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Information provided here was taken from the
\nNYS Department of Environmental
\nConservation [NYSDEC]<\/a> website and from the
\nOntario Ministry of Natural Resources
\nwebsite [OMNR]<\/a><\/p>\n

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Special New York State
\nRegulations for Lake Erie, Lake Ontario,
\nNiagara River & St. Lawrence River <\/span>
\nOn this page GO HERE<\/span><\/a>
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Ontario Regulations
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\nStatewide Regulations can be found below
\nor go to the official NYS DEC\u00a0 website<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nTable A:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Special regulations
\nfor Lake Erie, Lake Ontario,
\nNiagara River and St. Lawrence River.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\nRead this carefully before
\nproceeding:
\n<\/span><\/b>A note from Bill Hilts Jr. 12\/11\/07<\/b><\/p>\n

I notice where you announced changes to Ontario
\nfishing regs for 2008, when I click through it has NYS
\nregs, too, and the lake trout regs are wrong for Lake
\nO and the lower river. Actually I’m not sure how that
\nwill play out for the lower river now and will check
\nthe DEC website. For Lake O, you can only keep two
\nlake trout per person and one can be any size; the
\nsecond must be outside the slot limit<\/b>. That was a
\nchange that went into effect Oct. 1, 2006<\/b>. The
\nlower river limit is three in aggregate for all<\/u>
\ntrout and salmon species.<\/b> I would assume that no
\nmore than two can be lake trout – one of any size and
\none outside the slot if they decide to keep lakers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Water<\/th>\nSpecies<\/th>\nOpen season<\/th>\nMinimum length<\/th>\nDaily limit<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Erie<\/td>\nBrown trout Rainbow trout (including steelhead) Coho
\nsalmon Chinook salmon Pink salmon<\/td>\n		All year<\/td>\n9″<\/td>\n3 in any combination<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake trout<\/td>\nAll year<\/td>\n9″<\/td>\n1\u00a0
\nNote:<\/b> Read what it says in the yellow box above<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern pike<\/td>\nFirst Saturday in May through March 15<\/td>\n22″<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walleye<\/td>\nFirst Saturday in May through March 15<\/td>\n15″<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muskellunge and Tiger Muskellunge<\/td>\nThird Saturday in June through November 30<\/td>\n54″<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow perch, Sunfish<\/td>\nAll year<\/td>\nAny size<\/td>\n50 of each<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black bass; (Open waters of Lake Erie excluding
\ntributaries)<\/td>\n		First Saturday in May through Friday before Third Saturday
\nin June<\/td>\n		15″<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black Bass<\/td>\nThird Saturday in June through November 30<\/td>\n12″<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Sturgeon<\/td>\nCLOSED<\/td>\nPOSSESSION PROHIBITED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Upper Niagara River<\/td>\nBrown trout Rainbow trout (including steelhead) Coho
\nsalmon Chinook salmon Pink salmon<\/td>\n		All year<\/td>\n9″<\/td>\n3 in any combination<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake trout<\/td>\nAll year<\/td>\n9″<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern pike<\/td>\nFirst Saturday in May through March 15<\/td>\n22″<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walleye<\/td>\nFirst Saturday in May through March 15<\/td>\n15″<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muskellunge and Tiger Muskellunge<\/td>\nThird Saturday in June through November 30<\/td>\n48″<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow perch, Sunfish<\/td>\nAll year<\/td>\nAny size<\/td>\n50 of each<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black Bass north of the Peace Bridge<\/td>\nThird Saturday in June through November 30<\/td>\n12″<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Sturgeon<\/td>\nCLOSED POSSESSION PROHIBITED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River<\/td>\nBrown trout
\nRainbow trout (including steelhead)
\nCoho salmon
\nChinook salmon Pink salmon<\/td>\n		All year<\/td>\n15″<\/td>\n3 in any combination not to include more than one rainbow
\ntrout (or steelhead) in the tributaries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Except 9″ in Irondequoit Creek
\n(entire), Lindsey Creek, Skinner Creek (Oswego and Jefferson
\nCounties) and the Black River (Jefferson County)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake trout<\/td>\nJanuary 1 through September 30<\/td>\nFish greater than 25″ and less than 30″ must be released<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atlantic salmon<\/td>\nAll year<\/td>\n25″<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muskellunge and
\nTiger Muskellunge<\/td>\n		Third Saturday of June through December 15<\/td>\n48″<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern pike<\/td>\nFirst Saturday of May through March 15<\/td>\n22″<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walleye<\/td>\nFirst Saturday of May through March 15<\/td>\n18″<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Sturgeon, American eel<\/td>\nCLOSED POSSESSION PROHIBITED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow perch, Sunfish<\/td>\nAll year<\/td>\nAny size<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Except yellow perch and sunfish
\nmay be taken in number in Jefferson County east of Stony
\nPoint.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lower Niagara River<\/td>\nBrown trout Rainbow trout (including steelhead) Coho
\nsalmon Chinook salmon Pink salmon<\/td>\n		All year<\/td>\n15″<\/td>\n3 in any combination including Brown trout,Rainbow trout
\n(including steelhead),Coho salmon,Chinook salmon, Pink salmon,
\nLake trout and Atlantic salmon. Catch shall include no more
\nthan one Atlantic Salmon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake trout<\/td>\nJanuary 1 through September 30<\/td>\nFish greater than 25″ and less than 30″ must be released<\/td>\n3 in any combination including Brown trout, Rainbow trout
\n(including steelhead), Coho salmon, Chinook salmon, Pink
\nsalmon, trout and Atlantic salmon. Catch shall include no more
\nthan one Atlantic Salmon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atlantic salmon<\/td>\nAll year<\/td>\n25″<\/td>\n3 in any combination including Brown trout, Rainbow trout
\n(including steelhead), Coho salmon, Chinook salmon, Pink
\nsalmon, Lake trout and Atlantic salmon. Catch shall include no
\nmore than one Atlantic Salmon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muskellunge and Tiger Muskellunge<\/td>\nThird Saturday of June through December 15<\/td>\n48″<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern pike<\/td>\nFirst Saturday of May through March 15<\/td>\n22″<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walleye<\/td>\nFirst Saturday of May through December 31<\/td>\n18″<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow perch, Sunfish<\/td>\nAll year<\/td>\nAny size<\/td>\n50 of each<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Sturgeon, American eel<\/td>\nCLOSED POSSESSION PROHIBITED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\n(b) Additional special fishing regulations for Lake Erie, Lake
\nOntario, Niagara River and St. Lawrence River and their
\ntributaries upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish. No
\nperson, when fishing in these waters, may:<\/p>\n

(1) engage in any action to frighten fish and move them from
\nconcealment, including herding, driving, kicking and stoning;(2) possess foul-hooked fish, i.e.,fish not hooked in the mouth;<\/p>\n

(3) fail to immediately return foul-hooked fish to the water;<\/p>\n

(4) take fish by snatching or any other fishing technique
\nthat results in fish being intentionally foul-hooked;<\/p>\n

(5) fish at any time, unless otherwise posted by the
\ndepartment, in Beaverdam Brook, Oswego County, from the mouth to
\nthe upstream boundary of the Salmon River Hatchery property, or
\nwithin 100 yards of any department fish collection device;<\/p>\n

(6) use other than a conventional sportfishing rod, reel and
\nline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

(c) Additional special fishing regulations for Great Lakes
\ntributaries.<\/p>\n

(1) Tributaries of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and St. Lawrence
\nRiver.<\/p>\n

(i) The special regulations set forth in
\nthis paragraph shall apply to that portion of each tributary
\nthat runs from the bridge closest to the mouth upstream to the
\nfirst barrier impassable by fish, except that the area of
\napplicability for the following tributaries shall be as
\nspecifically provided below:<\/p>\n

(a) Cattaraugus Creek (Erie and Cattaraugus
\nCounties) from the Aldrich Street extension bridge in Gowanda
\nupstream to Springville Dam.<\/p>\n

(b) Eighteenmile Creek (Niagara County)
\nfrom the Route 18 bridge upstream to Burt Dam.<\/p>\n

(c) Oak Orchard Creek (Orleans County) from
\nthe power lines that are 1.9 miles upstream (south) of Route 18
\nbridge upstream to Waterport Dam.<\/p>\n

(d) Sterling Creek (Cayuga County) from Old
\nState Road to impassable barrier upstream of Route 104A.<\/p>\n

(e) Sterling Valley Creek (Cayuga County)
\nfrom McIntyre Road to impassable barrier upstream of Route 104A.<\/p>\n

(f) Owego River (Oswego County) from the
\nUtica Street bridge upstream to the Varick Dam.<\/p>\n

(g) Catfish Creek (Oswego County) from
\nmouth upstream to dam at County Route 1.<\/p>\n

(h) Black River (Jefferson County) from the
\nupstream tip of the lowermost island to Mill Street Dam in
\nWatertown.<\/p>\n

(ii) From September 1st through March 31st of
\nthe following year, the following regulations shall apply:<\/p>\n

(a) Fishing at night is prohibited, except
\nin the Black River (Jefferson County) from Lake Ontario upstream
\nto Route 180 bridge in Dexter.<\/p>\n

(b) Hooks attached to any lure, except an
\nartificial fly as defined in section 19.1(c) of this Title,
\nshall be free-swinging.<\/p>\n

(c) Hooks shall not have a gap (distance
\nbetween the shank and the point) greater than one-half inch.<\/p>\n

(d) Use of hooks with added weight is
\nprohibited, except that artificial flies with no more than
\none-eighth ounce added weight are permitted.<\/p>\n

(e) The distance between the hook,
\nartificial fly or lure and any weight attached to the line or
\nleader, whether fixed or sliding, shall not exceed four feet.<\/p>\n

(f) For tributaries located in Oswego and
\nCayuga Counties, weight shall not be added to the line, leader,
\nswivels, artificial fly or lure in any manner such that the
\nweight hangs lower than the attached hook, artificial fly or
\nlure when the line or leader is suspended vertically from the
\nrod. This prohibition shall also apply from September 1st
\nthrough November 30th in the Genesee River (Monroe County) from
\nthe Driving Park Bridge upstream to the Lower Falls.<\/p>\n

(g) Use or more than one hook is
\nprohibited, except that multiple hooks attached to floating
\nlures are permitted as noted in “special provisions for floating
\nlures” in clause (i) of this subparagraph.<\/p>\n

(h) Use of hooks having more than one point
\nis prohibited, except that double or treble hooks attached to
\nfloating lures are permitted as noted in “special provisions for
\nfloating lures” in clause (i) of this subparagraph.<\/p>\n

(i) Special provisions for floating lures:<\/p>\n

(1) A floating lureis a lure that floats
\nwhile at rest in water regardless of any weight attached to the
\nline, leader or lure.<\/p>\n

(2) Multiple, single, double or treble
\nhooks are permitted on floating lures, except:<\/p>\n

(i) in tributaries within Cayuga and
\nOswego Counties other than the Oswego River; and<\/p>\n

(ii) from September 1st through November
\n30th in the Genesee River (Monroe County) from the Driving Park
\nBridge upstream to the Lower Falls.<\/p>\n

(3) Any hooks on a floating lure, other
\nthan an artificial fly as defined in section 19.1(c) of this
\nTitle, must be attached thereto by a ring or swivel.<\/p>\n

(4) The distance between the body of a
\nfloating lure and the points of any attached hooks shall not
\nexceed one and one-half inches.<\/p>\n

(iii) From April 1st through August 31st,
\nsubdivision (a) of this section shall apply. For species not
\nlisted in subdivision (a) of this section, general angling
\nregulations listed in section 10.1(b) of this Part shall apply.<\/p>\n

(iv) The special regulations set forth in this
\nparagraph shall not apply to:<\/p>\n

(a) tributaries of the St. Lawrence River
\nin Franklin and Clinton Counties;<\/p>\n

(b) Buffalo River (Erie County);<\/p>\n

(c) Niagara River (Erie and Niagara
\nCounties);<\/p>\n

(d) Round Pond, Buck Pond, Long Pond,
\nCranberry Pond and Irondequoit Bay (Monroe County);<\/p>\n

(e) Sodus Bay (Wayne County); and<\/p>\n

(f) Salmon River, its tributaries, and
\nSouth Sandy Pond (Oswego County).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

For more and complete information on New York Fishing
\nRegs go to:<\/span>
\nNYS Department of
\nEnvironmental Conservation [NYSDEC]<\/a>
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