{"id":58010,"date":"2024-11-13T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=58010"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:06:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:06:45","slug":"news-2024-11-13-exciting-changes-to-the-buddy-fishing-license-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2024-11-13-exciting-changes-to-the-buddy-fishing-license-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting Changes to the Buddy Fishing License Program!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/three-young-women-holding-fishing-rods-and-looking-down-while-standing-on-wooden-bridge-over-water-next-to-leafy-green-trees-during-spring-by-seafwa-rbff-aubrey-janelle-photography-3500x2333-1-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/three-young-women-holding-fishing-rods-and-looking-down-while-standing-on-wooden-bridge-over-water-next-to-leafy-green-trees-during-spring-by-seafwa-rbff-aubrey-janelle-photography-3500x2333-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:480px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: SEAFWA \/ RBFF \/ Aubrey Janelle Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Are you new to fishing or interested in sharing the sport of fishing with friends or family?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have good news for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The law has changed to allow for a greater number of customers to take advantage of the reduced-price buddy fishing license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new regulations go into effect for calendar year 2025 licenses, which will go on sale December 2, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a returning angler and a new angler (Buddy Team) purchase the Buddy Fishing licenses together <strong>in the same transaction,<\/strong> both customers will receive a substantial discount. This same discount also applies to two new anglers (Buddy Team) who purchase their Buddy Fishing Licenses together <strong>in the same transaction.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Buddy Team may consist of either:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One Returning Angler <strong>and<\/strong> One New Angler <strong>purchasing together.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Two New Anglers <strong>purchasing together.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the purposes of a Buddy Fishing License, the following definitions apply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Returning Angler<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 A returning angler is someone who has purchased at least one NJ resident or non-resident fishing license in the previous five years from the date of purchase.&nbsp; NJ Residents must be 16-64 and be eligible for a regular resident fishing license and not qualify for any of the already discounted licenses. Non-Residents must be age 16 or older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Angler<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 A new angler is someone who has never purchased a NJ fishing license before, or someone who has had at least a five-year lapse in purchasing and does not have a NJ fishing license on file for any of the previous five years. (2020-2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detailed Purchasing instructions can be found here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/freshwater\/fishing-buddy-licenses\/\">https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/freshwater\/fishing-buddy-licenses\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Licenses can be purchased online or at license agents but both licenses must be purchased in the same transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Save more and fish more in 2025! Get your reduced-price fishing license by purchasing with a buddy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you new to fishing or interested in sharing the sport of fishing with friends or family? We have good news for you! The law has changed to allow for a greater number of customers to take advantage of the reduced-price buddy fishing license. The new regulations go into effect for calendar year 2025 licenses, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":58200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,47,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fishing","category-freshwater","category-saltwater-recreational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58010","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\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}