{"id":18156,"date":"2022-05-05T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=18156"},"modified":"2023-04-18T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T19:32:16","slug":"2022-nj-recreational-fishing-season-regulation-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/2022-nj-recreational-fishing-season-regulation-information\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 NJ Recreational Fishing Season Regulation Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><u>Summer Flounder<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Season: May 2 \u2013 September 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Possession and size limits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delaware Bay: 3 fish at 17 inches&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Island Beach State Park: 2 fish at 16 inches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All other State marine waters, excluding Delaware Bay and Island Beach State Park:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 fish 17 inches to less than 18 inches, and 1 fish 18 inches or greater. Fish can be harvested in any order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Black Sea Bass<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minimum size limit: 13 inches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Possession limits and season:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10 fish May 17 \u2013 June 19;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 fish July 1 \u2013 August 31;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10 fish October 7 \u2013 October 26 and;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15 fish November 1 \u2013 December 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Scup<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minimum size limit: 10 inch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Season: January 1 \u2013 December 31 (no closed season)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Possession limit: 50 fish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information or questions please email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Njmarinefisheries@deptest.nj.gov\">njmarinefisheries@deptest.nj.gov<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer Flounder Season: May 2 \u2013 September 27 Possession and size limits: Delaware Bay: 3 fish at 17 inches&nbsp; Island Beach State Park: 2 fish at 16 inches All other State marine waters, excluding Delaware Bay and Island Beach State Park: 2 fish 17 inches to less than 18 inches, and 1 fish 18 inches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fishing","category-saltwater-recreational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}