§10.1 Sportfishing regulations - General
- Statewide
(a) In accordance with Table A in subdivision (b) of this
section, except as provided for in sections 10.2 and 10.3 of this
Part, and Parts 11, 19, 35, 36 and 40 of this Chapter, no person
shall;
(1) have in possession, take or attempt to take fish of a
species listed other than during the open season specified for
such species; (2) have in possession or intentionally kill or
unnecessarily injure fish of a species listed of sizes other
than those specified and allowed for such species; or
(3) possess, kill or unnecessarily injure fish of a species
listed in excess of the daily limit specified for such species
except that fish caught and returned to the water immediately
without unnecessary injury will not be counted as part of the
daily limit: or
(4) Except in the marine and coastal district, as defined in
Environmental Conservation Law Section 13-0103, no person shall
possess for personal use more than 100 bait fish in the
aggregate of the species listed in Environmental Conservation
Law Section 11-1315 (1)(a); or
(5) Except in the marine and coastal district, as defined in
Environmental Conservation Law Section 13-0103, bait fish
collected for personal use from any water of the State of New
York shall only be possessed or used in the water from which
such bait fish were collected, and shall not be used or
possessed in any other water of the State.
For more and complete information on New
York Fishing Regs go to:
NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation [NYSDEC]
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General Statewide
Sportfishing regulations.
See NYS Niagara River,
Lakes Erie and Ontario Above
§10.1 Sportfishing regulations - General, Statewide
(a) In accordance with Table A in subdivision (b) of this
section, except as provided for in sections 10.2 and 10.3 of this
Part, and Parts 11, 19, 35, 36 and 40 of this Chapter, no person
shall;
(1) have in possession, take or attempt to take fish of a
species listed other than during the open season specified for
such species; (2) have in possession or intentionally kill or
unnecessarily injure fish of a species listed of sizes other
than those specified and allowed for such species; or
(3) possess, kill or unnecessarily injure fish of a species
listed in excess of the daily limit specified for such species
except that fish caught and returned to the water immediately
without unnecessary injury will not be counted as part of the
daily limit: or
(4) Except in the marine and coastal district, as defined in
Environmental Conservation Law Section 13-0103, no person shall
possess for personal use more than 100 bait fish in the
aggregate of the species listed in Environmental Conservation
Law Section 11-1315 (1)(a); or
(5) Except in the marine and coastal district, as defined in
Environmental Conservation Law Section 13-0103, bait fish
collected for personal use from any water of the State of New
York shall only be possessed or used in the water from which
such bait fish were collected, and shall not be used or
possessed in any other water of the State.
For more and complete information on New
York Fishing Regs go to:
NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation [NYSDEC]
(b) Table A:
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General Statewide
Sportfishing regulations.
See NYS Niagara River,
Lakes Erie and Ontario below
|
Species |
Open season |
Minimum length |
Daily limit |
(1) |
(a) Trout (brook brown and rainbow trout and hybrids of
these species; and splake) |
April 1 through October 15 |
Any size |
5 |
(b) Lake Trout |
April 1 through October 15 |
21" |
3 |
(c) Landlocked Salmon |
April 1 through October 15 |
15" |
3 |
(2) |
Kokanee |
April 1 through October 15 |
Any size |
10 |
(3) |
Black Bass |
Third Saturday in June through November 30 |
12" |
5 |
(4) |
Muskellunge |
Third Saturday in June through November 30 |
30" |
1 |
(5) |
Walleye |
First Saturday in May through March 15 |
15" |
5 |
(6) |
Tiger Muskellunge |
First Saturday in May to March 15 |
30" |
1 |
(7) |
Northern Pike |
First Saturday in May through March 15 |
18" |
5 |
(8) |
Pickerel |
First Saturday in May
through in May
through March 15 |
15" |
5 |
(9) |
Whitefish |
All year |
Any size |
5 |
(10) |
Crappie |
All year |
9" |
25 |
(11) |
Atlantic Sturgeon, paddlefish |
Possession prohibited |
(12) |
American eel |
All year |
6" |
50 |
(13) |
American shad |
All year |
Any size |
6 |
(14) |
Sunfish (bluegill, pumpkinseed and redbreast sunfish) |
All year |
Any size |
50 |
(15) |
Yellow perch |
All year |
Any size |
50 |
(16) |
All endangered or threatened fish species |
May not be taken or possessed
at any time, except pursuant to a special permit. |
(17) |
Bullhead, Catfish, Carp, Cisco, Rock Bass, Sauger, Sucker,
White Bass, White Perch, and all other fishes not listed in
this table |
All year |
Any size |
Any number |
(18) |
Striped Bass (in the Hudson River and tributaries north of
the George Washington Bridge and all inland waters) |
March 16 through November 30 |
18" TL (total length see ECL § 13-0-339[4]) |
1 |
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Note: See Parts 11, 12, 19, 25, 26 of this Title for additional
special fishing regulations.
(c) Additional special fishing regulations. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Part:
(1) no person when fishing in waters of the State other than the
marine and coastal district may use or possess gaff hooks,
except when fishing through the ice; (2) a single, uninjured
black bass that is being landed, measured or is in the process
of being released from a recirculating or aerated livewell will
not be counted as part of the daily limit; and
(3) no person when fishing in the waters of the State shall
use or possess as bait round goby, Neogobius melanostomus.
(d) Special regulations for the cleaning of fish. No person,
while upon waters of the State, excluding the marine and coastal
district, shall possess:
(1) walleye, black bass, brook trout, lake trout or landlocked
Atlantic salmon that have been dismembered or otherwise prepared
for cooking or consumption beyond removal of the gills and
viscera; (2) other species of fish that have been dismembered
or otherwise prepared for cooking consumption, except that the
gills and viscera may be removed and such fish may be filleted,
provided the skin is not removed from the fillet.
(e) Definition of black bass. For purposes of this Part, black
bass shall mean largemouth bass and smallmouth bass.
§10.2 Boundary water fishing regulations
(a) Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and St. Lawrence
River.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10.1 of this Part
and in accordance with Table A in paragraph (2) of this
subdivision, no person, when fishing in Lake Erie, Lake Ontario,
Niagara River and St. Lawrence River and their tributaries
upstream to the first barrier impassable to fish except
tributaries to the St. Lawrence River in Franklin County and
Clinton County where statewide regulations apply, shall take or
possess on these waters 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; and
(iii) in excess of the daily limit specified
for such species.
(2) Fishing regulations for Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Niagara
River, St. Lawrence River and their tributaries to first barrier
impassable by fish, except tributaries to the St. Lawrence River
in Franklin and Clinton Counties where General Angling
Regulations, as provided in section 10.1 of this Part, apply.
(i) Brook trout, black bass, pickerel,
whitefish, bullheads, carp, catfish, cisco, crappies, rock bass,
sauger, suckers, sunfish, white bass, white perch, and any fish
not specified in Table A of this subdivision: General Angling
Regulations, as provided in section 10.1 of this Part, apply.
For more and complete
information on New York Fishing Regs go to:
NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation [NYSDEC]
|
Species |
Open season |
Minimum length |
Daily limit |
(1) |
(a) Trout (brook brown and rainbow trout and hybrids of
these species; and splake) |
April 1 through October 15 |
Any size |
5 |
(b) Lake Trout |
April 1 through October 15 |
21" |
3 |
(c) Landlocked Salmon |
April 1 through October 15 |
15" |
3 |
(2) |
Kokanee |
April 1 through October 15 |
Any size |
10 |
(3) |
Black Bass |
Third Saturday in June through November 30 |
12" |
5 |
(4) |
Muskellunge |
Third Saturday in June through November 30 |
30" |
1 |
(5) |
Walleye |
First Saturday in May through March 15 |
15" |
5 |
(6) |
Tiger Muskellunge |
First Saturday in May to March 15 |
30" |
1 |
(7) |
Northern Pike |
First Saturday in May through March 15 |
18" |
5 |
(8) |
Pickerel |
First Saturday in May
through in May
through March 15 |
15" |
5 |
(9) |
Whitefish |
All year |
Any size |
5 |
(10) |
Crappie |
All year |
9" |
25 |
(11) |
Atlantic Sturgeon, paddlefish |
Possession prohibited |
(12) |
American eel |
All year |
6" |
50 |
(13) |
American shad |
All year |
Any size |
6 |
(14) |
Sunfish (bluegill, pumpkinseed and redbreast sunfish) |
All year |
Any size |
50 |
(15) |
Yellow perch |
All year |
Any size |
50 |
(16) |
All endangered or threatened fish species |
May not be taken or possessed
at any time, except pursuant to a special permit. |
(17) |
Bullhead, Catfish, Carp, Cisco, Rock Bass, Sauger, Sucker,
White Bass, White Perch, and all other fishes not listed in
this table |
All year |
Any size |
Any number |
(18) |
Striped Bass (in the Hudson River and tributaries north of
the George Washington Bridge and all inland waters) |
March 16 through November 30 |
18" TL (total length see ECL § 13-0-339[4]) |
1 |
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Note: See Parts 11, 12, 19, 25, 26 of this Title for additional
special fishing regulations.
(c) Additional special fishing regulations. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Part:
(1) no person when fishing in waters of the State other than the
marine and coastal district may use or possess gaff hooks,
except when fishing through the ice; (2) a single, uninjured
black bass that is being landed, measured or is in the process
of being released from a recirculating or aerated livewell will
not be counted as part of the daily limit; and
(3) no person when fishing in the waters of the State shall
use or possess as bait round goby, Neogobius melanostomus.
(d) Special regulations for the cleaning of fish. No person,
while upon waters of the State, excluding the marine and coastal
district, shall possess:
(1) walleye, black bass, brook trout, lake trout or landlocked
Atlantic salmon that have been dismembered or otherwise prepared
for cooking or consumption beyond removal of the gills and
viscera; (2) other species of fish that have been dismembered
or otherwise prepared for cooking consumption, except that the
gills and viscera may be removed and such fish may be filleted,
provided the skin is not removed from the fillet.
(e) Definition of black bass. For purposes of this Part, black
bass shall mean largemouth bass and smallmouth bass.
§10.2 Boundary water fishing regulations
(a) Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and St. Lawrence
River.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10.1 of this Part
and in accordance with Table A in paragraph (2) of this
subdivision, no person, when fishing in Lake Erie, Lake Ontario,
Niagara River and St. Lawrence River and their tributaries
upstream to the first barrier impassable to fish except
tributaries to the St. Lawrence River in Franklin County and
Clinton County where statewide regulations apply, shall take or
possess on these waters 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; and
(iii) in excess of the daily limit specified
for such species.
(2) Fishing regulations for Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Niagara
River, St. Lawrence River and their tributaries to first barrier
impassable by fish, except tributaries to the St. Lawrence River
in Franklin and Clinton Counties where General Angling
Regulations, as provided in section 10.1 of this Part, apply.
(i) Brook trout, black bass, pickerel,
whitefish, bullheads, carp, catfish, cisco, crappies, rock bass,
sauger, suckers, sunfish, white bass, white perch, and any fish
not specified in Table A of this subdivision: General Angling
Regulations, as provided in section 10.1 of this Part, apply.
For more and complete
information on New York Fishing Regs go to:
NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation [NYSDEC]
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