6 CRR-NY 10.3NY-CRR
6 CRR-NY 10.3
6 CRR-NY 10.3
10.3 Additional special fishing regulations for certain inland waters.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10.1 of this Part and in accordance with Table A in subdivision (b) of this section, no person, when fishing on the designated waters listed in Table A, shall fish in a manner contrary to that specified nor take or possess on the specially designated waters or shores thereof fish of the species listed for those waters:
(1) other than during the open season specified for such species;
(2) of a size less than that specified for such species; and
(3) in excess of the daily limit specified for such species.
(b) Table A—Fishing regulations for specially designated waters.
| County | Water | Species | Open Season | Minimum Length | Daily Limit | Method | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Albany | ||||||
| (a) | Thompsons Lake | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | ||
| (b) | Hudson River from Troy Dam upstream to Bakers Falls in the Village of Hudson Falls and tributaries in this section to first barrier impassable by fish, Mohawk River below Route 32 bridge | All species | All year | Catch and release | All fish shall be returned to the water immediately. Bait fish listed under Environmental Conservation Law, section 11-1315(1) may be possessed for use as fish bait. Use of tip-ups permitted. | ||
| (c) | Hudson River from Troy Dam downstream and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 15″ | 5 | ||
| (2) | Allegany | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except as listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Rushford Lake | Trout | April 1 through November 30 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (c) | Allen Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (3) | Bronx | ||||||
| (a) | Indian Lake, Crotona Park, VanCortlandt Lake | All | All year | Catch and release fishing only. All fish (except snakeheads) shall be returned to the water immediately. Any snakeheads removed from NYS waters shall be immediately euthanized and reported to the DEC Regional Fisheries Office and shall NOT be returned to any water body. | |||
| (4) | Broome | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Arctic Lake, Greenwood Lake, Nanticoke Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (c) | Chenango River, Susquehanna River, Tioughnioga River | Muskellunge and Tiger muskellunge | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 40″ | 1 combined | ||
| American Shad | All year | Catch and release fishing only. All American Shad shall be returned to the water immediately. | |||||
| (d) | Whitney Point Reservoir and the upper Otselic River upstream to Cortland County Route 169 bridge at Landers Corners | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||
| (5) | Cattaraugus | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except as listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Case Lake, Harwood Lake, New Albion Lake, Red House Lake, Quaker Lake, Science Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (6) | Cayuga | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Cross Lake, Seneca River | Northern pike | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 22″ | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (c) | Owasco Lake Outlet | Lake Trout | All year | 15″ | 3 | ||
| (7) | Chautauqua | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except as listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Chautauqua Lake and its tributaries and the Chadakoin River to Warner Dam | Muskellunge and tiger muskellunge | Last Saturday in May through November 30 | 40″ | 1 | ||
| (8) | Chemung | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Chemung River and its tributaries | Muskellunge and Tiger Muskellunge | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 40″ | 1 combined | ||
| American Shad | All year | Catch and release fishing only. All American Shad shall be returned to the water immediately | |||||
| (c) | Park Station Pond | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (9) | Chenango | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Chenango River Susquehanna River | Muskellunge and Tiger Muskellunge | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 40″ | 1 combined | ||
| American Shad | All year | Catch and release fishing only. All American Shad shall be returned to the water immediately | |||||
| (c) | Guilford Lake, Mill Brook Reservoir | Trout | All Year | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (10) | Clinton | ||||||
| (a) | Upper Chateaugay Lake, Chazy Lake | Sunfish | All year | None | Any number | ||
| Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| (b) | Great Chazy River from Route 9B at Coopersville to Perrys Mills Dam | Fishing prohibited March 16 until the first Saturday in May | |||||
| (c) | Scomotion Creek from mouth upstream to Pardy Road | Burbot | December 1 through March 31 | Snatching and blind snatching permitted | |||
| (11) | Columbia | ||||||
| (a) | Queechy Lake | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Hudson River from Troy Dam downstream and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 15″ | 5 | ||
| (c) | Taghkanic Lake | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (12) | Cortland | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Goodale Lake, Little York Lake and Casterline Pond, Tri-County Pond | Trout | All year | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (c) | Otselic River from County Route 169 bridge at Landers Corners downstream to Broome County line | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||
| (13) | Delaware | ||||||
| (a) | Delaware River and West Branch Delaware River forming Pennsylvania State line | See section 10.2(j) of this Part | |||||
| (b) | Cannonsville Reservoir | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | 12″ | 3 | ||
| (c) | Pepacton Reservoir | Trout | April 1 through September 30 | 15″ | 2 fish with no more than 1 longer than 21″ | ||
| (d) | Big Pond, Little Pond | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (e) | Mud Pond | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | 12″ | 3 | ||
| (f) | Trout Pond, Huggins Lake | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | 12″ | 2 | Artificial lures only | |
| (g) | East Sidney Reservoir | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (14) | Dutchess | ||||||
| (a) | Upton Lake, Sylvan Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Morgan Lake | Trout | All year | None | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (c) | Hudson River from Troy Dam downstream and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 15″ | 5 | ||
| (d) | Ellis Lake | Ice fishing permitted | |||||
| (15) | Erie | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except as listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Cattaraugus Creek downstream of Springville Dam | See Great Lakes Regulations | |||||
| (c) | That portion of Ellicott Creek within Amherst State Park | See Great Lakes Regulations | |||||
| (16) | Essex | ||||||
| (a) | Bigsby Pond, Copperas Pond | Lake Trout | April 1 through October 15 | 15″ | 3 | Maximum of 3 tip-ups allowed | |
| Fishing prohibited October 16 through March 31 | |||||||
| (b) | Eagle Lake, Connery Pond | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (c) | First Lake of Essex Chain, Pharoh Lake | Lake Trout | April 1 through October 15 | 15″ | 3 | Use or possession of baitfish prohibited | |
| (d) | Lake George | Lake trout | All year | 23″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 18″ | 2 | ||||
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | ||||
| Smelt | April 1 through May 15 | Use or possession prohibited | |||||
| May 16 through March 31 | None | 25 | |||||
| Yellow perch | All year | None | 50 | ||||
| Sunfish | All year | None | 50 | ||||
| (e) | Tributaries to Lake George upstream to the first barrier impassible by fish | Lake Trout | April 1 through September 30 | 23″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | April 1 through September 30 | 18″ | 2 | ||||
| Smelt | April 1 through May 15 | Use or possession prohibited | |||||
| May 16 through March 31 | Any size | 25 | |||||
| (f) | Ticonderoga Creek from lower falls upstream to Lake George | Trout Lake Landlocked Salmon | All year | 12″ | 3 | ||
| All year | 15″ | 2 | |||||
| (g) | Mirror Lake, Lake Placid | Lake trout | April 1 through October 15 | 15″ | 3 | ||
| (h) | Schroon Lake, Schroon River from Schroon Lake upstream to Alder Meadow Road | Lake trout | All year | 18″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| (i) | Upper and Lower Cascade Lakes | Round whitefish | Possession prohibited | ||||
| (j) | Paradox Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 3 | ||||
| (k) | Harris Lake, Putnam Pond | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (l) | Crane Pond | Lake trout | All year | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted; Use or possession of baitfish prohibited | |
| (m) | Moose Pond in Town of St. Armand | Lake trout | April 1 through October 15 | 15″ | 3 | ||
| (17) | Franklin | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 12″ | 5 | ||
| (b) | Big Fish Pond, Little Fish Pond, St. Regis Pond | Lake trout | April 1 through October 15 | 15″ | 3 | ||
| (c) | Tupper Lake, Lake Kushaqua, Rollins Pond | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (d) | Lake Clear, Meacham Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | ||||
| (e) | Little Clear and Little Green Pond and their tributaries | All species | Fishing prohibited to protect hatchery brood stocks | It is a violation for any person to possess a lure or fish taking device attached to a line on the waters or shores of Little Clear Pond. It is a violation for any person to possess landlocked salmon in or within 200 yards of Little Clear Pond. | |||
| (f) | Mountain Pond (Town of Brighton) | Trout | April 1 through November 30 | Catch and release only | Artificial lures only | ||
| (g) | Saranac River from Hough Brook at Union Falls Flow upstream to Franklin Falls Flow Dam | Fishing prohibited March 1 through May 15 to protect spawning walleye | |||||
| (h) | [Reserved] | ||||||
| (i) | Little Wolf Pond, Kiwassa Lake & St. Regis Falls Impoundment | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (j) | Upper Saranac Lake | Lake trout | April 1 through October 15 | 23″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (k) | Lake Colby | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | ||||
| (18) | Fulton | ||||||
| (a) | Canada Lake, Green Lake, Lily Lake, West Lake | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | ||||
| (b) | East Caroga Lake, West Caroga Lake, Northville Pond, Great Sacandaga Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (c) | Great Sacandaga Lake tributaries from the stream mouth to first highway bridge. Sacandaga River from the Bridge Street bridge in Northville upstream to the first crossing of Route 30 | Fishing prohibited March 16 until the opening of Walleye season in May | |||||
| (d) | Kyser Lake | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (19) | Genesee | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] in this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (20) | Greene | ||||||
| (a) | Greens Lake | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Hudson River from Troy Dam downstream and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 15″ | 5 | ||
| (c) | Colgate Lake | Trout | All year | 9″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (21) | Hamilton | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 12″ | 5 | ||
| (b) | Abanakee Lake | Lake trout | All year | None | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | ||||
| (c) | Limekiln Lake, Great Sacandaga Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (d) | Blue Mountain Lake, Eagle Lake, Forked Lake, Gilman Lake, South Pond, Utowana Lake | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | ||||
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 5 | ||||
| (e) | Lake Lila, First Lake of Essex Chain | Lake trout | April 1 through October 15 | 15″ | 3 | Use or possession of baitfish prohibited | |
| (f) | Fawn Lake (Town of Lake Pleasant) | Lake trout | April 1 through October 15 Fishing prohibited October 16 through March 31 | 18″ | 3 | Maximum of 3 tip-ups allowed | |
| (g) | Fourth Lake of Fulton Chain | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Trout | All year | 9″ | 5 | ||||
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | ||||
| Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 12″ | 5 | |||||
| Black bass | December 1 through the Friday preceding the third Saturday in June | Catch and release only | Artificial lures only | ||||
| (h) | Indian Lake (Town of Indian Lake), Lake Eaton, Lewey Lake, Raquette Lake | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | ||||
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | ||||
| (i) | Lower Sargent Pond | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 | Use or possession of baitfish prohibited | |
| (j) | Sacandaga Lake tributaries and outlet, Lake Pleasant tributaries | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||
| Fishing prohibited March 16 until the opening of Walleye season in May | |||||||
| (k) | Piseco Lake | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (l) | Sagamore Lake | Lake trout | April 1 through October 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||
| (m) | Sixth Lake, Seventh Lake | Lake trout | All year | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | ||||
| (n) | Great Sacandaga Lake tributaries from the upstream mouth to first highway bridge, Sacandaga River from Bridge Street in Northville upstream to the first crossing of Rte. 30 | Fishing prohibited March 16 until the opening of Walleye season in May | |||||
| (o) | Little Tupper Lake, Rock Pond, and Rock Pond Outlet stream between Rock Pond and Little Tupper Lake.1 | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | Catch and release only | Artificial lures only | ||
| (p) | Round Lake to the demarcated boundary with Little Tupper Lake | Brook trout | April 1 through October 15 | 12″ | 3 | Artificial lures only. Use or possession of bait fish prohibited | |
| (q) | Lake Pleasant, Sacandaga Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | ||
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (22) | Herkimer | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except as listed below or listed in section 10.6(h) of this Part or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | First, Second, Third and Fourth Lakes of Fulton Chain, Old Forge Pond | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Trout | All year | 9″ | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| (c) | Limekiln Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (d) | Stillwater Reservoir, Beardsley Lake Kyser Lake, Hinckley Reservoir, Prospect Reservoir, North Lake | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (e) | Evergreen Lake, Hidden Lake, Horn Lake, Peaked Mountain Lake | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 3 | Artificial lures only | |
| (f) | Forestport Reservoir, Kayuta Lake and Moshier Reservoir | Statewide Angling Regulations Apply | |||||
| (g) | Woodhull Lake | Lake trout | April 1 through October 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||
| (23) | Jefferson | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except as listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | All waters, except Sandy Pond | Yellow perch | All year | None | Any number | ||
| Sunfish | All year | None | Any number | ||||
| (c) | Clear Lake, Brass Lake, Hyde Lake, Sixtown Pond, Butterfield Lake | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (d) | All waters except those listed below | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 12″ | 5 | ||
| (e) | Lake-of-the-Woods, Sixberry Lake | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| (f) | Perch Lake | Closed to all fishing from March 2 through November 30. Ice fishing permitted from December 1 through March 1. | |||||
| (g) | Sandy Pond | Yellow perch | All year | None | 50 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Sunfish | All year | None | 50 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| (h) | Millsite Lake | Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | ||||
| Lake trout | April 1 through October 15 | 21″ | 3 | ||||
| (i) | Black River from Dexter Dam upstream, Indian River | Walleye | Statewide Regulations Apply | ||||
| (24) | Kings | ||||||
| (a) | Prospect Park Lake | All | All year | Catch and release fishing only. All fish (except snakeheads) shall be returned to the water immediately. Any snakeheads removed from NYS waters shall be immediately euthanized and reported to the DEC Regional Fisheries Office and shall NOT be returned to any water body. | |||
| (25) | Lewis | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except as listed below or listed in section 10.6(i) of this Part or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Lake Bonaparte | Trout | All year | 9″ | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Lake trout | All year | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (c) | Beaver Lake, Francis Lake, Soft Maple Reservoir, and Whetstone Marsh | Statewide Angling Regulations Apply | |||||
| (26) | Livingston | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (27) | Madison | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Eaton Brook Reservoir | Trout | All year | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (c) | Lebanon Reservoir, Leland Ponds | Trout | All year | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (d) | Cazenovia Lake, DeRuyter Reservoir | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||
| (e) | Oneida Lake east of Route 81 bridge and tributaries upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (28) | Monroe | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 loner than 12″ | ||
| (29) | Montgomery | ||||||
| (a) | Beardsley Lake | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (30) | Nassau | ||||||
| (a) | All waters | Crappie | All year | 9″ | 15 | ||
| Sunfish (bluegill and pumpkinseed) | All year | None | 15 | ||||
| Yellow perch | All year | 8″ | 15 | ||||
| Pickerel | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (b) | All waters | Black bass | First Saturday in June through April 30 | Catch and release only | |||
| (c) | All ponds and lakes | Trout | All year | None | 3 | ||
| (d) | All streams | Rainbow and brown trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| October 16 through March 31 | Catch and release only | ||||||
| Brook trout | All year | Catch and release only | |||||
| (31) | New York | ||||||
| (a) | Central Park all waters | All | All year | Catch and release fishing only. All fish (except snakeheads) shall be returned to the water immediately. Any snakeheads removed from NYS waters shall be immediately euthanized and reported to the DEC Regional Fisheries Office and shall NOT be returned to any water body. | |||
| (32) | Niagara | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (33) | Oneida | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except as listed below or listed in section 10.6(j) of this Part or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Fish Creek from Barge Canal upstream to junction of East and West Branches of Fish Creek, West Branch of Fish Creek from mouth upstream to dam in McConnellville, East Branch Fish Creek from mouth upstream to the Route 69 bridge in Taberg, Mohawk River from Delta Lake upstream to bridge in Westernville | Fishing prohibited March 16 until the opening of Walleye season in May | |||||
| (c) | Hinckley and Prospect Reservoirs | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (d) | Delta Reservoir | Statewide Angling Regulations Apply | |||||
| (e) | Oneida Lake east of Route 81 bridge and tributaries upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish, and Barge (Erie) Canal upstream to Lock 22 | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (34) | Onondaga | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Cross Lake, Seneca River | Northern pike | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 22″ | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (c) | Green Lake in Green Lakes State Park | Trout | April 1 through November 30 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (d) | Jamesville Reservoir, Cross Lake, Seneca River upstream of Plainville Road | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (e) | Skaneateles Creek from Old Seneca Turnpike bridge north of the Village of Skaneateles downstream 10.2 miles to the Jordan Road bridge in the Village of Jordan | Landlocked salmon | All year | Catch and release only | Artificial lures only | ||
| (f) | Oneida Lake east of Route 81 bridge and tributaries upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (35) | Orleans | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except the Great Lakes and their tributaries or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Waterport Reservoir | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||
| (36) | Ontario | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except the Finger Lakes, Great Lakes and their tributaries or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (37) | Orange | ||||||
| (a) | Askoti Lake, Blue Lake, Round Lake, Skannatati Lake, Walton Lake, Hessian Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Sterling Lake | Lake Trout | April 1 through October 15 | 21″ | 1 | Use and possession of baitfish prohibited | |
| (c) | Hudson River from Troy Dam downstream and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 15″ | 5 | ||
| (d) | Bashakill Marsh | Pickerel | All year | 15″ | 5 | ||
| Black bass | All year | 12″ | 5 | ||||
| (e) | Rio Reservoir | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||
| (38) | Oswego | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Redfield Reservoir | Trout | All year | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (c) | Oneida Lake east of Route 81 bridge and tributaries upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (39) | Otsego | ||||||
| (a) | Arnold Lake | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Canadarago Lake | Yellow perch | All year | None | 25 | ||
| Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (c) | Gilbert Lake | Trout | April 1 through November 30 | 12″ | 3 | ||
| (d) | Goodyear Lake | Yellow perch | All year | None | 25 | ||
| Sunfish (Bluegill, pumpkinseed, Redbreast) | All year | None | 25 | ||||
| (e) | Otsego Lake | Lake trout | All year | 23″ | 1 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (40) | Putnam | ||||||
| (a) | Bog Brook Reservoir, Diverting Reservoir, East Branch Reservoir, Middle Branch Reservoir | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | West Branch Reservoir | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | 18″ | 1 | |||||
| Lake trout | 21″ | 3 | |||||
| (c) | Hudson River from Troy Dam downstream and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 15″ | 5 | ||
| (d) | Lake Glenida | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Lake Gilead | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | ||
| (e) | East Branch Reservoir, Boyd Corners Reservoir, White Pond | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (f) | Croton Falls Reservoir | Trout | All year | 18″ | 1 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (41) | Queens | ||||||
| (a) | Baisley Pond, Kissena Lake, Meadow Lake, Oakland Lake, Willow Lake | All | All year | Catch and release fishing only. All fish (except snakeheads) shall be returned to the water immediately. Any snakeheads removed from NYS waters shall be immediately euthanized and reported to the DEC Regional Fisheries Office and shall NOT be returned to any water body. | |||
| (42) | Rensselaer | ||||||
| (a) | Glass Lake | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Long Pond, Second Pond, Shaver Pond | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (c) | Hudson River from Troy Dam upstream to Bakers Falls in the Village of Hudson Falls and tributaries in this section to first barrier impassable by fish, Mohawk River below Route 32 bridge | All species | All year | Catch and release. All fish shall be returned to the water immediately. Bait fish listed under Environmental Conservation Law, section 11-1315(1) may be possessed for use as fish bait. Use of tip-ups permitted. | |||
| (d) | Hudson River from Troy Dam downstream and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 15″ | 5 | ||
| (e) | Tomhannock Reservoir | Ice fishing season January 1-March 15, daylight hours only. Fishing by permit only (available from City of Troy) | |||||
| (43) | Richmond | ||||||
| (a) | Brooks Lake, Clove Lake, Silver Lake, Willowbrook Lake, Wolfes Pond | All | All year | Catch and release fishing only. All fish (except snakeheads) shall be returned to the water immediately. Any snakeheads removed from NYS waters shall be immediately euthanized and reported to the DEC Regional Fisheries Office and shall NOT be returned to any water body. | |||
| (44) | Rockland | ||||||
| (a) | Hessian Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Hudson River from Troy Dam downstream and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 15″ | 5 | ||
| (45) | St. Lawrence | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except as listed below or listed in section 10.6(l) of this Part or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Tooley Pond | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | Catch and release only | Artificial lures only | ||
| (c) | All waters except those listed in this paragraph | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 12″ | 5 | ||
| (d) | Black Lake including Indian River from falls in Rossie downstream to confluence with the Oswegatchie River | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 15″ | 5 | ||
| Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (e) | Pleasant Lake, Black Lake, Horseshoe Lake | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (f) | Star Lake | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | ||||
| (g) | Tupper Lake | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (h) | Cranberry Lake | Northern pike | First Saturday in May through March 15 | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (i) | Lake Ozonia | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | ||||
| (j) | Trout Lake | Lake trout | All year | 21″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Sylvia Lake | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | |||
| (k) | Allen Pond | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | 12″ | 3 | ||
| (l) | All waters in the Massawepie Conservation Easement Area, Tamarack Pond except inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | 12″ | 3 | ||
| (m) | Oswegatchie River from north side of the lower most bridge, St. Rte. 68, upstream to the dam in Ogdensburg | Fishing prohibited March 16 until the opening of walleye season in May | |||||
| (n) | Sterling Pond | Statewide Angling Regulations Apply | Ice fishing permitted | ||||
| (46) | Saratoga | ||||||
| (a) | Mohawk River | Taking and possession of River Herring (Blueback Herring and Alewife) between Lock 2 and Guard Gate 2 (Waterford Flight) prohibited | |||||
| (b) | Hudson River from Troy Dam upstream to Bakers Falls in the Village of Hudson Falls and tributaries in this section to first barrier impassable by fish, Mohawk River below Route 32 bridge | All species | All year | Catch and release. All fish shall be returned to the water immediately. Bait fish listed under Environmental Conservation Law, section 11-1315(1) may be possessed for use as fish bait. Use of tip-ups permitted. | |||
| (c) | Great Sacandaga Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (d) | Great Sacandaga Lake tributaries from lake upstream to first highway bridge | Fishing prohibited March 16 until the opening of Walleye season in May | |||||
| (e) | Moreau Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (f) | Saratoga Lake including Fish Creek downstream to the old railroad crossing between Staffords and Bryants bridges | Sunfish (Bluegill, pumpkinseed, Redbreast) | All year | None | 15 | ||
| (47) | Schenectady | Reserved for future use | |||||
| (48) | Schoharie | ||||||
| (a) | Mallet Pond | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Schoharie Reservoir | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (c) | Holding Pond | Trout | April through October 15 | 10″ | 3 | ||
| (49) | Schuyler | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Cayuta Lake | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (50) | Seneca | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Seneca River | Northern pike | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 22″ | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (51) | Steuben | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Chemung River, Tioga River | Muskellunge and Tiger muskellunge | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 40″ | 1 combined | ||
| (52) | Suffolk | ||||||
| (a) | All waters | Crappie | All year | 9″ | 15 | ||
| Sunfish, bluegill and pumpkinseed | All year | None | 15 | ||||
| Yellow perch | All year | None | 15 | ||||
| (b) | All waters except Lake Ronkonkoma, Artist Lake, Belmont Lake, Blydenburgh Lake, and Fort Pond | Black bass | First Saturday in June through November 30 | 12″ | 5 | ||
| December 1 through March 15 | Catch and release only | ||||||
| (c) | Blydenburgh Lake | Black bass | First Saturday in June through November 30 | 12″ | 5 | ||
| December 1 through Friday before first Saturday in June | Catch and release only | ||||||
| (d) | Artist Lake, Belmont Lake, Randall Pond | Black bass | All year | Catch and release only | |||
| (e) | Lake Ronkonkoma, Fort Pond | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||
| (f) | All ponds and lakes except Laurel Lake, Deep Pond and East (Swan) Lake | Trout | All year | None | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (g) | Laurel Lake and Deep Pond | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (h) | East (Swan) Lake | Trout | April 1 through November 30 | 10″ | 3 | ||
| (i) | All streams except as listed below | Rainbow and brown trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| October 16 through March 31 | Catch and release only | ||||||
| Brook trout | All year | Catch and release only | |||||
| (j) | Tidal streams | Rainbow and brown trout | All year | None | 3 | ||
| Brook trout | All year | Catch and release only | |||||
| (k) | Hards Lake | Brook trout | April 1 through September 30 | Catch and release only | |||
| (l) | From LIPA transmission lines at Gate G upstream to Yaphank Avenue | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | Catch and release only | Fly fishing only | ||
| (m) | Carmans River from Cement Dam upstream to LIPA transmission lines at Gate G | Rainbow and brown trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 3 with no more than 1 longer than 12" | Fly fishing only | |
| (n) | Carmans River from Hards Lake upstream to Cement Dam downstream to Hards Lake | Rainbow and brown trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 3 | ||
| (o) | Connetquot and Caleb Smith State Parks | Trout | Park regulations apply, permit required: call 631-581-1005 Connetquot, 631-265-1054 Caleb | ||||
| (p) | Deep Pond | Chain pickerel | All year | None | Catch and release only | ||
| (53) | Sullivan | ||||||
| (a) | Crystal Lake, Hodge Pond | Trout | April 1 through September 30 | 10″ | 3 | Use or possession of fish for bait prohibited | |
| (b) | Lake Huntington, Loch Sheldrake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (c) | Neversink Reservoir | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | 12″ | 3 | ||
| Landlocked salmon | April 1 through October 15 | 15″ | 3 | ||||
| Smelt | Fishing prohibited | ||||||
| (d) | Rondout Reservoir | Trout | April 1 through November 30 | 12″ | 3 | ||
| Lake trout | April 1 through November 30 | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (e) | Swinging Bridge Reservoir | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (f) | White Lake | Lake trout | All year | 15″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| (g) | Bashakill Marsh | Pickerel | All year | 15″ | 5 | ||
| Black bass | All year | 12″ | 5 | ||||
| (h) | Mongaup Pond | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (i) | Rio Reservoir | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||
| (54) | Tioga | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Susquehanna River | Muskellunge and Tiger muskellunge | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 40″ | 1 combined | ||
| American Shad | All year | Catch and release fishing only. All American shad shall be returned to the water immediately. | |||||
| (55) | Tompkins | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except those listed below or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Tri-County Pond | Trout | All year | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (56) | Ulster | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except Hudson River | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||
| (b) | Alder Lake, Echo Lake | Trout | April 1 through September 30 | 10″ | 3 | Use or possession of fish for bait prohibited | |
| (c) | Ashokan | Trout | April 1 through November 30 | 12″ | 3 | ||
| Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (d) | Rondout Reservoir | Trout | April 1 through November 30 | 12″ | 3 | ||
| Lake trout | April 1 through November 30 | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (e) | Hudson River from Troy Dam downstream and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 15″ | 5 | ||
| (f) | Honk Lake | Ice fishing permitted | |||||
| (57) | Warren | ||||||
| (a) | Brant Lake, Brant Lake Mill Pond, Brant Lake outlet, Hudson River, Lake Luzerne, Trout Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (b) | Lake George | Lake trout | All year | 23″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 18″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |||
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | ||||
| Smelt | May 16 through March 31 | None | 25 | ||||
| April 1 through May 15 | Use or possession prohibited | ||||||
| (c) | Tributaries to Lake George upstream to the first barrier impassible by fish | Lake trout | April 1 through September 30 | 23″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | April 1 through September 30 | 18″ | 2 | ||||
| Smelt | April 1 through May 15 | Use or possession prohibited | |||||
| May 16 through March 31 | None | 25 | |||||
| (d) | Glen Lake | Trout | All year | None | 5 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (e) | Hour Pond, Jabe Pond, Little Jabe Pond, Peaked Mountain Pond | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | 12″ | 3 | Artificial lures only | |
| (f) | Schroon Lake, Schroon River from Schroon Lake downstream to Starbuckville Dam | Lake trout | All year | 18″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 3 | ||||
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | ||||
| (g) | Schroon River from Starbuckville Dam downstream | Lake trout | All year | None | 3 | ||
| Landlocked salmon | All year | None | 3 | ||||
| (h) | Thirteenth Lake, Thirteenth Lake Outlet from dam at the 13th Lake Road upstream to Thirteenth Lake | Landlocked salmon | April 1 through November 30 | 15″ | 3 | Use or possession of baitfish prohibited | |
| Trout | April 1 through November 30 | None | 5 | ||||
| (i) | Palmer Pond | Trout | April 1 through November 30 | None | 5 | ||
| (58) | Washington | ||||||
| (a) | Hudson River from Troy Dam upstream to Bakers Falls in the Village of Hudson Falls and tributaries in this section to first barrier impassable by fish, Mohawk River below Route 32 bridge | All species | All year | Catch and release. All fish shall be returned to the water immediately. Bait fish listed under Environmental Conservation Law, section 11-1315(1) may be possessed for use as fish bait. Use of tip-ups permitted. | |||
| (b) | Lake George | Lake trout | All year | 23″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | All year | 18″ | 2 | ||||
| Trout | All year | None | 5 | ||||
| Smelt | May 16 through March 31 | None | 25 | ||||
| April 1 through May 15 | Use or possession prohibited | ||||||
| (c) | Tributaries to Lake George upstream to the first barrier impassible by fish | Lake trout | April 1 through September 30 | 23″ | 2 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Landlocked salmon | April 1 through September 30 | 18″ | 2 | ||||
| Smelt | April 1 through May 15 | Use or possession prohibited | |||||
| May 16 through March 31 | None | 25 | |||||
| (59) | Wayne | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except the Great Lakes and their tributaries or inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
| (b) | Seneca River | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Northern pike | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 22″ | 5 | ||||
| (60) | Westchester | ||||||
| (a) | All rivers and streams except Hudson River from Troy Dam downstream and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish | Black bass | Third Saturday in June through November 30 | 15″ | 5 | ||
| (b) | Amawalk Reservoir, Cross River Reservoir, Muscoot Reservoir, Croton River from Muscoot Reservior upstream to confluence with East and West branches | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (c) | New Croton Reservoir | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | ||
| (d) | Kensico Reservoir | Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | ||
| Lake trout | All year | 18″ | 3 | ||||
| (e) | Titicus Reservoir | Walleye | First Saturday in May through March 15 | 18″ | 3 | Ice fishing permitted | |
| Trout | All year | 12″ | 3 | ||||
| (61) | Wyoming | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | Ice fishing permitted | |
| (62) | Yates | ||||||
| (a) | All waters except inland trout streams (see subdivision [e] of this section) | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | None | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ | ||
(c) Finger Lakes fishing regulations.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10.1 of this Part and in accordance with Table B in paragraph (2) of this subdivision, no person, when fishing in Canadice, Canandaigua, Cayuga, Conesus, Hemlock, Honeoye, Keuka, Otisco, Owasco, Seneca and Skaneateles Lakes shall take or possess, on these lakes or the shores thereof, fish of the species listed:
(i) other than during the open season specified for such species;
(ii) of a size less than that specified for such species;
(iii) in excess of the daily limit specified for such species; and
(iv) in a manner contrary to that specified for such species.
(2) Table B—Fishing regulations for Finger Lakes.
| Water | Species | Open Season | Minimum Length | Daily Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) All Finger Lakes | All other species except as listed below | See General Angling Regulations listed under 10.1(b) of this Part for each species | ||
| Northern pike | First Saturday of May through March 15 | 22″ | 5 | |
| Walleye | First Saturday of May through March 15 | 18″ Except 15″ in Honeoye Lake | 3 | |
| (b) Canadice Lake, Canandaigua Lake, Conesus Lake, Hemlock Lake, Honeoye Lake, Keuka Lake, Seneca Lake | Brown trout, rainbow trout, lake trout, Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 5 in combination. Catch shall include no more than 1 rainbow trout or 3 Landlocked salmon |
| Black bass | Third Saturday of June through March 15 | 12″ | 5 | |
| March 16 through the Friday preceding the third Saturday in June | Catch and release only | Artificial lures only | ||
| (c) Honeoye Lake | Alewife or sawbellies | Possession prohibited | ||
| (d) Cayuga Lake, Owasco Lake | Brown trout, rainbow trout, lake trout, Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ Except 18″ for Landlocked salmon in lake | 5 in combination. Catch shall include no more than 3 brown trout, 3 rainbow trout or 3 Landlocked salmon |
| (e) Otisco Lake | Tiger Muskellunge | First Saturday of May through March 15 | 36″ | 1 |
| Trout | All year | 12″ | 5 | |
| (f) Skaneateles Lake | Brown trout, rainbow trout, lake trout, Landlocked salmon | All year | 15″ | 5 in combination. Catch shall include no more than 3 of any species |
| Alewife or sawbellies | Possession prohibited | |||
(3) Ice fishing is permitted in all Finger Lakes subject to existing size, season and bag limits.
(d) Fishing regulations for Finger Lakes tributaries.
The following regulations apply to all tributaries to Canadice Lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga Lake, Hemlock Lake, Keuka Lake, Owasco Lake, Otisco Lake, Seneca Lake and Skaneateles Lake upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish.
(1) Table C—Finger Lakes tributary trout and salmon fishing regulations.
| Water | Species | Open Season | Minimum Length | Daily Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Canadice, Canadaigua, Hemlock, Keuka, and Seneca Lake tributaries upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish | Brown trout, Rainbow trout, Lake trout, Landlocked salmon | April 1 through December 31 | 15″ | 3 in combination, catch shall include no more than 1 rainbow trout |
| All Owasco, Skaneatles and Otisco Lake tributaries upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish except those tributaries segments listed separately in this table | Brown trout, Rainbow trout, Lake trout, Landlocked salmon | April 1 through December 31 | 15″, except 9″ for brown trout | 3 in combination |
| All Cayuga Lake tributaries upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish except those tributary segments listed separately in this table | Brown trout, Rainbow trout, Lake trout, Landlocked salmon | April 1 through December 31 | 15″ except 18″ for Landlocked salmon | 3 in combination |
| Fall Creek (Cayuga Lake) from the downstream edge of the railroad bridge below Rt. 13 to Ithaca Falls | Brown trout, Rainbow trout, Lake trout, Landlocked salmon | April 1 through December 31 | 15″ except 18″ for Landlocked salmon | 3 in combination |
| January 1 through March 31 | Catch and release only | Artificial lures only | ||
| Spafford Creek (Otisco Lake) upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish | Trout | April 1 through October 15 | Any size | 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12″ |
(2) All other species: Open seasons, daily creel limits and minimum lengths in effect for Finger Lakes lakes as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.
(3) Additional regulations.
(i) Any action to frighten fish and move them from concealment, including herding, driving, kicking and stoning is prohibited.
(ii) Angling is prohibited from January 1st through March 31st except for those stream sections listed in paragraph (4) of this subdivision and Fall Creek in Ithaca, Tompkins County, from the downstream edge of the railroad bridge below Route 13 to Ithaca Falls.
(iii) Angling is also prohibited between sunset and sunrise from April 1st through May 15th and October 1st through December 31st except for those stream sections listed in paragraph (4) of this subdivision. Angling is also prohibited between sunset and sunrise from January 1st through March 31st in Fall Creek in Ithaca, Tompkins County, from the downstream edge of the railroad bridge below Route 13 to Ithaca Falls.
(iv) Use of more than one line with a single hook point is prohibited except for those stream sections listed in paragraph (4) of this subdivision.
(v) Possession of hooks with a gap greater than ½ inch is prohibited except for those stream sections listed in paragraph (4) of this subdivision.
(vi) Possession of landing nets larger than 50 inches around the frame or with handles longer than 20 inches is prohibited except for those sections listed in paragraph (4) of this subdivision.
(4) Stream sections for which additional tributary regulations (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) in paragraph (3) of this subdivision do not apply.
(i) West River, Sucker Brook from Canandaigua Lake upstream in Ontario County.
(ii) Cayuga Inlet and flood control channel from Cayuga Lake upstream to posted “NO FISHING” boundary below the Fishway in Tompkins County.
(iii) Yawgers Creek from Cayuga County upstream to abandoned Lehigh Valley R.R. bridge in Cayuga County.
(iv) Guyanoga Creek from Keuka Lake upstream to Route 54A bridge in Yates County.
(v) Owasco Inlet from Owasco Lake upstream 2/3 mile to marked boundary at old railroad bed in Cayuga County.
(vi) Barge Canal from Seneca Lake upstream to northernmost Route 14 bridge in Montour Falls, Schuyler County.
(vii) Fall Creek in Ithaca, Tompkins County, from Cayuga Lake to the downstream edge of the railroad bridge below Route 13 in Ithaca.
(viii) Old Seneca Inlet in the southeast corner of Seneca Lake upstream of State Route 414.
(e) Inland trout stream fishing regulations.
(1) Definition.
For the purposes of this subdivision, the following definition applies:
(i) Inland trout streams shall mean all rivers and streams inhabited by trout except as follows:
(a) Great Lakes tributaries to the first impassible barrier;
(b) Finger Lakes tributaries to the first impassible barrier;
(c) Lake Champlain tributaries to the first impassible barrier;
(d) Tidal stream reaches.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10.1 of this Part and in accordance with Table D in paragraph (4) of this subdivision, Table E in paragraph (5) of this subdivision, and Table F in paragraphs (6) and (7) of this subdivision, no person, when fishing Inland trout streams shall take or possess, on these streams or the shores thereof, fish of the species listed:
(i) other than during the open season specified for such species;
(ii) of a size less than that specified for such species;
(iii) in excess of the daily limit specified for such species; and
(iv) in a manner contrary to that specified for such species.
(3) The special regulations set forth in this subdivision shall not apply to:
(i) Nassau County streams;
(ii) Suffolk County streams;
(iii) Croton River from Muscoot Reservoir upstream to confluence with east and west branches Croton River (Westchester County);
(iv) Delaware River downstream of bridge in Lordville (Delaware, Sullivan and Orange counties);
(v) Brant Lake Outlet (Warren County);
(vi) Rock Pond Outlet Stream (Hamilton County);
(vii) Schroon River from Starbuckville Dam upstream to Schroon Lake (Warren County);
(viii) Schroon River from Schroon Lake upstream to Alder Meadow Road (Essex County); and
(ix) Thirteenth Lake Outlet from dam at 13th Lake Road upstream to Thirteenth Lake (Warren County).
(4) Table D - Statewide inland trout stream regulation.
The following regulations will apply to all inland trout streams except those listed in Table F of this subdivision.
| Species | Open Season | Minimum length and daily harvest limit | Method |
| Trout | April 1 through October 15 | 5 with no more than 2 trout longer than 12″ | |
| October 16 through March 31 | Catch and Release only | Artificial lures only |
(5) Table E – inland trout stream regulation categories.
The following inland trout stream regulation categories may be applied to trout in the waters listed in Table F of this subdivision.
| Regulation Category | Open Season | Minimum length and daily harvest limit | Method | |
| (a) | Catch and Release | All year | Catch and Release only | Artificial lures only |
| (b) | Stocked Extended | April 1 through October 15 | 3 with no more than 1 trout longer than 12″ | |
| October 16 through March 31 | Catch and Release only | Artificial lures Only | ||
| (c) | Wild Quality | April 1 through October 15 | 3 with no more than 1 trout longer than 12″ | |
| October 16 through March 31 | Catch and Release only | Artificial lures only | ||
| (d) | Wild Premier | April 1 through October 15 | 1 at any size | |
| October 16 through March 31 | Catch and Release only | Artificial lures only |
(6) Table F – Trout fishing regulations for specially designated inland trout streams.
| DEC Region | Water | Reach | Regulation Category | |
| (a) | Region 3 (Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties) | |||
| (i) | Amawalk Outlet (Muscoot River) | From Muscoot Reservoir upstream to Amawalk Reservoir | Wild Quality | |
| (ii) | Beaver Kill | From the Delaware/Sullivan County line downstream of Roscoe upstream to the Delaware/Sullivan County line upstream of Roscoe | Stocked Extended | |
| From the downstream end of the Beaver Kill Campground upstream to ½ mile upstream of the Beaver Kill covered bridge at the Beaver Kill Campground | Stocked Extended | |||
| (iii) | Beer Kill West Branch | From the confluence with Beer Kill upstream to Windsor Lake | Wild Quality | |
| (iv) | Callicoon Creek North Branch | From the confluence with Callicoon Creek upstream to Gossweyler Pond | Stocked Extended | |
| From Gossweyler Pond upstream to the first Lower Weissman Road bridge crossing | Wild Quality | |||
| (v) | Cedar Pond Brook | From the Pyngyp Road/Route 210 intersection upstream to Cedar Flats Road/Route 210 intersection. | Wild Quality | |
| (vi) | East Branch Croton River | From confluence with West Branch Croton River upstream to Diverting Reservoir Dam | Stocked Extended | |
| From Diverting Reservoir upstream to East Branch Reservoir Dam | Stocked Extended | |||
| (vii) | Esopus Creek | From Ashokan Reservoir upstream to confluence with Lost Clove Creek | Wild Quality | |
| (viii) | Mongaup Creek | From confluence with Willowemoc Creek upstream to confluence with the tributary immediately south of the Catskill Fish Hatchery | Wild Quality | |
| (ix) | Neversink River | From the Guymard Tpke crossing upstream to the Sullivan-Orange County line | Stocked Extended | |
| Neversink River and tributaries within the Neversink River Unique Area and owned by the people of the State of New York situated in the Towns of Thompson and Forestburgh and abutting that reach of the Neversink River from the Sullivan-Orange County line upstream to its confluence with Mercer Brook, except any portion thereof where the right to fish is privately owned. | Catch and Release | |||
| From 1.0 miles downstream of Bridgeville Road upstream to Wynkoop Brook | Stocked Extended | |||
| (x) | Ramapo River | From the downstream end of H. Pierson Mapes Flat Rock County Park upstream to Arden Valley Rd | Stocked Extended | |
| (xi) | Rochester Creek | From the confluence with Rondout Creek upstream to confluence with Mettacahonts Creek | Wild Quality | |
| (xii) | Rondout Creek | From confluence with Sundown Creek upstream to upstream most crossing of County Route 42 | Wild Quality | |
| (xiii) | Wappingers Creek | From New Hackensack Road Bridge in Red Oaks Mill upstream to East Branch Wappingers Creek in Hibernia | Stocked Extended | |
| From ¾ miles downstream of Jameson Hill Rd. Bridge in Clinton Corners upstream to Hunts Lake Creek in Stanfordville | Wild Quality | |||
| (xiv) | West Branch Croton River | From confluence with East Branch Croton River upstream to Croton Falls Reservoir Dam | Catch and Release | |
| From Croton Falls Reservoir upstream to West Branch Reservoir Dam | Wild Quality | |||
| (xv) | Willowemoc Creek | From the confluence with the Beaver Kill upstream to the second Route 17 Quickway Bridge east of Roscoe | Stocked Extended | |
| From the second Route 17 Quickway Bridge east of Roscoe upstream 3.5 miles to 1200 feet upstream of the confluence with Elm Hollow Brook | Catch and Release | |||
| From 1200 feet upstream of the confluence with Elm Hollow Brook upstream to Parkston Road Bridge | Stocked Extended | |||
| From the downstream end of the Willowemoc Wild Forest upstream to the confluence with Fir Brook | Stocked Extended | |||
| (b) | Region 4 (Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties) | |||
| (i) | Batavia Kill (Delaware County) | From confluence with East Branch Delaware River upstream to source | Wild Quality | |
| (ii) | Beaver Kill | From 1.6 miles downstream of Iron Bridge at Horton upstream to 1 mile upstream of Iron Bridge at Horton except additional restriction as listed in paragraph 7 of this subdivision. | Catch and Release | |
| From 1 mile upstream of Iron Bridge at Horton upstream to the old railroad trestle 2.5 miles downstream of the Sullivan County Line | Stocked Extended | |||
| From the Sullivan County Line downstream of Roscoe downstream 2.5 miles to the old railroad trestle | Catch and Release | |||
| From the first Sullivan County Line crossing upstream of Roscoe upstream to the Route 206 Bridge | Stocked Extended | |||
| (iii) | Bushkill | From confluence with Dry Brook upstream to confluence with Emory Brook and Vly Creek | Wild Quality | |
| (iv) | Bushnellsville Creek | From Greene/Ulster County Line upstream to source | Wild Quality | |
| (v) | Catskill Creek | From confluence with Basic Creek in Freehold upstream to the confluence with Fox Creek in Preston Hollow | Stocked Extended | |
| (vi) | Delaware River | From Bridge in Lordville upstream to confluence with West and East Branches of Delaware River | Wild Premier | |
| (vii) | East Branch Delaware River | From confluence with West Branch Delaware River upstream to Route 206/30 bridge in Downsville | Wild Premier | |
| (viii) | East Brook | From confluence with West Branch Delaware River upstream to source | Wild Quality | |
| (ix) | East Creek (aka Kinderhook Creek) | From confluence with Kinderhook Creek south of Route 43 in Stephentown upstream to State Line | Wild Quality | |
| (x) | Emory Brook | From confluence with Bush Kill upstream to source | Wild Quality | |
| (xi) | Kinderhook Creek | From I-90 upstream to confluence with East Creek south of Route 43 in Stephentown | Stocked Extended | |
| (xii) | Little Hoosic River | From confluence with Hoosic River upstream to source | Wild Quality | |
| (xiii) | Panther Creek | From Route 4 in West Fulton upstream to Source | Wild Quality | |
| (xiv) | Russell Brook | From confluence with Beaver Kill upstream to source | Wild Quality | |
| (xv) | West Branch Delaware River | Forming NY/PA border | Wild Premier | |
| From NY/PA border upstream to 2 miles downstream of the Route 17 bridge at Deposit | Wild Premier | |||
| From Route 17 bridge at Deposit downstream 2 miles | Catch and Release | |||
| From Route 17 bridge at Deposit upstream to Stilesville Weir | Wild Premier | |||
| From East Brook in Walton upstream 35.5 miles to Town Brook in Hobart | Stocked Extended | |||
| (c) | Region 5 (Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties) | |||
| (i) | Battenkill | From confluence with Whittaker Brook upstream to Rexleigh Bridge | Stocked Extended | |
| From County RT 61 Bridge in Shushan upstream to County Route 64 Bridge | Stocked Extended | |||
| From County Route 64 Bridge upstream to covered bridge in Eagleville | Wild Quality | |||
| From covered bridge at Eagleville upstream to Vermont state line | Catch and Release | |||
| (ii) | Cayadutta Creek | From foot path bridge off of W. Montgomery St upstream to Co. Highway 122 | Stocked Extended | |
| (iii) | Chateaugay River | From end of posted PFR 1 mile from US/Canada Border upstream to 1.0 miles upstream of the Marble River confluence | Stocked Extended | |
| From the Chasm dam impoundment upstream to High Falls Dam | Stocked Extended | |||
| (iv) | Hudson River | From the confluence of Raymond Brook upstream to the confluence with Thirteenth Brook | Stocked Extended | |
| (v) | Kayaderosseras Creek | From Galway Road upstream to 0.5 miles upstream of crossing at intersection of N. Creek Rd. and Squashville Rd. | Stocked Extended | |
| (vii) | Mettawee River | From Lower Turnpike bridge in North Granville upstream to Vermont State line | Stocked Extended | |
| (viii) | North Branch Great Chazy River | From confluence with Great Chazy River upstream to Lake Roxanne Road in Ellenburg Depot | Stocked Extended | |
| (ix) | Saranac River | From the Millstone Monument located at the intersection of Sand Road and NYS Rt. 22B in Morrisonville upstream to Kent Falls Dam | Catch and Release | |
| From 1500 ft east of Pup Hill Road bridge crossing upstream to the marked boundary 100 yards upstream of its confluence with the North Branch Saranac River | Stocked Extended | |||
| From marked boundary 100 yards upstream of its confluence with the North Branch Saranac River upstream 1.4 miles to Stord Brook | Catch and Release | |||
| (x) | Salmon River (Franklin County) | From Rt. 37 Bridge in Westville Center upstream to Flat Rock Road Bridge | Stocked Extended | |
| From Flat Rock Road bridge upstream to 200 yards downstream of the Cargin Road bridge | Catch and Release | |||
| From 200 yds. downstream of Cargin Road Bridge upstream to Lamica Lake Dam | Stocked Extended | |||
| (xi) | Schroon River | From Bolton Landing-Riverbank Road upstream to Starbuckville Dam | Stocked Extended | |
| (xii) | True Brook | From confluence with Saranac River upstream to Smithkill Brook (0.8 mile west of Number 37 Rd) | Wild Quality | |
| (xiii) | West Branch Ausable River | From confluence with East Branch Ausable River upstream to the Rt 86 bridge at the flume | Stocked Extended | |
| From the Rt 86 bridge at the flume upstream to the Whiteface Ski Center bridge | Catch and Release | |||
| From the Whiteface Ski Center bridge upstream to the DEC sign 2.2 miles downstream of Monument Falls | Stocked Extended | |||
| From DEC sign 2.2 miles downstream of Monument Falls upstream to confluence with Holcomb Pond Outlet | Catch and Release | |||
| (d) | Region 6 (Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and St. Lawrence counties) | |||
| (i) | Crystal Creek | From confluence with the Black River upstream to Crystal Pond Dam | Wild Quality | |
| From Crystal Pond upstream to Erie Canal Rd. | Wild Quality | |||
| (ii) | Mohawk River | From Delta Dam downstream to first confluence with Barge Canal | Stocked Extended | |
| (iii) | South Branch Grass River | From 0.5 mile downstream of Route 3 upstream to Grass River Flow | Catch and Release | |
| (iv) | West Canada Creek | From Bridge Street in Middleville to the first bridge (Comstock Bridge) downstream of the mouth of Cincinnati Creek | Stocked Extended | |
| From the first bridge (Comstock Bridge) downstream of the mouth of Cincinnati Creek upstream to Trenton Falls Dam | Catch and Release | |||
| (e) | Region 7 (Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga and Tompkins counties) | |||
| (i) | Butternut Creek | From Kinne Road upstream to Jamesville Reservoir | Stocked Extended | |
| From Jamesville Reservoir upstream to Route 80 | Stocked Extended | |||
| (ii) | Chittenango Creek | From Russell Street in Chittenango upstream to the mile marker 1237 south of the Village of Chittenango Line | Stocked Extended | |
| From the mile marker 1237 south of the Village of Chittenango Line upstream to the Town of Fenner/ Town of Sullivan Town Line at mile marker 1219 | Catch and Release | |||
| From the Town of Fenner/ Town of Sullivan Town Line at mile marker 1219 upstream to Route 20 in Cazenovia | Stocked Extended | |||
| (iii) | Genegantslet Creek | From first Route 220 bridge north of Smithville Flats upstream to mouth of Five Streams | Catch and Release | |
| (iv) | Limestone Creek | From Erie Canal upstream to Route 80 | Stocked Extended | |
| (v) | Ninemile Creek | From Onondaga Lake upstream to Amboy Dam | Catch and Release | |
| From Amboy Dam upstream to the dam at Route 174/Glover Road junction | Stocked Extended | |||
| (vi) | Old Chenango Canal | From Oriskany Creek upstream to Route 20 Bridge | Wild Premier | |
| (vii) | Onondaga Creek | From Route 20 upstream to the second Tully Farms Road crossing | Stocked Extended | |
| (viii) | Otselic River | From South Otselic Hatchery Angler Parking Lot upstream to Rt 80 | Stocked Extended | |
| (ix) | Oquaga Creek | From the new Route 17 bridge west of Deposit upstream 3 miles to the Old Route 17 bridge east of McClure | Catch and Release | |
| (x) | Oriskany Creek | From Route 12B Bridge upstream to Old Chenango Canal | Wild Premier | |
| (xi) | Skaneateles Creek | From the Jordan Road bridge in the Village of Jordan upstream 10.2 miles to the Old Seneca Turnpike bridge north of Village of Skaneateles | Catch and Release | |
| (xii) | West Branch Delaware River | From NY/PA border upstream to 2 miles downstream of the Route 17 bridge at Deposit | Wild Premier | |
| From Route 17 bridge at Deposit downstream 2 miles | Catch and Release | |||
| From Route 17 bridge at Deposit upstream to Stilesville Weir | Wild Premier | |||
| (xiii) | West Branch Limestone Creek | From confluence with Limestone Creek upstream to No. 2 West Road | Stocked Extended | |
| (f) | Region 8 (Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties) | |||
| (i) | Cayuta Creek | From Tioga County Line upstream to Swan Hill Road | Stocked Extended | |
| (ii) | Cohocton River | From Veterans Ave Bridge (Bath) upstream to County Route 39A (Atlanta) | Stocked Extended | |
| From County Route 39A (Atlanta) upstream to source | Wild Quality | |||
| (iii) | Mill Creek | From confluence with Canaseraga Creek to County Route 90 (Patchinville) | Wild Quality | |
| (iv) | Neil Creek | From confluence with Cohocton River upstream to the end of PFR section 1500 feet upstream of Mattoon Road. | Wild Quality | |
| (v) | Oatka Creek | From Bowerman Road upstream to Union Street | Wild Quality | |
| From Union Street upstream 1.7 miles to Wheatland Center Rd | Catch and Release | |||
| From Wheatland Center Rd upstream to the confluence with Spring Creek | Wild Quality | |||
| From Monroe County Line upstream to Circular Hill Road | Stock Extended | |||
| (vi) | Spring Creek | From confluence with Oatka Creek upstream to source except additional restriction as listed in paragraph 7 of this subdivision. | Wild Quality | |
| (g) | Region 9 (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara and Wyoming counties) | |||
| (i) | Cattaraugus Creek | From confluence with Elton Creek upstream to 1.0 miles upstream of Java Lake Road | Stocked Extended | |
| (ii) | Clear Creek (Cattaraugus and Wyoming counties) | From confluence with Cattaraugus Creek upstream to NYS Route 98 crossing near Phillipi Road | Wild Premier | |
| (iii) | Clear Creek (Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties) | From confluence with Conewango Creek upstream to bridge at Cockaigne Ski Area | Wild Premier | |
| (iv) | East Koy Creek | From Wyoming Co line upstream to Green Bay Road | Stocked Extended | |
| (v) | Elm Creek | From confluence with Little Conewango Creek upstream to NYS Route 394 | Wild Quality | |
| (vi) | Elton Creek | From NYS Route 16 upstream to former bridge on Swanson Hill Road | Wild Quality | |
| (vii) | Fenton Brook (aka Mud Creek) | From Conewango Creek upstream to County Route 6 downstream of Fancher Hill Road | Wild Quality | |
| (viii) | Flynn (Spring) Brook | From confluence with Cattaraugus Creek upstream to Youngers Road | Wild Quality | |
| (ix) | Genesee River | From Belmont Dam in Belmont upstream to County Route 29 near York’s Corners | Stocked Extended | |
| From County Route 29 near York’s Corners upstream to NYS Route 19 bridge in Shongo | Catch and Release | |||
| From NYS Route 19 bridge in Shongo upstream to State Line | Stocked Extended | |||
| (x) | Goose Creek | From NYS Rt 474 in Ashville upstream to Wall Street | Stocked Extended | |
| (xi) | Hosmer (Sardinia) Brook | From confluence with Cattaraugus Creek upstream to Genesee Road | Wild Quality | |
| (xii) | Lime Lake Outlet | From Confluence with Elton Creek upstream to Lime Lake | Wild Premier | |
| (xiii) | Mansfield Creek | From 0.5 mi upstream of the western most County Rt 13 (Maples Rd) crossing upstream to Hinman Hollow Road crossing near Poverty Hill Road | Wild Quality | |
| (xiv) | McKinstry Creek | From confluence with Lime Lake Outlet upstream to source | Wild Quality | |
| (xv) | North Branch Wiscoy Creek | From confluence with Wiscoy Creek upstream to NYS Route 362 | Wild Quality | |
| (xvi) | The Ram | From confluence with Elm Creek upstream to NYS Route 394 | Wild Quality | |
| (xvii) | Trout Brook | From confluence with Wiscoy Creek upstream to 0.1 miles upstream of Hillside Road. | Wild Quality | |
| (xviii) | Wiscoy Creek | From confluence with Genesee River upstream to Flynn Road | Wild Premier | |
(7) Additional special regulations for select inland trout streams.
(i) Beaverkill River from Iron Bridge at Horton downstream to first Route 17 overpass: Angling prohibited from July 1st through August 31st to protect thermally stressed trout;
(ii) Spring Creek on Caledonia State Fish Hatchery property as posted: Angling prohibited from 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.;
(iii) Charley Pond Outlet within William C. Whitney Area: Fishing prohibited July 1st through September 15th.
(f) Waters closed to all fishing.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10.1 of this Part, no person shall fish during the periods specified for the following waters or portions thereof:
(1) Little Clear Pond and its tributaries in Franklin County—closed all year;
(2) Indian Lake in Dutchess County—closed from 12 a.m. on April 1st to 6 a.m. on the third Saturday in April;
(3) Conesus Inlet Fish and Wildlife Management Area in Livingston County from Conesus Lake south to the dam, except the canal west of Conesus Inlet and that portion of the Inlet north of the canal; North McMillan Creek in Livingston County—closed from March 1st until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(4) Otselic River from its mouth to Whitney Point Reservoir dam in Broome County—closed March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(5) Susquehanna River in the Towns of Union and Vestal from the Erie Lackawanna railroad bridge downstream to Murphy's Island, in Broome County—closed March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(6) Tioughnioga River from the Route 26 bridge to the Route 11 bridge in Broome County—closed March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(7) All Lake George tributaries below the first barrier impassable to fish in Essex, Warren and Washington Counties—closed from October 1st through March 31st and from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. from April 1st through May 15th;
(8) Saranac River from Hough Brook at Union Falls Flow upstream to the dam at Franklin Falls Flow in Franklin County—closed March 1st through May 15th;
(9) Canaseraga Creek from Route 31 bridge upstream to New York State Thruway in Madison County—closed from March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(10) Little Choconut Creek from its mouth to Goudey Station building in Broome County—closed from March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(11) Cowaselon Creek from its mouth upstream to Route 13 in Madison County—closed from March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(12) Great Chazy River from Route 9B at Coopersville upstream to the dam at Perry's Mills in Clinton County—closed from March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(13) Chittenango Creek from mouth upstream to Conrail railroad line in Madison County—closed from March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(14) Fish Creek from Barge Canal upstream to junction of East and West Branches of Fish Creek in Oneida County—closed from March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(15) Chittenango Creek from mouth upstream to Conrail railroad line in Onondaga County—closed from March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(16) Scriba Creek from mouth upstream to Fish Hatchery Dam in Oswego County—closed from March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May;
(17) Kayaderosseras Creek from Saratoga Lake upstream to first railroad bridge in Saratoga County—closed from March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May; and
(18) Susquehanna River in Binghamton between Rock Bottom Dam and Exchange Street bridge in Broome County—closed from March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May.
(19) Little Sandy Creek in Oswego County from the State Route 3 bridge downstream 850 feet to the intersection of the channelized area and upstream 1.0 mile from the bridge to the Public Fishing Rights section - closed from March 16th until the opening of walleye season in May.
(20) Lake Pleasant outlet to mouth of the Kunjamuck River in Hamilton County – closed from March 16th until the opening of walleye season in May.
(21) Buttermilk Creek from mouth to Fox Valley Road bridge – closed to fishing, all year, for all species.
(22) Fish Creek from west side (downstream) side of State Route 58 bridge upstream to highest point of Fish Creek Falls in Pope Mills in St. Lawrence County – closed March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May.
(23) Indian River at Rossie from west side (downstream) side of County Route 8 bridge upstream to highest point of Rossie Falls in St. Lawrence County – closed March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May.
(24) Grasse River from the downstream side of the ALCOA Road bridge upstream to the upstream side of the Main Street bridge in the Village of Massena in St. Lawrence County – closed March 16th until the opening of Walleye season in May.
(g) Illegal hooking of walleye.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this Part, no person shall fail to return to the water any walleye not hooked in the mouth when fishing in Oneida Lake and its tributaries to the first bridge upstream from the lake.
(h) Illegal hooking of trout.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this Part, no person shall fail to return to the water, trout, lake trout and landlocked salmon not hooked in the mouth when fishing in any waters of the State.
Footnotes
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Parties holding reserved contractual rights under the contract of sale between New York State and Whitney Industries are not subject to this regulation. This exception applies only to the extent that such activities are authorized by and in strict conformance with the terms of said contract provisions and the companion deed restrictions.
6 CRR-NY 10.3
Current through October 15, 2021
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