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Conesus Lake Fishing Regulations 2026

Conesus Lake fishing regulations in 2026: top targets are largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye. 335 current rules across 12 species from DEC.

Rules (335)

DEC regulates 335 rules across 12 species at this water.

Walleye

All Finger LakesIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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All Fresh WatersIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5
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Ashokan ReservoirIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Ashokan Reservoir (Ulster County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Black LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Black Lake (St. Lawrence County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Boyd Corners ReservoirIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Boyd Corners Reservoir (Putnam County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Butterfield LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Butterfield Lake (Jefferson County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Canadarago LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Canadarago Lake (Otsego County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Cayuta LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Cayuta Lake (Schuyler County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Cazenovia LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Cazenovia Lake (Madison County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Clear LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Clyde River / Erie Canal (Seneca/Wayne Counties)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Clyde River From The Confluence With Seneca River Upstream To Lock 26 On The Erie CanalIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Cross LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Cross Lake (Cayuga/Onondaga Counties)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Delaware River
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Delaware River & Wes (Ny/Pa Border Water)
Season closes
Mar 14
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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East Branch ReservoirIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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East Branch Reservoir (Putnam County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Eaton Brook ReservoirIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Eaton Brook Reservoir (Madison County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Erie Canal From The Confluence With Seneca River Upstream To Lock 26 On The Erie CanalIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Fort PondIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Grass LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Greenwood Lake (New York/New Jersey Border Water)
Season opens
May 1
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Harris LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Horseshoe LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Horseshoe Lake (St. Lawrence County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Hyde LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Indian River (St. Lawrence County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Indian River From Black Lake Upstream To The Falls In RossieIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Indian River From The Confluence With The Oswegatchie River Upstream To Black LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Jamesville ReservoirIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Jamesville Reservoir (Onondaga County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Kiwassa LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Lake Champlain
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Lake Champlain And Tributaries To The First Impassible Barrier (New York/Vermont Border Water)
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Lake Erie And TributariesIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
6 fish/day
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Lake Ontario And St. Lawrence River
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River, And Their TributariesIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Lake PleasantIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Lake Pleasant TributariesIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Lake RonkonkomaIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Little Wolf PondIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Lower Niagara River And TributariesOut of season
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
1 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Mohawk River From The Confluence With The Hudson River Upstream To The Rte. 32 BridgeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Niagara River - Lower Section
Daily bag
3 fish/day
May 1 - Dec 31
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Niagara River - Upper Section
Daily bag
6 fish/day
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Otselic River (Broome/Cortland Counties)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Otselic River From Whitney Point Reservoir Upstream To The Cortland County Rte. 169 Bridge At Landers CornersIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Pleasant Lake (St. Lawrence County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Pleasant Lake (Town Of Macomb)In season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Putnam PondIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Redfield Reservoir (Oswego County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Rio ReservoirIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Rio Reservoir (Orange County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Sacandaga LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Sacandaga Lake OutletIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Sacandaga Lake TributariesIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Seneca River (Seneca/Wayne Counties)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Seneca River From Plainville Road (Hamlet Of Jacks Reef – Onondaga County) Upstream To Seneca LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Seneca River From Plainville Road (Hamlet Of Jacks Reef) Upstream To Seneca LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Seneca River From The Confluence With Oneida River Upstream To Plainville Road (Hamlet Of Jacks Reef) Oswego Countyredfield ReservoirIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Sixtown PondIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
Verified · View official source ↗
Sixtown Pond (Jefferson County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Skaneateles LakeOpen year-round
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Min size
12"
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St. Regis Falls ImpoundmentIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Swinging Bridge Reservoir (Sullivan County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Swinging Bridge Reservoir Ulster County Alder LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Titicus ReservoirIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Titicus Reservoir (Westchester County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Upper Niagara River And TributariesIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
6 fish/day
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Waterport ReservoirIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Waterport Reservoir (Livingston/Orleans Counties)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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White PondIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
Verified · View official source ↗
White Pond (Putnam County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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Whitney Point ReservoirIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
18"
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Whitney Point Reservoir (Broome County)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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New York statewide
Min size
15"
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Northern Pike

All Finger LakesIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
22"
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All Fresh WatersIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5
Verified · View official source ↗
Cranberry LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
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Cross LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
22"
Verified · View official source ↗
Lake Champlain And Tributaries To The First Impassible Barrier (New York/Vermont Border Water)
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
20"
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Lake Erie And TributariesIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
22"
Verified · View official source ↗
Lake OntarioIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
22"
Verified · View official source ↗
Lower Niagara River And TributariesIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
22"
Verified · View official source ↗
Seneca LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5 fish
Min size
22"
May 1 through March 15 Daily Limit-5 Minimum Length-22"
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Seneca River From Plainville Road (Hamlet Of Jacks Reef – Onondaga County) Upstream To Seneca LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
22"
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Seneca River From Plainville Road (Hamlet Of Jacks Reef) Upstream To Seneca LakeIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
22"
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Seneca River From The Confluence With Oneida River Upstream To Plainville Road (Hamlet Of Jacks Reef) Oswego Countyredfield ReservoirIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
22"
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St. Lawrence River (Downstream Of Tibbetts Point)
Daily bag
3 fish/day
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St. Lawrence River And Tributaries Downstream Of Tibbets PointIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
3 fish/day
Min size
22"
Verified · View official source ↗
Upper Niagara River And TributariesIn season
Season opens
May 1
Season closes
Mar 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
22"
Verified · View official source ↗
New York statewide
Min size
18"
Verified · View official source ↗

Yellow Perch

All Fresh Waters
Daily bag
50
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Canadarago LakeOpen year-round
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
25 fish/day
All year
Verified · View official source ↗
Canadarago Lake (Otsego County)
Daily bag
25 fish/day
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Goodyear LakeOpen year-round
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
25 fish/day
All year
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Goodyear Lake (Otsego County)
Daily bag
25 fish/day
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Great Lakes & TributariesOpen year-round
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
50 fish
All year Yellow Perch All year None 50
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Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River, And Their TributariesOpen year-round
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
50
except Yellow Perch may be taken in any number in Jefferson County, except Sandy Pond
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Sandy Pond
Daily bag
50 fish/day
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Black Bass

Conesus LakeCatch & release
Status
Catch And Release
Season opens
Mar 16
Season closes
Jun 14
Gear
Artificial Only
Catch and Release only
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Lake Trout

Conesus LakeOpen year-round
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
15"
in combination, Catch shall include no more than 1 Rainbow Trout or Atlantic Salmon
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Atlantic Salmon

Conesus LakeOpen year-round
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
15"
in combination, Catch shall include no more than 1 Rainbow Trout or Atlantic Salmon
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Brown Trout

Conesus LakeOpen year-round
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Min size
15"
Verified · View official source ↗

Rainbow Trout

Conesus LakeOpen year-round
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Min size
15"
Verified · View official source ↗

All Species

Conesus Inlet Fish And Wildlife Management Area From Conesus Lake South To And Including The Dam On Conesus Inlet, Except The Canal West Of Conesus Inlet And That Portion Of The Inlet North Of The CanalClosed
Status
Prohibited
Fishing is prohibited March 1 through April 30
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North McMillan Creek From Conesus Lake Upstream To Its SourceClosed
Status
Prohibited
Fishing is prohibited March 1 through April 30
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Largemouth Bass

New York statewide
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
12"
Verified · View official source ↗

Smallmouth Bass

New York statewide
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
12"
Verified · View official source ↗

Rainbow Smelt

Conesus LakeOpen
Status
Permitted
may be purchased and only used in specified waters and their tributaries to the 1st impassable barrier
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FAQ

Who regulates fishing on Conesus Lake?

DEC regulates fishing on Conesus Lake.

What species can I target on Conesus Lake?

Conesus Lake is best known for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye. Other species are present and tracked in the rule tables below.

Where should I verify these rules?

These rules summarize DEC's published content. Always confirm with the official source before keeping a catch.

Reference only. Regulations change mid-season. Always verify with the official source before keeping a catch.

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