Delaware Water Gap area question
 

On Feb 12, 7:42 pm, Joe D wrote:
Don Phillipson;106370 Wrote:


Is this common on US state boundary waters? It surprises
a Canadian, used to interprovincial agreements that approve
fishing any boundary water with a licence from only one
jurisdiction, either side. --Just curious . . .

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Don,

It depends on the states involved and the agreements they've made, if
any. As an example NY & PA, and PA & NJ have reciprocal agreements on
the Delaware River.

In contrast, on this same river there are no reciprocal agreements for
hunting. So a duck hunter would have to have the license of the state
whose shore he is on and in the case of boats, of the state of ingress
and egress. It gets tricky with islands... better know what state the
island belongs to.

Joe



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Joe D


After further reading, it isn't just hunting vs. fishing, it is a
water-by-water basis, PA has an agreement with NY about the Delaware,
but the Kinzua reservoir has no agreement. Also, it isn't always the
same agreement - The Yough is boat or one bank with Ohio, as opposed
to the the Delaware.