Broome County

New York Fishing

Broome County
Water	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All waters except as listed below	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″
Arctic Lake, Greenwood Lake, Nanticoke Lake	Trout	All year	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″	Ice fishing permitted
Chenango River, Susquehanna River, Tioughnioga River	Muskellunge and Tiger Muskellunge	1st Sat in May through March 15	40″	1 of either species
Chenango River, Susquehanna River, Tioughnioga River	American Shad	All year	Catch and Release fishing only. All American Shad shall be returned to the water immediately.
Oquaga Creek from Old Route 17 bridge east of McClure downstream 3 miles to new Route 17 bridge west of Deposit	Trout	All year	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only
Whitney Point Reservoir and upper Otselic River upstream to Cortland County Route 169 bridge at Landers Corners	Walleye	1st Sat in May through March 15	18″	3
Fishing is prohibited March 16 until the opening of walleye season in May in the following waters:
Otselic River from mouth upstream to Whitney Point Reservoir Dam Susquehanna River in Binghamton between Rock Bottom Dam and Exchange Street bridge Susquehanna River from the railroad bridge 0.65 miles downstream of Rte 201 bridge in Johnson City to Murphys Island (0.5 miles upstream of Harold Moore Park) Tioughnioga River from New York Route 26 bridge to US Route 11 bridge Little Choconut Creek from mouth to Goudey Station Building
West Branch Delaware River Special Regulations by River Section below:
From Broome/Delaware Co. border downstream to Rte 17 overpass at Deposit	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	12″	2
	All angling prohibited from Oct 16 through March 31 to protect spawning trout
From Route 17 overpass at Deposit downstream 2.0 miles	Trout	April 1 – Oct 15	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only
From Route 17 overpass at Deposit downstream 2.0 miles	All angling prohibited from Oct 16 through March 31 to protect spawning trout
From the lower limit of Trout catch and release section near Deposit downstream to NY/PA border (1.7 miles below Hale Eddy Bridge)	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	12″	2
	All angling prohibited from Oct 16 through March 31 to protect spawning trout