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Greenwood Lake

The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Special regulations for Greenwood Lake, as the state words them

Passaic County · Lake · NJ

Has its own special rules
How to read this page:Official text quoted regulationParsed fields from the ruleDerived calculated from rulesContext conditions, not a ruleAdvice our suggestion

The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text

Straight from NJ's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.

Whole water
  • Bass, Largemouth & SmallmouthJune 20–Nov. 30
    Daily limit 5 combinedSize 12 inches
  • Catfish, ChannelOpen year-round
    Daily limit 5Size 12 inches
  • Crappie, Black & WhiteOpen year-round
    Daily limit 10 combinedSize 8 inches
  • Muskellunge & HybridsOpen year-round
    Daily limit 1Size 44 inches
  • Perch, YellowOpen year-round
    Daily limit 50Size No minimum
  • Pickerel, ChainOpen year-round
    Daily limit 5Size 15 inches
  • SunfishOpen year-round
    Daily limit 50 combinedSize No minimum
  • WalleyeMay 1–Dec. 31
    Daily limit 3Size 18 inches
  • Herring, Alewife (landlocked) and bluebackOpen year-round
    Daily limit 35Size 6 inches maximum
    Any unused herring must be returned to Greenwood Lake upon conclusion of the angler's fishing trip. Herring may not be transported away from the lake's shoreline by any mechanism and may not be sold.
  • All Other SpeciesOpen year-round
    Daily limit No limitSize No minimum
    The possession or release of live Potentially Dangerous Fish is prohibited. Anglers MUST destroy these species if encountered while fishing.
  • All fish
    Fishing is permitted 24 hours a day.
  • All fish
    In compliance with New York regulations, only certified virus-free baitfish may be transported to, or used on, the portion of Greenwood Lake owned by the State of New York. Anglers are urged to use only certified virus-free baitfish when fishing any portion of Greenwood Lake.
  • carp, sucker, herring, catfish and eel
    Gear Bow and arrow
    Crossbows are NOT allowed at Greenwood Lake. A valid fishing license is required.
  • All fish
    Poles No more than five tip-ups and two hand-held devices
    All devices that are not hand held must be plainly marked with the name and address of the angler.
Out of season today
  • Bass, Largemouth & SmallmouthJan. 1–June 19 (out of season today)
    Daily limit Catch and release only
  • Bass, Largemouth & SmallmouthDec. 1–Dec. 31 (out of season today)
    Daily limit Catch and release only
  • WalleyeJan. 1–Feb. 28 (out of season today)
    Daily limit 3Size 18 inches
  • WalleyeMarch 1–April 30 (out of season today)
    Daily limit Catch and release only

Statewide base layerParsed

These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.

Season
Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Gear
Fish may be taken only in the manner known as angling with handline or with rod and line, or as otherwise allowed by law.Statewide
Bait
Only the following species may be taken for use as bait. American Eel, Banded Killifish, Creek Chub, Fallfish, Fathead Minnow, Gizzard Shad, Golden Shiner, Margined Madtom, Mummichog, and Tadpole Madtom.Statewide
Poles
When fishing from the shoreline , no more than three fishing rods, handlines or combination thereof may be usedStatewide

Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.

SpeciesDaily limitSize
Brook Trout
2 trout in total (Brook, Brown, and Rainbow Trout combined)min. 9 inchStatewide
trout
Varies by water: limit of 6 (general trout regulations); limit reduced from 4 to 2; daily limit remains 2 (general trout regulations); limit will also be 2 (general trout regulations)
one daily creel limit in possession-Statewide
Largemouth Bass and Smallmouth Bass
daily combined creel and possession limit of fivemin. minimum length of 12 inchesStatewide
panfish
daily limit of 25min. no minimum size limitStatewide
American Eel
See sizemin. minimum length of nine inchesStatewide

How this answer was assembled

  1. StatewideStatewide lake rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
  2. This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
  3. Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.

Where this rule applies

This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.

Season at a glanceDerived

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Sampled mid-month from the dated rows; short windows can slip between samples. The rows above are authoritative.

What are you fishing for here?Advice

Pick from the species named in Greenwood Lake's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.

Receipts

Statewide rules
Statewide
NJ official fishing regulations
Checked against this official source on July 12, 2026.
Special rules - Greenwood Lake
This water
NJ official fishing regulations
Checked against this official source on July 12, 2026.

Local services near Greenwood Lake

Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.

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