Fishing & Crabbing (Palisades Interstate Park

Fishing & Crabbing
Information on this page current as of January 12, 2012

Fishing and crabbing are permitted along the seawalls and shoreline of the Hudson River within the NJ Section, anywhere signs are not posted prohibiting these activities, including our five riverfront picnic areas and along the length of the Shore Trail (please remember that our trails are “carry in–carry out”—all trash must be carried back out with you and disposed of properly). Bait is not sold in the park.

Licenses are not required, but NJ State fishing regulations are in effect and enforced.

Please click here to read NJ State Department of Environmental Protection’s fishing regulations.

Please click here to read the NJ DEP’s advisory page on safe amounts of fish to consume.

You can also download NJ DEP’s poster on recreational fishing size limits, possession limits, and seasons (.pdf file).

For up-to-the-minute information on Hudson River fishing, visit the Hudson River Fishermen’s Association “Fishing Reports” online.

Common species caught along the Palisades include catfish, striped bass, white perch, tomcod, eels, and blue-claw crabs.

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