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Express Terms for Amendments to: TITLE 6. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION CHAPTER I. FISH AND WILDLIFE SUBCHAPTER C. FISHING PART 10. SPORTFISHING REGULATIONS

SECTION 2 Sportfishing regulations and Section 3 Additional special fishing regulations for certain inland waters.

§ 10.1 Sportfishing regulations.

Existing paragraph 10.1(b)(1) is amended to read as follows:

Minimum Daily Species Open season length limit (1) (a) Trout (brook brown April 1 through None 5 and and October 15 hybrids of these species; and splake)

(b) April 1 through 21″ 3 October 15

(c) Landlocked Salmon April 1 through 15″ 3 October 15

(d) See 10.1 (e) for inland trout stream regulations.

§ 10.2 Boundary water fishing regulations.

Existing clause 10.2(i)(2)(a) is amended to read as follows:

Species Open season Minimum length Daily limit (a) Trout Upstream of bridge in Lordville: see 10.3(e)(6)(c) Downstream of bridge in Lordville: see below [First Saturday after April [14″ in ; [1 in Delaware 11] April 1 through 12″ in W. Br. Delaware River; 2 in W. October 15 River] Br. Delaware None River] 1

October 16 through [the Catch and release only Artificial lures Friday preceding the first only [in W. Br. Saturday after April Delaware 11]March 31 River]

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§ 10.3 Additional special fishing regulations for certain inland waters.

Existing subdivision 10.3(b) Table A—Fishing regulations for specially designated waters. is repealed and replaced as follows:

Open Minimum Daily County Water Species Season Length Limit Method

(1) Albany (a) Thompsons Trout All year 12″ 3 Lake (b) All species All year Catch and All fish shall be from Troy Dam release returned to the water upstream to immediately. Bait fish Bakers Falls in listed under the Village of Environmental Hudson Falls Conservation Law, and tributaries section 11-1315(1) in this section may be possessed for to first barrier use as fish bait. Use of impassable by tip-ups permitted. fish, below Route 32 bridge (c) Hudson River Black bass Third 15″ 5 from Troy Dam Saturday in downstream June and all through tributaries in November this section to 30 the first barrier impassable by fish (d) Normans Black bass Third 10″ 5 mouth to Saturday in Watervliet June through November 30 December Catch Artificial 1 through and lures only the Friday release preceding only the third Saturday in June (2) Allegany

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(a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no Ice fishing except as through more permitted listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Rushford Lake Trout April 1 None 5 with no Ice fishing through more permitted November than 2 30 longer than 12″ (c) Allen Lake Trout All year None 5 with no Ice fishing more permitted than 2 longer than 12″ (3) Bronx (a) Indian Lake, All All year Catch and release fishing only. All Crotona Park, fish (except snakeheads) shall be VanCortlandt returned to the water immediately. Lake 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 Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Arctic Lake, Trout All year None 5 with no Ice fishing Greenwood more permitted Lake, than 2 Nanticoke longer Lake than 12″ (c) Chenango Muskellunge First 40″ 1 River, and Tiger Saturday in combined Susquehanna muskellunge May River, through Tioughnioga March 15 River American All year Catch and release fishing only. All Shad American Shad shall be returned to the water immediately. (d) Whitney Point Walleye First 18″ 3 Reservoir and Saturday in the upper May Otselic River through upstream to March 15 Cortland County Route 169 bridge at Landers Corners

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(5) Cattaraugus (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no Ice fishing except as through more permitted listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Case Lake, Trout All year None 5 with no Ice fishing Harwood more permitted Lake, New than 2 Albion Lake, longer Red House than 12″ Lake, Quaker Lake, Science Lake (6) Cayuga (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ ″ 10.3(e)) (b) Cross Lake, Northern pike First 22″ 5 Ice fishing Seneca River Saturday in permitted May through March 15 Walleye First 18″ 3 Saturday in May through March 15 (d) Owasco Lake Lake Trout All year 15″ 3 Outlet (7) Chautauqua (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no Ice fishing except as through more permitted listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Chautauqua Muskellunge Last 40″ 1 Lake and its and tiger Saturday in tributaries and muskellunge May the Chadakoin through River to November Warner Dam 30 (8) Chemung (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e))

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(b) Chemung Muskellunge First 40″ 1 River and its and Tiger Saturday in combined tributaries Muskellunge May through March 15 American All year Catch and release Shad fishing only. All American Shad shall be returned to the water immediately (c) Park Station Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Pond permitted (9) Chenango (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Chenango Muskellunge First 40″ 1 River and Tiger Saturday in combined Susquehanna Muskellunge May River through March 15 American All year Catch and release Shad fishing only. All American Shad shall be returned to the water immediately (c) Guilford Lake, Trout All year None 5 with no Ice fishing Mill Brook more permitted Reservoir than 2 longer than 12″ (10) Clinton (a) Upper Sunfish All year None Any Chateaugay number Lake, Chazy Lake trout All year 21″ 3 Ice fishing Lake permitted Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing permitted Landlocked All year 15″ 3 Ice fishing salmon permitted

(b) Great Chazy Fishing River from prohibited Route 9B at March 16 Coopersville to until the Perrys Mills first Dam Saturday in May

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(c) Scomotion Burbot December Snatching Creek from 1 through and blind mouth March 31 snatching upstream to permitted Pardy Road (11) Columbia (a) Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing permitted

(b) Hudson River Black bass Third 15″ 5 from Troy Dam Saturday in downstream June and all through tributaries in November this section to 30 the first barrier impassable by fish (c) Taghkanic Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Lake Saturday in permitted May through March 15 (12) Cortland (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no Ice fishing except those through more permitted listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Goodale Lake, Trout All year None 5 with no Ice fishing Little York more permitted Lake and than 2 Casterline longer Pond, Tri- than 12″ County Pond (c) Otselic River Walleye First 18″ 3 from County Saturday in Route 169 May bridge at through Landers March 15 Corners downstream to Broome County line (d) Otselic River, Black bass Third 10″ 5 Tioughnioga Saturday in River, East June Branch through Tioughnioga November River, West 30

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Branch December Catch Artificial Tioughnioga 1 through and lures only River the Friday release proceeding only the third Saturday in June (13) Delaware (a) Delaware See section 10.2(j) of River and this Part West Branch Delaware River forming Pennsylvania State line (b) Cannonsville Trout April 1 12″ 3 Reservoir through October 15 (c) Pepacton Trout April 1 15″ 2 fish Reservoir through with no September more 30 than 1 longer than 21″ (d) Big Pond, Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing Little Pond permitted (e) Mud Pond Trout April 1 12″ 3 through October 15 (f) Trout Pond, Trout April 1 12″ 2 Artificial Huggins Lake through lures only October 15 (g) East Sidney Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Reservoir Saturday in permitted May through March 15 (14) Dutchess

(a) Upton Lake, Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing permitted (b) Morgan Lake Trout All year None 3 Ice fishing permitted

(c) Hudson River Black bass Third 15″ 5 from Troy Dam Saturday in downstream June and all through tributaries in November this section to 30 the first barrier impassable by fish (d) Ellis Lake Ice fishing permitted

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(e) All other rivers Black bass Third 10″ 5 and streams Saturday in except Hudson June River from through Troy Dam November downstream 30

and all December Catch Artificial tributaries in 1 through and lures only this section to the Friday release the first barrier preceding only impassable by the third fish Saturday in June (15) Erie (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no Ice fishing except as through more permitted listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Cattaraugus See Great Lakes Regulations Creek downstream of Springville Dam (c) That portion of See Great Lakes Regulations Ellicott Creek within Amherst State Park (16) Essex (a) Bigsby Pond, Lake trout April 1 15″ 3 Maximum Copperas through of 3 tip-ups Pond October 15 allowed Fishing prohibited October 16 through March 31 (b) Eagle Lake, Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Connery Pond permitted (c) First Lake of Lake trout April 1 15″ 3 Use or Essex Chain, through possession Pharoh Lake October 15 of baitfish prohibited (d) Lake George Lake trout All year 23″ 2 Ice fishing permitted Landlocked All year 18″ 2 salmon Trout All year None 5 Smelt April 1 Use or through possession May 15 prohibited

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May 16 None 25 through March 31 Yellow perch All year None 50 Sunfish All year None 50 (e) Tributaries to Lake trout April 1 23″ 2 Ice fishing Lake George through permitted upstream to September the first barrier 30 impassible by Landlocked April 1 18″ 2 fish salmon through September 30 Smelt April 1 Use or through possession May 15 prohibited May 16 Any size 25 through March 31 (f) Ticonderoga Trout Lake All year 12″ 3 Creek from Landlocked All year 15″ 2 lower falls Salmon upstream to Lake George (g) Mirror Lake, Lake trout April 1 15″ 3 Lake Placid through October 15 (h) Schroon Lake, Lake trout All year 18″ 2 Ice fishing permitted from Schroon Landlocked All year 15″ 3 Ice fishing Lake upstream salmon permitted to Alder Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Meadow Road permitted (i) Upper and Round Possession Lower whitefish prohibited Cascade Lakes (j) Paradox Lake Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing permitted Lake trout All year 21″ 3 (k) Harris Lake, Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Putnam Pond Saturday in permitted May through March 15 (l) Crane Pond Lake trout All year 15″ 3 Ice fishing permitted; Use or possession of baitfish prohibited

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(m) Moose Pond in Lake trout April 1 15″ 3 Town of St. through Armand October 15 Black bass April 1 None Any through number November 30 (17) Franklin (a) All waters Black bass Third 12″ 5 except those Saturday in listed below June through November 30 (b) Big Fish Pond, Lake trout April 1 15″ 3 Little Fish through Pond, St. October 15 Regis Pond (c) Tupper Lake, Lake trout All year 21″ 3 Ice fishing Lake permitted Kushaqua, Rollins Pond (d) Lake Clear, Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Meacham permitted Lake Landlocked All year 15″ 3 salmon (e) Little Clear All species Fishing It is a violation for any person to and Little prohibited possess a lure or fish taking device Green Pond to protect attached to a line on the waters or and their hatchery shores of Little Clear Pond. It is a tributaries brood violation for any person to possess stocks landlocked salmon in or within 200 yards of Little Clear Pond. (f) Mountain Trout April 1 Catch Artificial Pond (Town of through and lures only Brighton) November release 30 only (g) Saranac River Fishing prohibited March 1 through from Hough May 15 to protect spawning walleye Brook at Union Falls Flow upstream to Franklin Falls Flow Dam (h) [Reserved] (i) Little Wolf Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Pond, Kiwassa Saturday in permitted Lake & St. May Regis Falls through Impoundment March 15 (j) Upper Lake trout April 1 23″ 3 Ice fishing Saranac Lake through permitted October 15 Maximum of 3 tip-ups allowed

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(k) Lake Colby Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing permitted Landlocked All year 15″ 3 salmon Black bass Third None 5 Saturday in June through November 30 (18) Fulton (a) Canada Lake, Lake trout All year 21″ 3 Ice fishing Green Lake, permitted Lily Lake, West Lake Trout All year None 5 (b) East Caroga Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Lake, West permitted Caroga Lake, Northville Pond, Great (c) Great Fishing Sacandaga prohibited Lake March 16 tributaries from until the the stream opening of mouth to first Walleye highway season in bridge. May from the Bridge Street bridge in Northville upstream to the first crossing of Route 30 (d) Kyser Lake Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing permitted (19) Genesee (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except inland through more trout streams October 15 than 2 (see 10.3(e)) longer than 12″ (20) Greene (a) Greens Lake Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing permitted

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(b) Hudson River Black bass Third 15″ 5 from Troy Dam Saturday in downstream June and all through tributaries in November this section to 30 the first barrier impassable by fish (c) Colgate Lake Trout All year 9″ 3 Ice fishing permitted (21) Hamilton (a) All waters Black bass Third 12″ 5 except those Saturday in listed below June through November 30 (b) Abanakee Lake trout All year None 3 Ice fishing Lake permitted Trout All year None 5 (c) Limekiln Lake, Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Great permitted Sacandaga Lake (d) Blue Mountain Lake trout All year 21″ 2 Ice fishing Lake, Eagle permitted Lake, Forked Lake, Gilman Trout All year None 5 Lake, South Landlocked All year 15″ 5 Pond, salmon Utowana Lake (e) Lake Lila, First Lake trout April 1 15″ 3 Use or Lake of Essex through possession Chain October 15 of baitfish prohibited (f) Fawn Lake Lake trout April 1 18″ 3 Maximum (Town of Lake through of 3 tip-ups Pleasant) October 15 allowed Fishing prohibited October 16 through March 31 (g) Fourth Lake of Lake trout All year 21″ 3 Ice fishing Fulton Chain permitted Trout All year 9″ 5 Landlocked All year 15″ 3 salmon

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Third 12″ 5 Saturday in June through November 30 Black bass December Catch Artificial 1 through and lures only the Friday release preceding only the third Saturday in June (h) Indian Lake Lake trout All year 21″ 2 Ice fishing (Town of permitted Indian Lake), Lake Eaton, Lewey Lake, Landlocked All year 15″ 3 Raquette Lake salmon Trout All year None 5 (i) Lower Sargent Trout April 1 None 5 Use or Pond through possession October 15 of baitfish prohibited (j) Sacandaga Walleye First 18″ 3 Lake Saturday in tributaries and May outlet, Lake through Pleasant March 15 tributaries Fishing prohibited March 16 until the opening of Walleye season in May (k) Lake trout All year 21″ 2 Ice fishing permitted

(l) Sagamore Lake trout April 1 18″ 3 Lake through October 15 (m) Sixth Lake, Lake trout All year 18″ 3 Ice fishing Seventh Lake Landlocked All year 15″ 3 permitted salmon Trout All year None 5

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(n) Great Fishing Sacandaga prohibited Lake March 16 tributaries from until the the upstream opening of mouth to first Walleye highway season in bridge, May Sacandaga River from Bridge Street in Northville upstream to the first crossing of Rte. 30 (o) Little Tupper Trout April 1 Catch Artificial Lake, Rock through and lures only Pond, and October 15 release Rock Pond only Outlet stream between Rock Pond and Little Tupper Lake.1 (p) Round Lake to Brook trout April 1 12″ 3 Artificial the through lures only demarcated October 15 Use or boundary with possession Little Tupper of bait fish Lake prohibited

(q) Lake Pleasant, Trout All year None 5 Sacandaga Lake Landlocked All year 15″ 3 Ice fishing salmon permitted Walleye First 18″ 3 Saturday in May through March 15 (22) Herkimer (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except as through more listed below or October 15 than 2 listed in longer section 10.6(h) than 12″ of this Part or inland trout streams (see 10.3(e)) (b) First, Second, Lake trout All year 21″ 3 Ice fishing Third and permitted Fourth Lakes of Fulton

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Chain, Old Trout All year 9″ 5 Ice fishing Forge Pond permitted Landlocked All year 15″ 3 Ice fishing salmon permitted (c) Limekiln Lake Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing permitted (d) Stillwater Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing Reservoir, permitted Beardsley Lake Kyser Lake, Hinckley Reservoir, Prospect Reservoir, North Lake (e) Evergreen Trout April 1 None 3 Artificial Lake, Hidden through lures only Lake, Horn October 15 Lake, Peaked Mountain Lake (f) Forestport Statewide Angling Regulations Reservoir, Apply Kayuta Lake and Moshier Reservoir (g) Woodhull Lake Lake trout April 1 18″ 3 through October 15 (23) Jefferson (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except as through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) All waters, Yellow perch All year None Any except Sandy number Pond Sunfish All year None Any number (c) Clear Lake, Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Brass Lake, Saturday in permitted Hyde Lake, May Sixtown Pond, through Butterfield March 15 Lake (d) All waters Black bass Third 12″ 5 except those Saturday in listed below June through November 30 (e) Lake-of-the- Lake trout All year 21″ 3 Ice fishing Woods, permitted Sixberry Lake

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Landlocked All year 15″ 3 Ice fishing salmon 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 Sunfish All year None 50 permitted (h) Millsite Lake Landlocked All year 15″ 3 Ice fishing salmon permitted Trout All year 12″ 3 Lake trout April 1 21″ 3 through October 15 (i) Black River Walleye Statewide Regulations Apply from Dexter Dam

upstream, Black bass Third 10″ 5 Indian River Saturday in June through November 30 (24) Kings (a) Prospect Park All All year Catch and release fishing only. All Lake 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 Trout April 1 None 5 with no except as through more listed below or October 15 than 2 listed in longer section 10.6(i) than 12″ of this Part or inland trout streams (see 10.3(e)) (b) Lake Trout All year 9″ 5 Ice fishing Bonaparte permitted

Lake trout All year 18″ 3 (c) Beaver Lake, Statewide Angling Regulations Ice fishing Francis Lake, Apply permitted Soft Maple Reservoir, and Whetstone Marsh

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(d) Beaver River, Black bass Third 10″ 5 Black River, Saturday in Deer River, June West Branch through Deer River November 30 December Catch Artificial 1 through and lures only the Friday release proceeding only the third Saturday in June

(26) Livingston (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except inland through more trout streams October 15 than 2 (see 10.3(e)) longer than 12″ (27) Madison (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Eaton Brook Trout All year None 5 with no Ice fishing Reservoir more permitted than 2 longer than 12″ Walleye First 18″ 3 Saturday in May through March 15 (c) Lebanon Trout All year None 5 with no Ice fishing Reservoir, more permitted Leland Ponds than 2 longer than 12″ (d) Cazenovia Walleye First 18″ 3 Lake, Saturday in DeRuyter May Reservoir through March 15 (e) Oneida Lake Walleye First 15″ 3 Ice fishing east of Route Saturday in permitted 81 bridge and May tributaries through upstream to March 15 the first barrier impassable by fish

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(28) Monroe (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except inland through more trout streams October 15 than 2 (see 10.3(e)) longer than 12″ (29) Montgomery (a) Beardsley Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing Lake permitted (b) Schoharie Black bass Third 10″ 5 Creek Saturday in June through November 30 December Catch Artificial 1 through and lures only the Friday release preceding only the third Saturday in June (30) Nassau (a) All waters Crappie All year 9″ 15 Sunfish All year None 15 (bluegill and pumpkinseed) Yellow perch All year 8″ 15 Pickerel First 18″ 3 Saturday in May through March 15 (b) All waters Black bass First Catch Saturday in and June release through only April 30 (c) All ponds and Trout All year None 3 lakes (d) All streams Rainbow and April 1 None 5 with no through more October 15 than 2 longer than 12″ October 16 Catch through and March 31 release only

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Brook trout All year Catch and release only (31)

(a) Central Park All All year Catch and release all waters 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 Trout April 1 None 5 with no Ice fishing except inland through more permitted trout streams October 15 than 2 (see 10.3(e)) longer than 12″ (33) Oneida (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except as through more listed below or October 15 than 2 listed in longer section 10.6(j) than 12″ of this Part or inland trout streams (see 10.3(e))

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(b) Fish Creek Fishing prohibited March 16 until the from Barge opening of Walleye season in May 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

(c) Hinckley and Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing Prospect permitted (d) Delta Statewide Angling Ice Reservoir Regulations Apply fishing permitted (e) Oneida Lake Walleye First 15″ 3 Ice fishing east of Route Saturday in permitted 81 bridge and May tributaries through upstream to March 15 the first barrier impassable by fish, and Barge (Erie) Canal upstream to Lock 22

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(f) Black River Black bass Third 10″ 5 Saturday in June through November 30 December Catch Artificial 1 through and lures only the Friday release proceeding only the third Saturday in June

(34) Onondaga (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Cross Lake, Northern pike First 22″ 5 Ice fishing Seneca River Saturday in permitted May through March 15 (c) Green Lake in Trout April 1 None 5 with no Green Lakes through more State Park November than 2 30 longer than 12″ (d) Jamesville Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Reservoir, Saturday in permitted Cross Lake, May Seneca River through upstream of March 15 Plainville Road (e) Skaneateles Landlocked All year Catch Artificial Creek from salmon and lures only Old Seneca release Turnpike only bridge north of the Village of Skaneateles downstream 10.2 miles to the Jordan Road bridge in the Village of Jordan

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(f) Oneida Lake Walleye First 15″ 3 Ice fishing east of Route Saturday in permitted 81 bridge and May tributaries through upstream to March 15 the first barrier impassable by fish (35) Orleans (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except the through more Great Lakes October 15 than 2 and their longer tributaries or than 12″ inland trout streams (see 10.3(e)) (b) Waterport Walleye First 18″ 3 Reservoir Saturday in May through March 15 (36) Ontario (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except the through more Finger Lakes, October 15 than 2 Great Lakes longer and their than 12″ tributaries or inland trout streams (see 10.3(e)) (37) Orange (a) Askoti Lake, Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Blue Lake, permitted Round Lake, Skannatati Lake, Walton Lake, Hessian Lake (b) Sterling Lake Lake Trout April 1 21″ 1 Use and through possession October 15 of baitfish prohibited (c) Hudson River Black bass Third 15″ 5 from Troy Dam Saturday in downstream June and all through tributaries in November this section to 30 the first barrier impassable by fish (d) Pickerel All year 15″ 5

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Bashakill Black bass All year 12″ 5 Marsh (e) Rio Reservoir Walleye First 18″ 3 Saturday in May through March 15 (f) All other rivers Black bass Third 10″ 5 and streams Saturday in except Hudson June from Troy Dam through downstream November and all 30 tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish and December Catch Artificial Delaware 1 through and lures only Rivers the Friday release preceding only the third Saturday in June (38) Oswego (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Redfield Trout All year None 5 with no Ice fishing Reservoir more permitted than 2 longer than 12″ Walleye First 18″ 3 Saturday in May through March 15 (c) Oneida Lake Walleye First 15″ 3 Ice fishing east of Route Saturday in permitted 81 bridge and May tributaries through upstream to March 15 the first barrier impassable by fish (39) Otsego (a) Arnold Lake Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing permitted (b) Canadarago Yellow perch All year None 25 Lake

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Walleye First 18″ 3 Saturday in May through March 15 (c) Gilbert Lake Trout April 1 12″ 3 through November 30 (d) Goodyear Yellow perch All year None 25 Lake Sunfish All year None 25 (Bluegill, pumpkinseed, Redbreast) (e) Otsego Lake Lake trout All year 23″ 1 Ice fishing permitted (40) Putnam (a) Bog Brook Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing Reservoir, permitted Diverting Reservoir, , (b) West Branch Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing Reservoir permitted Landlocked 18″ 1 salmon Lake trout 21″ 3 (c) Hudson River Black bass Third 15″ 5 from Troy Dam Saturday in downstream June and all through tributaries in November this section to 30 the first barrier impassable by fish (d) Lake Glenida Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Lake trout All year 21″ 3 permitted (e) East Branch Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Reservoir, Saturday in permitted Boyd Corners May Reservoir, through White Pond March 15 (f) Croton Falls Trout All year 18″ 1 Ice fishing Reservoir permitted

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(g) All rivers and Black bass Third 10″ 5 streams Saturday in except Hudson June River from through Troy Dam November downstream 30 and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier December Catch and release impassable by 1 through only fish the Friday preceding the third Saturday in June (41) Queens (a) Baisley Pond, All All year Catch and release fishing only. All Kissena Lake, fish (except snakeheads) shall be Meadow Lake, returned to the water immediately. Oakland Lake, Any snakeheads removed from NYS Willow Lake 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 (b) Long Pond, Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing Second Pond, permitted Shaver Pond (c) Hudson River All species All year Catch and release. All fish shall be from Troy Dam returned to the water immediately. upstream to Bait fish listed under Environmental Bakers Falls in Conservation Law, section 11- the Village of 1315(1) may be possessed for use Hudson Falls as fish bait. Use of tip-ups and tributaries permitted. in this section to first barrier impassable by fish, Mohawk River below Route 32 bridge (d) Hudson River Black bass Third 15″ 5 from Troy Dam Saturday in downstream June and all through tributaries in November this section to 30 the first barrier impassable by fish

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(e) Tomhannock Ice fishing season January 1-March 15, daylight Reservoir hours only. Fishing by permit only (available from City of Troy) (43) Richmond (a) Brooks Lake, All All year Catch and release Clove Lake, fishing only. All fish Silver Lake, (except snakeheads) Willowbrook shall be returned to Lake, Wolfes the water immediately. Pond 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 Black bass Third 15″ 5 from Troy Dam Saturday in downstream June and all through tributaries in November this section to 30 the first barrier impassable by fish (c) All rivers and Black bass Third 10″ 5 streams Saturday in except Hudson June River from through Troy Dam November downstream 30 and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier December Catch Artificial impassable by 1 through and lures only fish the Friday release preceding only the third Saturday in June (45) St. Lawrence

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(a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except as through more listed below or October 15 than 2 listed in longer section 10.6(l) than 12″ of this Part or inland trout streams (see 10.3(e)) (b) Tooley Pond Black bass Third Catch Artificial Saturday in and lures only June release through only November 30 (c) All waters Black bass Third 12″ 5 except those Saturday in listed in this June paragraph through November 30 (d) Black Lake Black bass Third 15″ 5 including Saturday in Indian River June from falls in through Rossie November downstream to 30 confluence Walleye First 18″ 3 with the Saturday in Oswegatchie May River through March 15 (e) Pleasant Lake, Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Black Lake, Saturday in permitted Horseshoe May Lake through March 15 (f) Star Lake Lake trout All year 21″ 3 Ice fishing permitted Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing permitted

Landlocked All year 15″ 3 salmon (g) Tupper Lake Lake trout All year 21″ 3 Ice fishing permitted (h) Cranberry Northern pike First None 5 Ice fishing Lake Saturday in permitted May through March 15 (i) Lake Ozonia Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing permitted

Landlocked All year 15″ 3 salmon

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(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 12″ 3 through October 15 (l) All waters in Trout April 1 12″ 3 the through Massawepie October 15 Conservation Easement Area, Tamarack Pond except inland trout streams (see 10.3(e)) (m) Oswegatchie Fishing River from prohibited north side of March 16 the lower most until the bridge, St. Rte. opening of 68, upstream walleye to the dam in season in Ogdensburg May (n) Sterling Pond Statewide Angling Regulations Ice fishing Apply permitted (o) All rivers and Black bass Third 10″ 5 streams Saturday in except the June Raquette River through impoundments November and those 30 covered by section 10.2 of this Part (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

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(b) Hudson River All species All year Catch and release. All fish shall be from Troy Dam returned to the water immediately. upstream to Bait fish listed under Environmental Bakers Falls in Conservation Law, section 11- the Village of 1315(1) may be possessed for use Hudson Falls as fish bait. Use of tip-ups and tributaries permitted. in this section to first barrier impassable by fish, Mohawk River below Route 32 bridge (c) Great Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Sacandaga permitted Lake (d) Great Fishing prohibited March 16 until the Sacandaga opening of Walleye season in May Lake tributaries from lake upstream to first highway bridge (e) Moreau Lake Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing permitted (f) Sunfish All year None 15 including Fish (Bluegill, Creek pumpkinseed, downstream to Redbreast) the old railroad crossing between Staffords and Bryants bridges (47) Schenectady (a) Schoharie Black bass Third 10″ 5 Creek Saturday in June through November 30 December Catch Artificial 1 through and lures only the Friday release preceding only the third Saturday in June (48) Schoharie (a) Mallet Pond Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing permitted

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(b) Schoharie Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing Reservoir prohibited (c) Holding Pond Trout April 10″ 3 through October 15 (d) Schoharie Black bass Third 10″ 5 Creek from Saturday in Schoharie June Reservoir through downstream November 30 December Catch Artificial 1 through and lures only the Friday release preceding only the third Saturday in June (49) Schuyler (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Cayuta Lake Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Saturday in permitted May through March 15 (50) Seneca (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Seneca River Northern pike First 22″ 5 Ice fishing Saturday in permitted May through March 15 Walleye First 18″ 3 Saturday in May through March 15 (51) Steuben (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e))

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(b) Chemung Muskellunge First 40″ 1 River, Tioga and Tiger Saturday in combined River muskellunge May through March 15 (c) Chemung Black bass Third 10″ 5 River and Saturday in tributaries June upstream of through Route 352 November Patterson 30 bridge west of December Catch Artificial Corning 1 through and lures only the Friday release before the only third Saturday in June (52) Suffolk (a) All waters Crappie All year 9″ 15 Sunfish, All year None 15 bluegill and pumpkinseed Yellow perch All year None 15 (b) All waters Black bass First 12″ 5 except Lake Saturday in Ronkonkoma, June Artist Lake, through Belmont Lake, November Blydenburgh 30 Lake, and Fort December Catch Pond 1 through and March 15 release only (c) Blydenburgh Black bass First 12″ 5 Lake Saturday in June through November 30 December Catch 1 through and Friday release before first only Saturday in June (d) Artist Lake, Black bass All year Catch Belmont Lake, and Randall Pond release only (e) Lake Walleye First 18″ 3 Ronkonkoma, Saturday in Fort Pond May through March 15

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(f) All ponds and Trout All year None 3 Ice fishing lakes except permitted Laurel Lake, Deep Pond and East (Swan) Lake (g) Laurel Lake Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing and Deep permitted Pond (h) East (Swan) Trout April 1 10″ 3 Lake through November 30 (i) All streams Rainbow and April 1 None 5 with no except as brown trout through more listed below October 15 than 2 longer than 12″ October 16 Catch through and March 31 release only Brook trout All year Catch and release only (j) Tidal streams Rainbow and All year None 3 brown trout

Brook trout All year Catch and release only (k) Hards Lake Brook trout April 1 Catch through and September release 30 only (l) From LIPA Trout April 1 Catch Fly fishing transmission through and only lines at Gate G October 15 release upstream to only Yaphank Avenue (m) Carmans River Rainbow and April 1 None 3 with no Fly fishing from Cement brown trout through more only Dam upstream October 15 than 1 to LIPA longer transmission than 12" lines at Gate G (n) Carmans River Rainbow and April 1 None 3 from Hards brown trout through Lake upstream October 15 to Cement Dam downstream to Hards Lake

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(o) Connetquot Trout Park regulations apply, permit and Caleb required: call 631-581-1005 Smith State Connetquot, 631-265-1054 Caleb Parks Smith (p) Deep Pond Chain All year None Catch pickerel and release only (53) Sullivan (a) Crystal Lake, Trout April 1 10″ 3 Use or Hodge Pond through possession September of fish for 30 bait prohibited (b) Lake Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Huntington, permitted Loch Sheldrake (c) Neversink Trout April 1 12″ 3 Reservoir through October 15 Landlocked April 1 15″ 3 salmon through October 15 Smelt Fishing prohibited

(d) Rondout Trout April 1 12″ 3 Reservoir through November 30 Lake trout April 1 18″ 3 through November 30 (e) Swinging Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Bridge Saturday in permitted Reservoir May through March 15 (f) White Lake Lake trout All year 15″ 3 Ice fishing permitted Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing permitted (g) Bashakill Pickerel All year 15″ 5 Marsh Black bass All year 12″ 5 (h) Mongaup Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Pond permitted (i) Rio Reservoir Walleye First 18″ 3 Saturday in May through March 15

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(j) All other rivers Black bass Third 10″ 5 and streams Saturday in except June Delaware through River November 30 December Catch Artificial 1 through and lures only the Friday release preceding only the third Saturday in June (54) Tioga (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Susquehanna Muskellunge First 40″ 1 River and Tiger Saturday in combined muskellunge May through March 15 American All year Catch and release shad fishing only. All American shad shall be returned to the water immediately. (c) Catatonk Black bass All year None 5 Creek (55) Tompkins (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except those through more listed below or October 15 than 2 inland trout longer streams (see than 12″ 10.3(e)) (b) Tri-County Trout All year None 5 with no Ice fishing Pond more permitted than 2 longer than 12″ (c) Fall Creek Black bass All year None 5 from Ithaca Falls upstream (56) Ulster (a) All waters Walleye First 18″ 3 except Hudson Saturday in River May through March 15

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(b) Alder Lake, Trout April 1 10″ 3 Use or Echo Lake through possession September of fish for 30 bait prohibited (c) Ashokan Trout April 1 12″ 3 through November 30 Walleye First 18″ 3 Saturday in May through March 15 (d) Rondout Trout April 1 12″ 3 Reservoir through November 30 Lake trout April 1 18″ 3 through November 30 (e) Hudson River Black bass Third 15″ 5 from Troy Dam Saturday in downstream June and all through tributaries in November this section to 30 the first barrier impassable by fish (f) Honk Lake Ice fishing permitted

(g) All rivers and Black bass Third 10″ 5 streams Saturday in except Hudson June River from through Troy Dam November downstream 30 and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier December Catch Artificial impassable by 1 through and lures only fish the Friday release preceding only the third Saturday in June (57) Warren

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(a) Brant Lake, Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing Brant Lake Mill permitted Pond, Brant Lake outlet, Lake Luzerne, Trout Lake (b) Lake George Lake trout All year 23″ 2 Ice fishing Landlocked All year 18″ 2 permitted salmon Trout All year None 5 Smelt May 16 None 25 through March 31 April 1 Use or through possession May 15 prohibited (c) Tributaries to Lake trout April 1 23″ 2 Ice fishing Lake George through permitted upstream to September the first barrier 30 impassible by Landlocked April 1 18″ 2 fish salmon through September 30 Smelt April 1 Use or through possession May 15 prohibited May 16 None 25 through March 31 (d) Glen Lake Trout All year None 5 Ice fishing permitted (e) Hour Pond, Trout April 1 12″ 3 Artificial Jabe Pond, through lures only Little Jabe October 15 Pond, Peaked Mountain Pond (f) Schroon Lake, Lake trout All year 18″ 2 Ice fishing Schroon River permitted from Schroon Lake Landlocked All year 15″ 3 downstream to salmon Starbuckville Trout All year None 5 Dam (g) Schroon River Lake trout All year None 3 from Starbuckville Dam Landlocked All year None 3 downstream salmon

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(h) Thirteenth Landlocked April 1 15″ 3 Use or Lake, salmon through possession Thirteenth November of baitfish Lake Outlet 30 prohibited from dam at the 13th Lake Road upstream to Trout April 1 None 5 Thirteenth through Lake November 30 (i) Palmer Pond Trout April 1 None 5 through November 30 (58) Washington (a) Hudson River All species All year Catch and release. All fish shall be from Troy Dam returned to the water immediately. upstream to Bait fish listed under Environmental Bakers Falls in Conservation Law, section 11- the Village of 1315(1) may be possessed for use Hudson Falls as fish bait. Use of tip-ups and tributaries permitted. in this section to first barrier impassable by fish, Mohawk River below Route 32 bridge (b) Lake George Lake trout All year 23″ 2 Ice fishing permitted Landlocked All year 18″ 2 salmon Trout All year None 5 Smelt May 16 None 25 through March 31 April 1 Use or through possession May 15 prohibited (c) Tributaries to Lake trout April 1 23″ 2 Ice fishing Lake George through permitted upstream to September the first barrier 30 impassible by Landlocked April 1 18″ 2 fish salmon through September 30 Smelt April 1 Use or through possession May 15 prohibited

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May 16 None 25 through March 31 (59) Wayne (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except the through more Great Lakes October 15 than 2 and their longer tributaries or than 12″ inland trout streams (see 10.3(e)) (b) Seneca River Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Saturday in permitted May through March 15 Northern pike First 22″ 5 Saturday in May through March 15 (60) Westchester (a) Hudson River Black bass Third 15″ 5 from Troy Dam Saturday in downstream June and all through tributaries in November this section to 30 the first barrier impassable by fish (b) Amawalk Trout All year 12″ 3 Ice fishing Reservoir, permitted Reservoir, , from Muscoot Reservior upstream to confluence with East and West branches (c) New Croton Trout All year 12″ 3 Reservoir (d) Kensico Trout All year 12″ 3 Reservoir Lake trout All year 18″ 3 (e) Titicus Walleye First 18″ 3 Ice fishing Reservoir Saturday in permitted May through March 15

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Trout All year 12″ 3 (f) All rivers and Black bass Third 10″ 5 streams Saturday in except Hudson June River from through Troy Dam November downstream 30 and all December Catch Artificial tributaries in 1 through and lures only this section to the Friday release the first barrier preceding only impassable by the third fish Saturday in June (61) Wyoming (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no Ice fishing except inland through more permitted trout streams October 15 than 2 (see 10.3(e)) longer than 12″ (62) Yates (a) All waters Trout April 1 None 5 with no except inland through more trout streams October 15 than 2 (see 10.3(e)) longer than 12″

Existing subdivisions (e) through (g) are renumbered (f) through (h) and new subdivision 10.3 (e) is added to read as follows:

(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), Table E in paragraph (5), and Table F in paragraph (6) and paragraph (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;

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(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) (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.

Minimum length and Species Open Season daily harvest limit Method April 1 through 5 with no more than 2

October 15 trout longer than 12” Trout October 16 Catch and Release Artificial through March 31 only 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 Minimum length and Category Open Season daily harvest limit Method Catch and Artificial (a) All year Catch and Release only Release lures only April 1 through 3 with no more than 1

Stocked October 15 trout longer than 12” (b) Extended October 16 through Artificial Catch and Release only March 31 lures only

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April 1 through 3 with no more than 1

Wild October 15 trout longer than 12” (c) Quality October 16 through Artificial Catch and Release only March 31 lures only April 1 through 1 at any size Wild October 15 (d) Premier October 16 through Artificial Catch and Release only March 31 lures only

(6) Table F – Trout fishing regulations for specially designated inland trout streams

Regulation DEC Region Water Reach Category (a) Region 3 (Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties) (i) Amawalk Outlet From Muscoot Reservoir () upstream to Amawalk Wild Quality Reservoir (ii) Beaver Kill From the Delaware/Sullivan County line downstream of Roscoe upstream to the Stocked Extended Delaware/Sullivan County line upstream of Roscoe From the downstream end of the Beaver Kill Campground upstream to ½ mile upstream Stocked Extended of the Beaver Kill covered bridge at the Beaver Kill Campground (iii) Beer Kill West From the confluence with Branch Beer Kill upstream to Windsor Wild Quality Lake (iv) Callicoon Creek From the confluence with North Branch Callicoon Creek upstream to Stocked Extended Gossweyler Pond From Gossweyler Pond upstream to the first Lower Wild Quality Weissman Road bridge crossing (v) Cedar Pond From the Pyngyp Road/Route Brook 210 intersection upstream to Wild Quality Cedar Flats Road/Route 210 intersection.

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(vi) East Branch From confluence with West Croton River Branch Croton River Stocked Extended upstream to Diverting Reservoir Dam From Diverting Reservoir upstream to East Branch Stocked Extended Reservoir Dam (vii) From upstream to confluence with Wild Quality Lost Clove Creek (viii) Mongaup Creek From confluence with Willowemoc Creek upstream to confluence with the Wild Quality tributary immediately south of the Catskill Fish Hatchery (xi) From the Guymard Tpke crossing upstream to the Stocked Extended Sullivan-Orange County line 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 Catch and Release 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. From 1.0 miles downstream of Bridgeville Road upstream Stocked Extended to Wynkoop Brook (x) Ramapo River From the downstream end of H. Pierson Mapes Flat Rock Stocked Extended County Park upstream to Arden Valley Rd (xi) Rochester Creek From the confluence with upstream to Wild Quality confluence with Mettacahonts Creek

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(xii) Rondout Creek From confluence with Sundown Creek upstream to Wild Quality upstream most crossing of County Route 42 (xiii) Wappingers From New Hackensack Road Creek Bridge in Red Oaks Mill upstream to East Branch Stocked Extended Wappingers Creek in Hibernia From ¾ miles downstream of Jameson Hill Rd. Bridge in Clinton Corners upstream to Wild Quality Hunts in Stanfordville (xiv) West Branch From confluence with East Croton River Branch Croton River Catch and Release upstream to Dam From Croton Falls Reservoir upstream to West Branch Wild Quality Reservoir Dam (xv) Willowemoc From the confluence with the Creek Beaver Kill upstream to the Stocked Extended second Route 17 Quickway Bridge east of Roscoe From the second Route 17 Quickway Bridge east of Roscoe upstream 3.5 miles to Catch and Release 1200 feet upstream of the confluence with Elm Hollow Brook From 1200 feet upstream of the confluence with Elm Stocked Extended Hollow Brook upstream to Parkston Road Bridge From the downstream end of the Willowemoc Wild Forest Stocked Extended upstream to the confluence with Fir Brook (b) Region 4 (Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties) (i) Batavia Kill From confluence with East (Delaware Branch Delaware River Wild Quality County) upstream to source

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(ii) Beaver Kill From 1.6 miles downstream of Iron Bridge at Horton upstream to 1 mile upstream of Iron Bridge at Horton Catch and Release except additional restriction as listed in paragraph 7 of this subdivision. From 1 mile upstream of Iron Bridge at Horton upstream to the old railroad trestle 2.5 Stocked Extended miles downstream of the Sullivan County Line From the Sullivan County Line downstream of Roscoe Catch and Release downstream 2.5 miles to the old railroad trestle From the first Sullivan County Line crossing upstream of Stocked Extended Roscoe upstream to the Route 206 Bridge (iii) Bushkill From confluence with Dry Brook upstream to confluence Wild Quality with Emory Brook and Vly Creek (iv) Bushnellsville From Greene/Ulster County Wild Quality Creek Line upstream to source (v) From confluence with Basic Creek in Freehold upstream Stocked Extended to the confluence with Fox Creek in Preston Hollow (vi) Delaware River From Bridge in Lordville upstream to confluence with Wild Premier West and East Branches of Delaware River (vii) East Branch From confluence with West Delaware River Branch Delaware River Wild Premier upstream to Route 206/30 bridge in Downsville (viii) East Brook From confluence with West Branch Delaware River Wild Quality upstream to source (ix) East Creek (aka From confluence with Kinderhook south of Wild Quality Creek)

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Route 43 in Stephentown upstream to State Line (x) Emory Brook From confluence with Bush Wild Quality Kill upstream to source (xi) Kinderhook Creek From I-90 upstream to confluence with East Creek Stocked Extended south of Route 43 in Stephentown (xii) Little From confluence with Hoosic Wild Quality River upstream to source (xiii) Panther Creek From Route 4 in West Fulton Wild Quality upstream to Source (xiv) Russell Brook From confluence with Beaver Wild Quality Kill upstream to source (xv) West Branch Forming NY/PA border Wild Premier Delaware River From NY/PA border upstream to 2 miles downstream of the Wild Premier Route 17 bridge at Deposit From Route 17 bridge at Catch and Release Deposit downstream 2 miles From Route 17 bridge at Deposit upstream to Wild Premier Stilesville Weir From East Brook in Walton upstream 35.5 miles to Town Stocked Extended Brook in Hobart (c) Region 5 (Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties) (i) Battenkill From confluence with Whittaker Brook upstream to Stocked Extended Rexleigh Bridge From County RT 61 Bridge in Shushan upstream to County Stocked Extended Route 64 Bridge From County Route 64 Bridge upstream to covered bridge in Wild Quality Eagleville From covered bridge at Eagleville upstream to Catch and Release Vermont state line (ii) From foot path bridge off of W. Montgomery St upstream Stocked Extended to Co. Highway 122

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(iii) Chateaugay River From end of posted PFR 1 mile from US/Canada Border upstream to 1.0 miles Stocked Extended upstream of the Marble River confluence From the Chasm dam impoundment upstream to Stocked Extended High Falls Dam (iv) Hudson River From the confluence of Raymond Brook upstream to Stocked Extended the confluence with Thirteenth Brook (v) From Galway Road upstream Creek to 0.5 miles upstream of crossing at intersection of N. Stocked Extended Creek Rd. and Squashville Rd. (vii) Mettawee River From Lower Turnpike bridge in North Granville upstream to Stocked Extended Vermont State line (viii) North Branch From confluence with Great Great Chazy Chazy River upstream to Stocked Extended River Lake Roxanne Road in Ellenburg Depot (ix) Saranac River From the Millstone Monument located at the intersection of Sand Road and NYS Rt. 22B Catch and Release in Morrisonville upstream to Kent Falls Dam From 1500 ft east of Pup Hill Road bridge crossing upstream to the marked Stocked Extended boundary 100 yards upstream of its confluence with the North Branch Saranac River From marked boundary 100 yards upstream of its confluence with the North Catch and Release Branch Saranac River upstream 1.4 miles to Stord Brook (x) Salmon River From Rt. 37 Bridge in (Franklin County) Westville Center upstream to Stocked Extended Flat Rock Road Bridge

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From Flat Rock Road bridge upstream to 200 yards Catch and Release downstream of the Cargin Road bridge From 200 yds. downstream of Cargin Road Bridge upstream Stocked Extended to Lamica Lake Dam (xi) Schroon River From Bolton Landing- Riverbank Road upstream to Stocked Extended Starbuckville Dam (xii) True Brook From confluence with Saranac River upstream to Wild Quality Smithkill Brook (0.8 mile west of Number 37 Rd) (xiii) West Branch From confluence with East Ausable River Branch Ausable River Stocked Extended upstream to the Rt 86 bridge at the flume From the Rt 86 bridge at the flume upstream to the Catch and Release Whiteface Ski Center bridge From the Whiteface Ski Center bridge upstream to the DEC sign 2.2 miles Stocked Extended downstream of Monument Falls From DEC sign 2.2 miles downstream of Monument Catch and Release Falls upstream to confluence with Holcomb Pond Outlet (d) Region 6 (Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and St. Lawrence counties) (ii) Crystal Creek From confluence with the Black River upstream to Wild Quality Crystal Pond Dam From Crystal Pond upstream Wild Quality to Rd. (ii) Mohawk River From Delta Dam downstream to first confluence with Barge Stocked Extended Canal (iii) South Branch From 0.5 mile downstream of Grass River Route 3 upstream to Grass Catch and Release River Flow (iv) West Canada From Bridge Street in Stocked Extended Creek Middleville to the first bridge

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(Comstock Bridge) downstream of the mouth of Cincinnati Creek From the first bridge (Comstock Bridge) downstream of the mouth of Catch and Release Cincinnati Creek upstream to Trenton Falls Dam (e) Region 7 (Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga and Tompkins counties) (i) Butternut Creek From Kinne Road upstream Stocked Extended to Jamesville Reservoir From Jamesville Reservoir Stocked Extended upstream to Route 80 (ii) Chittenango From Russell Street in Creek Chittenango upstream to the Stocked Extended mile marker 1237 south of the Village of Chittenango Line From the mile marker 1237 south of the Village of Chittenango Line upstream to Catch and Release the Town of Fenner/ Town of Sullivan Town Line at mile marker 1219 From the Town of Fenner/ Town of Sullivan Town Line Stocked Extended at mile marker 1219 upstream to Route 20 in Cazenovia (iii) Genegantslet From first Route 220 bridge Creek north of Smithville Flats Catch and Release upstream to mouth of Five Streams (iv) Limestone Creek From Erie Canal upstream to Stocked Extended Route 80 (v) Ninemile Creek From Onondaga Lake Catch and Release upstream to Amboy Dam From Amboy Dam upstream to the dam at Route Stocked Extended 174/Glover Road junction (vi) Old Chenango From Wild Premier Canal upstream to Route 20 Bridge (vii) Onondaga Creek From Route 20 upstream to the second Tully Farms Road Stocked Extended crossing

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(viii) Otselic River From South Otselic Hatchery Angler Parking Lot upstream Stocked Extended to Rt 80 (ix) Oquaga Creek From the new Route 17 bridge west of Deposit upstream 3 miles to the Old Catch and Release Route 17 bridge east of McClure (x) Oriskany Creek From Route 12B Bridge upstream to Old Chenango Wild Premier Canal (xi) Skaneateles From the Jordan Road bridge Creek in the Village of Jordan upstream 10.2 miles to the Catch and Release Old Seneca Turnpike bridge north of Village of Skaneateles (xii) West Branch From NY/PA border upstream Delaware River to 2 miles downstream of the Wild Premier Route 17 bridge at Deposit From Route 17 bridge at Catch and Release Deposit downstream 2 miles From Route 17 bridge at Deposit upstream to Wild Premier Stilesville Weir (xiii) West Branch From confluence with Limestone Creek Limestone Creek upstream to Stocked Extended No. 2 West Road (f) Region 8 (Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties) (i) Cayuta Creek From Tioga County Line Stocked Extended upstream to Swan Hill Road (ii) Cohocton River From Veterans Ave Bridge (Bath) upstream to County Stocked Extended Route 39A (Atlanta) From County Route 39A Wild Quality (Atlanta) upstream to source (iii) Mill Creek From confluence with Canaseraga Creek to County Wild Quality Route 90 (Patchinville) (iv) Neil Creek From confluence with Cohocton River upstream to Wild Quality the end of PFR section 1500

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feet upstream of Mattoon Road. (v) From Bowerman Road Wild Quality upstream to Union Street From Union Street upstream 1.7 miles to Wheatland Catch and Release Center Rd From Wheatland Center Rd upstream to the confluence Wild Quality with Spring Creek From Monroe County Line upstream to Circular Hill Stock Extended Road (vi) Spring Creek From confluence with Oatka Creek upstream to source except additional restriction Wild Quality as listed in paragraph 7 of this subdivision. (g) Region 9 (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara and Wyoming counties (i) Cattaraugus From confluence with Elton Creek Creek upstream to 1.0 miles Stocked Extended upstream of Java Lake Road (ii) Clear Creek From confluence with (Cattaraugus and Cattaraugus Creek upstream Wild Premier Wyoming to NYS Route 98 crossing counties) near Phillipi Road (iii) Clear Creek From confluence with (Cattaraugus and Conewango Creek upstream Wild Premier Chautauqua to bridge at Cockaigne Ski counties) Area (iv) East Koy Creek From Wyoming Co line Stocked Extended upstream to Green Bay Road (v) Elm Creek From confluence with Little Conewango Creek upstream Wild Quality to NYS Route 394 (vi) Elton Creek From NYS Route 16 upstream to former bridge on Wild Quality Swanson Hill Road (vii) Fenton Brook From Conewango Creek (aka Mud Creek) upstream to County Route 6 Wild Quality downstream of Fancher Hill Road

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(viii) Flynn (Spring) From confluence with Brook Cattaraugus Creek upstream Wild Quality to Youngers Road (ix) From Belmont Dam in Belmont upstream to County Stocked Extended Route 29 near York’s Corners From County Route 29 near York’s Corners upstream to Catch and Release NYS Route 19 bridge in Shongo From NYS Route 19 bridge in Shongo upstream to State Stocked Extended Line (x) Goose Creek From NYS Rt 474 in Ashville Stocked Extended upstream to Wall Street (xi) Hosmer (Sardinia) From confluence with Brook Cattaraugus Creek upstream Wild Quality to Genesee Road (xii) Lime Lake Outlet From Confluence with Elton Wild Premier Creek upstream to Lime Lake (xiii) Mansfield Creek From 0.5 mi upstream of the western most County Rt 13 (Maples Rd) crossing Wild Quality upstream to Hinman Hollow Road crossing near Poverty Hill Road (xiv) McKinstry Creek From confluence with Lime Lake Outlet upstream to Wild Quality source (xv) North Branch From confluence with Wiscoy Creek upstream to NYS Wild Quality Route 362 (xvi) The Ram From confluence with Elm Creek upstream to NYS Wild Quality Route 394 (xvii) Trout Brook From confluence with Wiscoy Creek upstream to 0.1 miles Wild Quality upstream of Hillside Road. (xviii) Wiscoy Creek From confluence with Genesee River upstream to Wild Premier Flynn Road

(7) Additional special regulations for select inland trout streams

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(i) Beaverkill River from Iron Bridge at Horton downstream to first Route 17 overpass: Angling prohibited from July 1 through August 31 to protect thermally stressed trout. (ii) Spring Creek on Caledonia State Fish Hatchery property as posted: Angling prohibited from 3:30 PM to 8:00 AM. (iii) Charley Pond Outlet within William C. Whitney Area: Fishing prohibited July 1 through September 15.

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