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Great Egg Harbor River is a public river in Atlantic County and Gloucester County, New Jersey, managed by State of New Jersey (public / navigable water). You can fish it on a New Jersey freshwater fishing licence (plus a Trout Stamp for trout); bank access is at NJDEP boat ramps, Wildlife Management Area frontage and trout-stocking access points. New Jersey has no blanket streambed-access law; away from a public access point, wading or bank fishing may cross private property, so check current signage or ask permission. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
A South Jersey Pine Barrens river (Mullica, Wading, Great Egg Harbor, Toms, Batsto) — dark, acidic, slow cedar water: chain pickerel, largemouth bass, yellow perch and American eel, classic canoe-and-cast fishing.
It runs roughly 27 miles through the South Jersey (Pine Barrens & Delaware Bay) region. Anglers here mostly fish for chain pickerel, largemouth bass, yellow perch, american eel. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Pancoast Mill Pond and Lake Lenape.
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: Statewide bass, pickerel and panfish limits apply unless posted; trout water needs the Trout Stamp and follows seasonal and in-season-closure rules, with several fly-fishing-only and catch-and-release special-regulation reaches. Check the current NJ Freshwater Fishing Digest for this water.
Boat ramps: 2 mapped — Boat ramp, Boat ramp.
Camping: 5 sites mapped nearby — Pleasant Valley Campground, River Beach RV Resort and Marina, Campsite, Colonial Meadows Campground, Sleepy Hollow Campgrounds.
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 (and, on the tidal reach, no-licence-required) fishing right covers this river under the state's public-trust doctrine for navigable water.
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