Additional Tributary Regulations
- Any action to frighten fish and move them from concealment, including herding, driving, kicking and stoning is prohibited.
- Angling is prohibited from January 1 through March 31, and between sunset and sunrise from April 1 through May 15 and October 1 through December 31 except for those stream sections listed below.
- Use of more than one line with a single hook point is prohibited except for those stream sections listed below.
- Possession of hooks with a gap greater than ½" is prohibited except for those stream sections listed below.
Stream sections for which additional tributary regulations b, c, and d above do not apply: (Trout season is closed January 1 through March 31 in these sections.)
- West River and Sucker Brook from Canandaigua Lake upstream in Ontario County.
- Guyanoga Creek from Keuka Lake upstream to Rt. 54A bridge, Yates County.
- Cayuga Inlet and flood control channel from Cayuga Lake upstream to posted “NO FISHING” boundary below the fishway in Tompkins County.
- Old Barge Canal from Seneca Lake upstream to northernmost Rte. 14 bridge in Montour Falls, Schuyler County.
- Yawgers Creek from Cayuga Lake upstream to abandoned Lehigh Valley railroad bridge in Cayuga County.
- Owasco Inlet from Owasco Lake upstream 0.7 mile to marked boundary at old railroad bed in Cayuga County.
- Fall Creek from Cayuga Lake to the downstream edge of the railroad bridge below Rt. 13 in Ithaca, Tompkins County.
Note: Dutch Hollow Brook from Owasco Lake to Rt. 38A: fishing or dip-netting prohibited from March 16 to the opening of walleye season.
Finger Lakes Tributary Regulations
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All tributaries to Canadice Lake, Canandaigua Lake, Hemlock Lake, Keuka Lake, and Seneca Lake upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish
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Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trou, Landlocked Salmon
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April 1 through Dec 31
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15"
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3 in combination, catch shall include no more than 1 rainbow trout
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All other species
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Open season, daily limit and minimum length regulations that
are in effect for the Finger Lakes
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All tributaries to Owasco Lake, Otisco Lake and Skaneateles Lake upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish except tributaries listed below
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Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Landlocked Salmon
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April 1 through Dec 31
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9" except 15" for Lake Trout and Landlocked Salmon
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3 in combination
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All tributaries to Cayuga Lake upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish except tributaries listed below
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Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Landlocked Salmon
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April 1 through Dec 31
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15" except 18" for Landlocked Salmon
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3 in combination
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Fall Creek (Cayuga Lake) from the downstream edge of the railroad bridge below Rt. 13 to Ithaca Falls
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Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Landlocked Salmon
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April 1 through Dec 31
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15" except 18" for Landlocked Salmon
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3 in combination
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Jan 1 through March 15
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Catch and release only
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Artificial lures only
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Angling prohibited between sunset and sunrise
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March 16 through March 31
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Angling prohibited
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Spafford Creek (Otisco Lake) upstream to the first barrier impassable by fish
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Trout
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April 1 through Oct 15
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Any size
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5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12"
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Conesus Lake, Hemlock Lake, Canadice Lake, Honeoye Lake, Canandaigua Lake, Keuka Lake, Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake, Owasco Lake, Skaneateles Lake and Otisco Lake Regulations
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All Finger Lakes
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Northern Pike
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1st Saturday in May – March 15
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22"
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5
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Ice fishing permitted
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Walleye
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1st Saturday in May – March 15
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18" except 15" in Honeoye Lake
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3
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All Finger Lakes except Cayuga Lake, Otisco Lake, Owasco Lake and Skaneateles Lake
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Black Bass
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3rd Sat. in June – March 15
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12"
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5
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March 16 – Friday preceding the 3rd Saturday in June
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Catch and release only
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Artificial lures only
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Brown trout, rainbow trout, lake trout, Landlocked salmon
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All year
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15”
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5 in combination. Catch shall include no more than 1 rainbow trout or 3 Landlocked salmon
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Honeoye Lake,
Skaneateles Lake
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Alewife (sawbellies)
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Possession prohibited
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Owasco Lake, Cayuga Lake, Otisco Lake, Skaneateles Lake
Honeoye Lake
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Brown trout, rainbow trout, lake trout, Landlocked salmon
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All year
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15” Except 12” for Brown Trout in Otisco Lake, and 18” for Landlocked salmon in Cayuga Lake
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5 in combination. Catch shall include no more than 3 lake trout or 3 Landlocked salmon
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Tiger Muskellunge
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Statewide regulations apply except 36” for Otisco Lake
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