New from the New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife, a web-based application called Great Fishing Close to Home in New Jersey that allow users to quickly identify places to fish near them or near where they plan to be in the state.
Great Fishing Close to Home in New Jersey provides interactive maps of 291 waterbodies picked by the Division of Fish and Wildlife as good places to fish along with a list of the primary sportfish present, ownership, whether a special permit is required, whether outboard motors are permitted, and if there are other amenities such as boat ramps, swimming areas, picnic areas, and camping.
The application itself works best in the Google Chrome browser and is an interactive way of finding out detailed information about certain Garden State waters, like trout stocking details for example. By clicking the features on the map a pop-up window with additional information about that place to fish will appear.
You can search for a place to fish or by fish species, zoom to your location or to a place of your choosing in New Jersey to find places to fish nearby or even search for parcels by County-Municipality and Block/Lot.
For more information on freshwater and saltwater fishing opportunities in the Garden State, including your fishing license and registration information go to www.njfishandwildlife.
