (Round Valley, Swartswood, Stokes, Wharton, Bass River, Belleplain); Wildlife Management Area waters are day-use only.
Tackle: A New Jersey Trout Stamp is required in addition to your fishing licence to fish for or possess trout here; trout water follows seasonal and in-season-closure rules, and several reaches are fly-fishing-only or catch-and-release — check the current NJ Freshwater Fishing Digest.
Boat ramps: 3 mapped — Boat ramp, Put-in, Hopatcong State Park Boat Launch.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16 to 69 needs a New Jersey freshwater fishing licence — the resident annual is about $22.50, the non-resident annual about $34. A Trout Stamp (about $10.50 resident / $20 non-resident) is required in addition to fish for or possess trout. New Jersey residents 70 and older and anyone under 16 fish free. Buy from NJ Fish & Wildlife at nj.gov/dep/fgw. A New Jersey freshwater fishing licence covers this water — it's on NJDEP's 'Great Fishing Close to Home' public-access list.
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