New York regulations
Trout (Brook, Brown, Rainbow) Regulations in New York 2026
New York trout 2026 open seasons vary by 218 management regions. Statewide rules apply for 5/day. Pick your region in the rule table below. Sourced from DEC.
Rules (528)
New York statewide
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 5 fish/day
All Baitfish Prohibited Lakes And Ponds Except As Listed BelowIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
All Lakes And PondsIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Max size
- 12"
April 1–October 15 Daily Limit-5 with no more than 2 longer than 12" no more than 2 longer than 12"
All Lakes And Ponds, Except As Listed BelowIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
All Lakes And Ponds, Except As Listed Below Or Baitfish Prohibited Lakes And PondsIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
All Tributaries To Canadice Lake, Canandaigua Lake, Hemlock Lake, Keuka Lake, And Seneca Lake Upstream To The First Barrier Impassable By FishIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
in combination, Catch shall include no more than 1 Rainbow Trout
All Tributaries To Cayuga Lake Upstream To The First Barrier Impassable By Fish, Except Fall CreekIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
in combination
All Tributaries To Owasco Lake, Otisco Lake And Skaneateles Lake Upstream To The First Barrier Impassable By Fish, Except Spafford CreekIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 9"
- Min size
- 15"
in combination
All Waters Inhabited By Trout, Except As Permitted Below
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Max size
- 2 fish
- Max size
- 2 fish
All year Daily Limit-5 with no more than 2 longer than 12" with no more than 2 longer than 12" no more than 2 longer than 12"
Allen PondIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
Amawalk Outlet (Muscoot River) – Muscoot Reservoir To Amawalk Reservoir (Region 3, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Batavia Kill – Confluence With East Branch Delaware River To Source (Region 4, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Batten Kill – Confluence With Whittaker Brook To Rexleigh Bridge (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Batten Kill – County Route 61 Bridge In Shushan To County Route 64 Bridge (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Batten Kill – County Route 64 Bridge To Covered Bridge In Eagleville (Region 5, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Beaver Brook And Tributaries From Beaver Lake Upstream To SourceCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Beaver Kill – 1 Mi Upstream Of Iron Bridge To Old Railroad Trestle 2.5 Mi Downstream Of Sullivan County Line (Region 4, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Beaver Kill – Delaware/Sullivan County Line To Route 206 Bridge (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Beaver Kill – Delaware/Sullivan County Line To Route 206 Bridge (Region 4, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Beaver Kill – Downstream End Of Beaver Kill Campground Upstream To 0.5 Mi Upstream Of Covered Bridge (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Beaverdam Creek And Tributaries From Mouth Upstream To Sunrise HighwayCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Belmont Lake
- Max size
- 12"
All year, Daily Limit-5 with no more than 2 longer than 12”
Black River From Dexter Dam To Mill Street Dam (Jefferson County)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 9"
Blue Mountain LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
All year Daily Limit-5
Bushkill – Confluence With Dry Brook To Confluence With Emory Brook And Vly Creek (Region 4, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Bushnellsville Creek – Greene/Ulster County Line To Source (Region 4, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Butternut Creek – Jamesville Reservoir To Route 80 (Region 7, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Butternut Creek – Kinne Road To Jamesville Reservoir (Region 7, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Canadice LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
Canandaigua LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
Carmans River And Tributaries (Southaven County Park) From Cement Dam Upstream To Yaphank AvenueCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Carmans River And Tributaries (Southaven County Park) From Hards Lake Upstream To The Cement DamCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Carmans River And Tributaries From Bellport Bay Upstream To The Hards Lake DamCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Catskill Creek – Confluence With Basic Creek In Freehold To Confluence With Fox Creek In Preston Hollow (Region 4, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Cattaraugus Creek – Confluence With Elton Creek To 1.0 Mi Upstream Of Java Lake Road (Region 9, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Cayadutta Creek – Footpath Bridge Off W. Montgomery Street To County Highway 122 (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Cayuga LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
Cayuta Creek – Tioga County Line To Swan Hill Road (Region 8, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Cedar Pond Brook – Pyngyp Road/Route 210 To Cedar Flats Road/Route 210 (Region 3, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Chateaugay River – Chasm Dam Impoundment To High Falls Dam (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Chateaugay River – End Of Posted Pfr 1 Mi From Us/Canada Border To 1.0 Mi Upstream Of Marble River Confluence (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Chautauqua Creek From The Bridge On South Gale St. Upstream 1.3 Miles To The Upper Village Of Westfield Water Intake DamCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Catch and Release only
Chittenango Creek – Russell Street In Chittenango To Mile
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Marker 1237 (Region 7, Se)
Chittenango Creek – Town Of Fenner/Sullivan Town Line (Mile
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Region 7, Se; Marker 1219) To Route 20 In Cazenovia
Clear Creek – Confluence With Cattaraugus Creek To Nys Route 98 Crossing Near Phillipi Road (Region 9, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
Clear Creek – Confluence With Conewango Creek To Bridge At Cockaigne Ski Area (Region 9, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
Cohocton River – County Route 39a (Atlanta) To Source (Region 8, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Cohocton River – Veterans Ave. Bridge (Bath) To County Route 39a (Atlanta) (Region 8, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Conesus LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
Connetquot River And Tributaries From The Great South Bay Upstream To The Dam At Montauk Highway.Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Croton Falls ReservoirOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
- Min size
- 18"
Croton River From Muscoot Reservoir Upstream To The Confluence With The East And West Branches Of The Croton RiverOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
Crystal Creek – Confluence With Black River To Crystal Pond Dam (Region 6, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Crystal Creek – Crystal Pond To Erie Canal Road (Region 6, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Crystal LakeIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Sep 30
- Daily bag
- 2 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
Crystal PondCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Season opens
- Oct 16
- Season closes
- Mar 31
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Catch and Release only no more than 1 longer than 12”
Delaware River – Bridge In Lordville To Confluence With West And East Branches (Region 4, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
Delaware River & Wes (Ny/Pa Border Water)Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Season opens
- Oct 16
- Season closes
- Mar 31
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Catch and release only Artificial Lures only
East Branch Croton River – Confluence With West Branch To Diverting Reservoir Dam (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
East Branch Croton River – Diverting Reservoir To East Branch Reservoir Dam (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
East Branch Delaware River – Confluence With West Branch To Route 206/30 Bridge In Downsville (Region 4, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
East Brook – Confluence With West Branch Delaware River To Source (Region 4, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
East Creek (Kinderhook Creek) – Confluence With Kinderhook Creek South Of Route 43 To State Line (Region 4, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
East Koy Creek – Wyoming County Line To Green Bay Road (Region 9, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Echo LakeIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Sep 30
- Daily bag
- 2 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
Eighteenmile Creek (Erie County) Main Branch Of The Creek (Excluding South Branch) Contained Within Eighteenmile Creek County ParkCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Catch and Release only
Eighteenmile CreeksCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Gear
- Artificial Lures Only
Catch and Release only for trout and salmon in creek sections described below Only Artificial lures can be used in Catch and Release sections
Elm Creek – Confluence With Little Conewango Creek To Nys Route 394 (Region 9, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Elton Creek – Nys Route 16 To Former Bridge On Swanson Hill Road (Region 9, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Emory Brook – Confluence With Bush Kill To Source (Region 4, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Esopus Creek – Ashokan Reservoir To Confluence With Lost Clove Creek (Region 3, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Evergreen LakeIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Fall Creek (Cayuga Lake) From The Downstream Edge Of The Railroad Bridge Below Rt. 13 To Ithaca FallsCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Mar 31
- Season closes
- Mar 31
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
- Gear
- Artificial Only
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Catch and Release only in combination
Fenton Brook (Mud Creek) – Conewango Creek To County Route 6 Downstream Of Fancher Hill Road (Region 9, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Fish Creek – Confluence With Black River To 1.5 Mi Upstream Of North South Road (Region 6, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Flynn (Spring) Brook – Confluence With Cattaraugus Creek To Youngers Road (Region 9, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Genesee River – Belmont Dam To 1.0 Mi Upstream Of County Route 29 Near York's Corners (Region 9, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Genesee River – Nys Route 19 Bridge In Shongo To State Line (Region 9, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Goose Creek – Nys Route 474 In Ashville To Wall Street (Region 9, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Hards LakeCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Hemlock LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
Hidden LakeIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Hodge PondIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Sep 30
- Daily bag
- 2 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
Honeoye LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
Horn LakeIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Hosmer (Sardinia) Brook – Confluence With Cattaraugus Creek To Genesee Road (Region 9, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Hour PondIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Artificial lures only
Hudson River – Confluence Of Raymond Brook To Confluence With Thirteenth Brook (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Huggins LakeIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Sep 30
- Daily bag
- 2 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Inland Trout StreamsCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Season opens
- Oct 16
- Season opens
- Oct 16
- Season opens
- Oct 16
- Season closes
- Mar 31
- Season closes
- Mar 31
- Season closes
- Mar 31
- Daily bag
- 5
- Daily bag
- 5
- Daily bag
- 5
- Gear
- Artificial Only
- Gear
- Artificial Only
- Gear
- Artificial Only
only 2 longer than 12”
Irondequoit Creek Upstream Of The South Side Of Rte. 286 Bridges
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 9"
Jabe PondIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Artificial lures only
Kayaderosseras Creek – Galway Road To 0.5 Mi Upstream Of N. Creek Rd./Squashville Rd. Intersection (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Keuka LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
Kinderhook Creek – I-90 To Confluence With East Creek South Of Route 43 In Stephentown (Region 4, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Lake Champlain And Tributaries To The First Impassible Barrier (New York/Vermont Border Water)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
Lake Erie And TributariesIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Daily bag
- 3 fish
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
- Min size
- 12"
April 1-Oct 15 All year Daily Limit 5 Daily Limit 3 in any combination in any combination Minimum Length 12"
Lake OntarioOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 21"
in combination, not to include more than 2 Rainbow Trout (or Steelhead) in the lake, and not to include more than 1 Rainbow Trout (or Steelhead) and 1 Brown Trout in the tributaries
Lake Ontario TributariesOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 25"
in combination, not to include more than 2 Rainbow Trout (or Steelhead) in the lake, and not to include more than 1 Rainbow Trout (or Steelhead) and 1 Brown Trout in the tributaries
Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River, And Their TributariesIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 3 fish
- Daily bag
- 3 fish
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 21"
All year Daily Limit 3 in combin 3 in combination Minimum Length 15" 21" in the lake and 25" in tributaries
Lakes And PondsIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 5
- Daily bag
- 5
- Daily bag
- 5
only 2 longer than 12”
Lime Lake Outlet – Confluence With Elton Creek To Lime Lake (Region 9, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
Limekiln LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Gear
- Ice Fishing
All year Daily Limit-5 Ice fishing permitted
Limestone Creek – Erie Canal To Route 80 (Region 7, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Little Hoosic River – Confluence With Hoosic River To Source (Region 4, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Little Jabe PondIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Artificial lures only
Little Tupper LakeCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish
- Min size
- 12"
- Gear
- Artificial Only
- Gear
- Artificial Lures Only
Catch and Release only April 1–Oct 15 Daily Limit-3 Minimum Length-12" Artificial lures only
Lower Niagara River And TributariesIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 21"
(Trout & Salmon) in any combination, not to include more than 1 Atlantic Salmon, 2 rainbow trout (steelhead), or 2 Lake Trout
Mansfield Creek – 0.5 Mi Upstream Of County Rt 13 (Maples Rd) To Hinman Hollow Road Crossing Near Poverty Hill Road (Region 9, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Massapequa Creek And Tributaries From Massapequa Lake Upstream To Northwest DriveCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Massawepie Conservation Easement Area, Lakes And PondsIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
McDonald Pond (Hempstead Lake State Park)
- Max size
- 12"
All year, Daily Limit-5 with no more than 2 longer than 12”
McKinstry Creek – Confluence With Lime Lake Outlet To Source (Region 9, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Meacham LakeCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Nov 30
- Gear
- Artificial Lures Only
Catch and Release only April 1–Nov 30 Artificial lures only
Mettawee River – Lower Turnpike Bridge In North Granville To Vermont State Line (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Mill Creek – Confluence With Canaseraga Creek To County Route 90 (Patchinville) (Region 8, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Mohawk River – Delta Dam Downstream To First Confluence With Barge Canal (Region 6, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Mongaup Creek – Confluence With Willowemoc Creek To Tributary South Of Catskill Fish Hatchery (Region 3, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Mountain Pond (Town Of Brighton)Catch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Nov 30
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Catch and Release only Artificial lures only
Mud Creek And Tributaries From Patchogue Bay Upstream To Sills RoadCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Neil Creek – Confluence With Cohocton River To End Of Pfr Section 1500 Ft Upstream Of Mattoon Road (Region 8, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Neversink River – 1.0 Mi Downstream Of Bridgeville Road To Wynkoop Brook (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Neversink River – Guymard Tpke Crossing To Sullivan/Orange County Line (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Niagara River - Upper Section
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Ninemile Creek – Amboy Dam To Dam At Route 174/Glover Road Junction (Region 7, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Nissequogue River From Long Island Sound Upstream To The Dam At White’s PoolCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
North Branch Callicoon Creek – Confluence With Callicoon Creek To Gossweyler Pond (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
North Branch Callicoon Creek – Gossweyler Pond To First Lower Weissman Road Bridge (Region 3, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
North Branch Great Chazy River – Confluence With Graves Brook To Lake Roxanne Road In Ellenburg Depot (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
North Branch Great Chazy River – Confluence With Great Chazy River To Confluence With Graves Brook (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
North Branch Wiscoy Creek – Confluence With Wiscoy Creek To Nys Route 362 (Region 9, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Oatka Creek – Bowerman Road To Union Street (Region 8, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Oatka Creek – Monroe County Line To Circular Hill Road (Region 8, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Oatka Creek – Wheatland Center Rd To Confluence With Spring Creek (Region 8, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Old Chenango Canal – Oriskany Creek To Route 20 Bridge (Region 7, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
Oriskany Creek – Route 12b Bridge In Oriskany Falls To Old Chenango Canal (Region 7, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
Otisco LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Min size
- 12"
Owasco LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
Panther Creek – Route 4 In West Fulton To Source (Region 4, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Patchogue River And Tributaries From Patchogue Bay Upstream To SourceCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Peaked Mountain LakeIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Peaked Mountain PondIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Artificial lures only
Pepacton ReservoirIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 2 fish/day
- Min size
- 15"
- Slot max
- 21"
only 1 over 21”
Pool BrookCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Season opens
- Oct 16
- Season closes
- Mar 31
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Max size
- 2 fish
Brook Trout, All year, Catch and Release only October 16 through March 31, Catch and Release only Daily Limit-5 with no more than 2 longer than 12" no more than 2 longer than 12"
Ramapo River – Downstream End Of H. Pierson Mapes Flat Rock County Park To Arden Valley Road (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Raquette LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
All year Daily Limit-5
Rattlesnake Creek From The Confluence With Connetquot River Upstream To The Dam At Sunrise HighwayCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Rochester Creek – Confluence With Rondout Creek To Confluence With Mettacahonts Creek (Region 3, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Rock PondCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Catch and Release only Artificial lures only
Rondout Creek – Confluence With Sundown Creek To Uppermost Crossing Of County Route 42 (Region 3, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Round Lake To The Boundary With Little Tupper LakeIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
- Gear
- Artificial Only
Artificial lures only
Russell Brook – Confluence With Beaver Kill To Source (Region 4, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Salmon River – 200 Yds Downstream Of Cargin Road Bridge To Lamica Lake Dam (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Salmon River – Route 37 Bridge In Westville Center To Flatrock Road Bridge (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Saranac River – 1500 Ft East Of Pup Hill Road Bridge To Marked Boundary 100 Yds Upstream Of North Branch Saranac River Confluence (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Schroon LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Max size
- 12"
- Max size
- 12"
All year Daily Limit-5 with no more than 2 longer than 12" no more than 2 longer than 12"
Schroon River – Bolton Landing-Riverbank Road To Starbuckville Dam (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Schroon River From Starbuckville Dam Upstream To Schroon Lake
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Max size
- 12"
- Max size
- 12"
All year Daily Limit-5 with no more than 2 longer than 12" with no more than 2 longer than 12"
Seneca LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
Skaneateles LakeOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 15"
South Pond (Hempstead Lake State Park)
- Max size
- 12"
All year, Daily Limit-5 with no more than 2 longer than 12”
Spafford Creek (Otisco Lake)In season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
- Max size
- 2 fish
April 1–Oct 15 Daily Limit-5–with no more than 2 longer than 12" with no more than 2 longer than 12"
Spring Creek – Confluence With Oatka Creek To Source (Region 8, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
St. Lawrence RiverOpen year-round
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 15"
- Min size
- 21"
in combination, not to include more than 2 Rainbow Trout (or Steelhead) in the lake, and not to include more than 1 Rainbow Trout (or Steelhead) and 1 Brown Trout in the tributaries
Swan River And Tributaries From Patchogue Bay Upstream To Southaven AvenueCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Swinging Bridge Reservoir Ulster County Alder LakeIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Sep 30
- Daily bag
- 2 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
Tamarack PondIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
The Ram – Confluence With Elm Creek To Nys Route 394 (Region 9, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Tributaries To Blydenburgh LakeCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Trout Brook – Confluence With Wiscoy Creek To 0.1 Mi Upstream Of Hillside Road (Region 9, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Trout LakeIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Daily bag
- 5 fish
April 1–Oct 15
Trout Pond (Cables Lake)In season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season closes
- Sep 30
- Daily bag
- 2 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
- Gear
- Artificial Only
True Brook – Confluence With Saranac River To Smithkill Brook (Region 5, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Tuthills Creek And Tributaries From Patchogue Bay Upstream To Waverly AveCatch & release
- Status
- Catch And Release
All year, Catch and Release only
Upper Niagara River And TributariesIn season
- Season opens
- Apr 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season opens
- Jan 1
- Season closes
- Oct 15
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Season closes
- Dec 31
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
in any combination
Wappinger Creek – 3/4 Mi Downstream Of Jameson Hill Rd. Bridge To Hunns Lake Creek In Stanfordville (Region 3, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Wappinger Creek – New Hackensack Road Bridge (Red Oaks Mill) To East Branch Wappinger Creek In Hibernia (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
West Branch Ausable River – Confluence With East Branch Ausable River To Route 86 Bridge At The Flume (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
West Branch Ausable River – Whiteface Ski Center Bridge To Dec Sign 2.2 Mi Downstream Of Monument Falls (Region 5, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
West Branch Beer Kill – Confluence With Beer Kill To Windsor Lake (Region 3, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
West Branch Croton River – Croton Falls Reservoir To West Branch Reservoir Dam (Region 3, Wq)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
West Branch Delaware River – East Brook In Walton Upstream 35.5 Mi To Town Brook In Hobart (Region 4, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
West Branch Delaware River – Forming Ny/Pa Border (Region 4, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
West Branch Delaware River – Ny/Pa Border To 2 Mi Downstream Of Route 17 Bridge At Deposit (Region 4, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
West Branch Delaware River – Ny/Pa Border To 2 Mi Downstream Of Route 17 Bridge At Deposit (Region 7, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
West Branch Delaware River – Route 17 Bridge At Deposit To Stilesville Weir (Region 4, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
West Branch Delaware River – Route 17 Bridge At Deposit To Stilesville Weir (Region 7, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
West Branch Limestone Creek – Confluence With Limestone Creek To No. 2 West Rd (Region 7, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
West Canada Creek – Bridge Street In Middleville To First Bridge (Comstock Bridge) Downstream Of Cincinnati Creek Mouth (Region 6, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Willowemoc Creek – 1,200 Ft Upstream Of Elm Hollow Brook To Parkston Road Bridge (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Willowemoc Creek – Confluence With Beaver Kill To Second Route 17 Quickway Bridge East Of Roscoe (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Willowemoc Creek – Downstream End Of Willowemoc Wild Forest To Confluence With Fir Brook (Region 3, Se)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Wiscoy Creek – Confluence With Genesee River To Flynn Road (Region 9, Wp)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
Other New York fish regulations
Other regulated species in New York with current rule pages — same DEC source, same verification cadence.
- Walleye240 rules
- Lake Trout238 rules
- Salmon (Chinook, Coho, Pink)61 rules
- Muskie (Muskellunge)60 rules
- Northern Pike54 rules
- Bluegill (Sunfish)44 rules
- Stripers (Striped Bass)29 rules
- Yellow Perch16 rules
- Tog (Tautog / Blackfish)9 rules
- Crappie (Black & White)7 rules
- Channel Catfish5 rules
- Redfish (Red Drum)4 rules
- Black Sea Bass4 rules
- Bluefish4 rules
- Fluke (Summer Flounder)3 rules
- Scup (Porgy)2 rules
- Weakfish2 rules
- Largemouth Bass2 rules
- Smallmouth Bass2 rules
Also known as
Trout is also called Trout (Brook, Brown, Rainbow), Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Tiger Trout. Anglers in different regions use different names for the same fish, and the rules on this page apply to all of them in New York.
Frequently asked questions
When is Trout season in New York?
Trout season in New York runs from Apr 1 to Oct 15 per DEC.
What is the size limit for Trout in New York?
Minimum size for Trout in New York is 15 inches in All Tributaries To Canadice Lake, Canandaigua Lake, Hemlock Lake, Keuka Lake, And Seneca Lake Upstream To The First Barrier Impassable By Fish, per DEC. Slot limits or maximum sizes may apply in some zones.
What is the daily bag limit for Trout in New York?
Daily bag limit for Trout in New York is 2 fish/day in Alder Lake (Ulster County), per DEC.
Official sources cited
- https://www.eregulations.com/newyork/fishing/great-lakes-tributaries-regulations
- https://www.eregulations.com/newyork/fishing/inland-trout-stream-special-regulations
- https://www.eregulations.com/newyork/fishing
Reference only. Regulations change frequently, often mid-season. Always verify with DEC before keeping a catch.