Delaware Water Gap area question

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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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 . . .

--
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.

Haven't lived in NH for a while, but the Connecticut R between NH and
Vermont was an odd one. As part of the agreement when Vermont split
off from NH, NH got the whole Connecticut R and you used to need a NH
license to fish either shore. Don't know if that is still the case.
I'm glad NY, NJ, and PA are more amiable about fishing the Delaware.

Delaware Water Gap. On the NJ side Dunnfield Creek and Van Campens are
popular so I am not outing anything. Go early before the hikers,
swimmers etc get out and the fish get spooky. Van Campens is one of
two streams in NJ that have wild brook, brown, and rainbow trout.

On the PA side there are a bunch of small native trout streams and I
will leave it at that.

Resica Falls is like a private club - the $20 annual permit to fish
there is a good deal.

The unihabited islands in the Delaware between NJ and PA above Treasure
Island I think are mostly federal lands. The disputes over these
islands in the early 19th century got ugly so the US Government stepped
in a took control. In the lower river many of the islands were claimed
by the first settlers and have clear title. The one I am not sure of
is Minisink Island which has had farms since the mid 1700's, so that
must be in NJ.


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