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Special fishing regulations for waters in New York City.

Waters	Species	Open Season	Minimum length	Daily limit	Method
Bronx Indian Lake, Crotona Park; Van Cortlandt Lake	All Species except snakeheads	All year	Catch and release fishing only. All fish, except for snakeheads, shall be returned to the water immediately. See Snakehead Alert information below for instructions on handling a snakehead you have caught.
Kings (Brooklyn) Prospect Park Lake
New York (Manhattan) Central Park- all waters
Queens Baisley’s Pond, Kissena Lake, Meadow Lake, Oakland Lake, Willow Lake
Richmond (Staten Island) Brooks Lake, Clove Lake, Willowbrook Lake, Wolfe’s Pond

Regulations in red are new this year.

Purple text indicates an important note.

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